Luckytime's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Duck of Wellington]

We need to preserve this. But seriously, good job dude.

I was wondering, what are your thoughts when comes to duplicating intricate patterns? This is something I've become more open to lately, whereas previously I considered it cheating. When should you do it? When should you not?

Edit: Thanks! Don't worry about the ranting, I value your opinions! I wish more people were confident enough in their ideas to share them. I was actually asking about copying something you already drew to use it again in the same piece. Like mirroring and whatnot. Still found your response super insightful!

Sabtastic responds:

Thank you! That is SUCH a good question...!

Here's my two cents, since I do it shamelessly ALL THE TIME
(This is mostly just to give artists some confidence if they do it, too).

I think all artists should reference and steal everything, but creatively. It helps us improve AND referenced artwork always turns out better. As long as they're putting some kind of a unique / comedic spin on it and making it their own, it's considered parody, and totally acceptable!

I personally sell this type of artwork along with my regular artwork for a living, and I squeak by because it's considered "parody". I make sure that I'm very transparent about about the original artists' work, and I try to bring it up when I talk about the piece. For example, at a show, when I'm selling a re-drawn pinup piece, I mention "I can't take 100% of the credit for this one-- it's very heavily referenced from Gil Elvgren's work -- he's a pinup painter from the 1960's! That's where I referenced my pose."

When it's a blatant trace, things get a little iffy once sales are involved. Copyright and legal issues, mostly.

If the artist is doing it for practice, they aren't selling it, and they give credit where it's due, I see no problem. I've had the opposite happen to me, where someone made a painting totally identical to my work but left out my signature. They had the painting up for sale as their own, too. THAT'S when things get irksome and art theft-y.

Wow you really know how to get me ranting! haha sorry about the wall of text!
Cheers, and thanks for the very kind review.

[Leaves Race]

You really deserve an award. Can't believe it took me a year to find this after it was uploaded.

[A Tribute - The Knight]

Right on, everything you said is true. Silksong hype!

[A long Way Home]

This is the content I joined Newgrounds for.
Fucking fantastic!

[Kirby]

Krubby

[NightWatch]

Really good except Midoria looks like he's got breasts from how round his chest is.

[I think I smell a barbecue!]

Love the colors and the atmospheric depth. What I don't like is the stylistic choices for spyro's design. He's supposed to look friendly but here he's kind of intimidating. Also the way the ground changes color is good but since spyro doesn't change color the same way it looks inconsistent.

Turtle-Arts responds:

Fair enough! Thanks for the feedback! :)

[Ten Thousand Feet]

Still one of my favorite drawings! The feeling I get now is the same as when I first saw it.

[LSD]

Mmmm not bad. I don't like the upscaled texture on the background, even if you wanna call it an aesthetic. The obvious brush strokes on the shirt draw too much negative attention to them. There are some cut-out shapes in the solid blue but none of them are that interesting or add anything unique. The colors are great though, and the asymmetry was pulled off nicely!

[GhostBellies Commission]

Your recent wave of work has been especially top-notch, not sure where it's coming from but I love it. Some people hit a ceiling and stop trying to get better, but looks like there's still room for your artwork to keep growing.