Luckytime's art Reviews on Newgrounds

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I like the art, the edgy flavor text just killed it for me. As a principle, I don't have respect for people who value their message to the point where they will compromise the purity of their art by reiterating it in a different medium. The whole idea of doing that is just repulsive to me.

Fifty-50 responds:

Yeah I understand where you're coming from, since it seems to be over compensating for the already dark tone of the painting itself. I think it all boils down to preference, but I can respect your perspective on the matter since it's actually a valid point of discussion.

I myself just wanted to have a kind of basis for interpretation for the viewer if they ever decide to assign meanings to the symbolism in the painting, although I can also see the disadvantages of doing so as it limits the capacity of the viewer to form a variety of colorful interpretations.

I have to thank you for your input as it made me come to a realization that I wouldn't have deigned to notice otherwise. Although to be perfectly honest I don't really value the idea of art itself as I'd rather know the reason for its creation and the messages that are behind it. To me, art for art sake is simply not engaging as a work without a soul is only a dead display of skill. But that's only my opinion.

You know, pretentious art school reasons. haha

[Dashkin - Into The Void]

I wasn't around for whatever made this guy a rockstar, all I see is an incomplete sketch. But who cares? NOSTALGIA BONER!

[JooJoo Flock]

Very good, not perfect, but close. I think some improvements could be made if the second-closest bird wasn't a copy-paste. What's striking is that the first bird is facing to the side which separates it from the others, so the second bird should probably be facing forward. The animation is super clean and the blur effects are just right, not to mention the colors.

[Rose Garden]

I wonder how much time it would take to animate this with a little breeze. Good god, looking at this gives me a happy feeling I can't describe. To you it might be nothing special but it's somehow therapeutic for me.

Carrion responds:

I'm so glad you like it. n,n

[Skein]

I love this, you lost half a star because of the roughness in some places, but I could see this being in an art museum. It's funny because this is the first time you uploaded something where the pattern filled the whole canvas and it got frontpaged. Maybe someone's trying to tell you something.

I think the discoloration was a happy accident, it breaks things up and gives you something to consider. I would love a 1920x1080 wallpaper similar to this.

Eagleon responds:

Yeah, I know what you mean, there's places where life got kind of fucked up and I beat the shit out of the paper. Top right in particular was a fight with my dad. It was also really difficult to get enough lighting, I started in November when it still felt like summer basically, clear skies for weeks at a time, then sudden bleh. This is a mandala, basically, done a section at a time each day the sky was clear.

I've wanted to fill things out like this for a while, but it's taken this long to work on my sense for value for it to make sense. Working on figure drawing next, just trying to diversify the textures and living forms I can achieve - I want these to breathe when you look at them :3 And yeah, the only worry is that the discoloration is from the paper itself and not my clumsiness. The latter I can work with, but it'd suck never being able to use a tortillon for this.

Thank you for the comments. I'll try to get some wider stock, or maybe trim down a page to work as a wallpaper - it's been in my head too.

[[LoL] Arcade Akali]

This looks just as good as the promotional art I see in the Steam store. Loving it.

[[ 2015 ART SUMMARY ]]

April is still my favorite after all this time, I think it's just so mesmerizing and feels complete.
About your style, if you found one you like and are sure it's what you want to be doing then that's great, but I generally encourage people to not limit themselves and try out different things. There are a lot of artists here who only do one thing and that's it, and who knows if they would be successful with another style because they never try. To me, Newgrounds isn't the end-all be-all of art, so it's not where I'm expecting to create my brand which takes some of the pressure off. But this is a mouthful.

I'm happy you got started making money from your art, can't wait to see what you bring in 2016. Also just a note, I wouldn't include this in the art portal since it's not original work necessarily.

[Lv. 08]

Cool idea, would love to see more of these. I would suggest you try to not mix styles. For example you did the whole character in a cel shaded style but added those rough looking action lines on top. Everything needs to feel the same for the picture to work. Keep it up.

BakayaroDaWickrayz responds:

thanks for the review Luckytime!
will try to do so on the next work :D

[Brainglitch]

I tried to scan it with my phone, now I need a new phone.
Great job, the fact that it doesn't repeat makes it very nice.

LexRodent responds:

It's a QR code from hell. Thanks, glad you like it.

[Yin]

Values are 10/10. I don't really care for the mess in the background but I get that it's a design element and it would be really boring without it. But what do I know, maybe I should be taking tips from you. Also I would've loved if she had another arm, if she's an amputee it's not really apparent.