BazookaBonsai's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Nova Punch]

Ahhh, nova. How much I enjoyed playing this frame. Obliterating everything in a radius of about 5 square kilometers with molecular prime and an arrow. Good times :)

The lineart and coloring is very clean. You also did a good job at actualy making her look like nova. Most of the defining details have been taken into account and implemented. I also can't find mayor flaws anatomy-wise.
But it isn't all without flaw. The light emitting from her right fist looks dim and unrefined. A bit more time working it out would have brought better results. That you used it to create an ambient lighting around novas head and shoulder is very good. On that subject, slightly stronger highlights could have improved the effect of said ambience. Same goes for the antimatter containers on her back and head ( I had a hard time figuring out what these things are in game. I just consider them as some sort of containers ).

Overall, a good work. It's a clean, charming fanart that stays true to its source material.

[Blasted Bandicoot]

Crash Bandicoot...good times :)

The cartoon looks quiet good. I like the many different colors you used for the shadows.
I find the pushed nose of crash rather peculiar. It flops back in a very cartoony way, which is cool, but cortex nose, which seems like that is pushing it back so much, is left completely stiff.
Still, a good cartoon. I like it alot and hope to see more from you.

ChazzForte responds:

thank you so much for the review, i really appreciate it :) and also thank you for the feedback

[Sargent Study 2]

The lower body looks oddly deformed. It's way too slim, even if the woman is suposed to wear a corset.
Other than that, it's an excelent study.

[Pimp Nook]

I like how overall clean the work is. The cartoon rather simple, but appealing nontheless.

leakyduck responds:

thanks man.

[The Automaton]

not bad : /

I like the design of the robot alot. Has a certain retro vibe to it. The coat, on the other hand, gives him a more dynamic, and perhaps dramatic (depends on your POV), tone.

However, the background, as clean and detailed as it may be, is too cluttered and distracts heavily from the robot, which is a shame. The watermark is also rather irritating, it's size and general position being the main factors for this problem. Making it smaller and placing it closer to one of the images bottom corners usually solves this problem.

In conclusion, well done. A bit untidy here and there, but nothing overly dramatic, and the design, as previously stated, is great. The background and watermark really are the only problems of the picture.
Definetly keep drawing your stuff. Can't wait to see more

[Bravest Horror]

I kinda have a hard time to tell what you intendet to show with this picture. A bloody cat(-bug?) with some dead dude having his face torn off... hmm?
I think somene has to know bravest warriors to understand, right? No? Oh well...

The picture is lacking depth. Everything looks like it's on the same plain, especialy the bookshelf.
I suggest trying to paint pictures with far reaching environments (like a mountainship or even the inside of a storagehouse) to get a better grasp on depth and perspective.
Apart from that, the cat looks quiet intimidating and the stylised skull of the dead dude looks pretty good. Neat, maybe flawed, small illustration.

leakyduck responds:

Thanks for the critique man. I'll be the first to attest that this is not perhaps my best work, but rater the best i could do in the time-frame i had (which i won't go into. don't want to seem defensive or like i'm throwing excuses around but i have been a little over tired.) But most appreciated are the tips for improving in my next work. so thanks for the review bonsai; i'll be going to get some sleep now.

[Pesticide Cover WC]

I know that feel, bro.

Like the cartoon style you are going for here. It's something I can imagine as a comic or even an animation.
For the title: It's barely realdable. The axe obscures too much of it. All I can read is "P......CIDE".
Also, I believe the black spots in the title are supposed to be caved in. In that case, the blood splatters do not touch these parts and they should have been left black. Also, it drops no shadow...just saying

But these are really my only complaints about this picture. Everything else seems perfectly fine to me. Character looks cool, idea is nice and so is the style. I like it.

leakyduck responds:

Love that you think it could be a comic. i originally created him for my highschool senior project. I was assign to produce something and i produced, wait for it... a comic starting this guy. i actually still have the pilot issue maybe i'll revamp it an throw it up here. ;)

[No1 sees you cry when it rains]

Not bad.
She looks a bit pale. Try to bring more colors in her skin by adding colors like pink, blue and perhaps green (It sounds weird, I know. Best advice that I can offer: look up some tutorials on how to paint skin).
Also, the emotion of the character does not really convey. If it wasn't for the tears, I would not be able to tell that she is sad. Attempt to draw realistic faces showing different emotions like happyness, anger, arousal, nervousy and sadness. Also, for future projects, I'd advice you to take ambient lighting into account and work with more saturated colors. It will give your works more depth.
But for the most part, it's pretty good. The head looks well defined and anatomically correct (for the most part). I also like the idea you had for this image and I guess it could have been something divine after some refining. For what it is, it isnt't bad, but there is room for improvement and I hoipe you don't stop. Want to see more from you.

justsomerandomdude responds:

For the emotion sometimes people show no emotion but can still shed a tear, just sayin...

[Lady]

Done with the mouse...not bad.

You got the lips very good and the shading is soft and overall well done. However, it look a bit awkward around the chin.
Also, the eye...
Explaining it is hard, so my recommendation for you is to look into facial and skull anatomy (again, if you already did so) and try to draw faces and skulls from different angles.
Additionaly, look into eyes in general. Eyes don't look like that in reality (implying you were going with a realistic depiction, but even if you DIDN'T, it STILL looks off).

Last, but not least: Lens flare filter....just no.
My word of advice: Don't use it in an illustration, ever. If you want to have a lens flare, do one yourself without using this filter.

It's a very pretty artwork, but flawed. For an 1 hour mouse speedpaint, it's very well refined, but the flaws listed above realy pull it down. Anyway, keep practicing, maybe invest into a tablet (a bamboo is "just" 100€ if I recall correctly) and give yourself some time to check trough your artworks a last time before calling them finished (and maybe uploading them). You will notice how much a last check will help you in finding flaws in your works.

Hope to see more of you in the future. Keep it up :)

JudePerera responds:

Thanks for the advices Pal... I'll learn from what you said and do better next time :D