NothanyTPM's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Stain]

Even with the bitmap tracing, it still turned-out really well. You can excuse yourself for "cheating" because you were mid breakdown while drawing, and people tend to have less patience for meticulous details while in that mood.

I guess one way you can practice making these backgrounds is by using the traced bitmap versions as a reference instead of using it directly, along with a version with brighter lighting so can see where all the walls are. Perspective is a bitch to learn, but to me I just treat everything as a cube, and that helps a ton

PS: I will sometimes just use real photos I've taken for my backgrounds when I feel a little lazy, so in a way I'm just as bad sometimes.

PhonographClock responds:

I've actually been going out and taking a lot of pictures just so I can throw them into Flash later and bitmap trace them. It's been really neat to try and observe how Flash simplifies everything. I don't think I'm anywhere near close enough to replicating it myself but I'm sure I'll get there in time.
Thank you for the kind review!! <3

[Hobbies]

Points for putting the earbuds IN the character's ear instead of on the side of their head like I see so many other pro artists do.

Besides that, pretty nice and cozy looking drawing.

Onziware responds:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! c:

I'm glad you noticed that! I like how easy it is to wear earbuds on anthros, because I don't need to make any adaptations to their design to avoid strangeness, which is a completely opposite case from headphones... headphones can look terrible on animal people if no adjustments are made, like in Arthur!

[kjdncadjkncjlnc]

oooOOOooo, I'd love to see that Neocities website when it's done. Been thinking of doing one myself, but I've been too busy tinkering with my computers to work on it.

Good luck with those exams! And on the bright side, when they're done you'll have all the time in the world to work on your Neocities website.

At least for a little bit until school starts-up again.

sinnykitt responds:

I was already halfway done with it years ago but deviant art crapped the bed and broke all my image urls and subsequently my gallery and I quit out of frustration XD

yess that's my main motivator to survive those darn exams!

[Amy Quaint]

Hoo mama. Those are some massive curves. Not judging your body preferences btw, you draw what you like.

Though, ironically enough despite these massive assets, it kinda looks a little flat. I think part of it might be because the shading. Maybe the anatomy. Possibly the posing.

The colours, linework, and the lettering looks good. It's just to me it's missing a little something to make it go from good to great.

Vista-Sound13 responds:

'Just getting started on anatomy. I appreciate your detailed input.

[Techy Fox]

He looks like a Brett

On a more serious note, how about Jez? It's the nickname of the founder of Argonaut Software (Jeremy San) who made Star Fox.

I really like the colours on this one. You'd think that many bright colours would be blinding to look at, but you managed to pull it off quite well.

creepincrawl responds:

Hahaha, not a bad idea! I'll keep it in mind :]

And thanks!! That's a big goal I have with my art.

[Fanart challenge!]

I don't think that's how that challenge works, but I like the art so...good job!

RE: The "on-model" one looks like it's just like the PS2 model, but if you actually drew it I'll believe you.

XOCHIBUNSAI responds:

It is??? I don’t see what’s wrong with it, I drew both of them

[Singers II]

Wow, I really love how your style improved. The old art looks like it was made by someone completely different with how much it changed!

Never thought I'd love signing boxes, but it just goes to show that pretty much everything can look good with the right talent behind it.

Vista-Sound13 responds:

To hear that my working to improve my technique is paying off makes me happy. I'm glad you like the new art and hope to continue improving in the future. :)

[Ven thunderstorm bird]

Absolutely love the art! The lighting, the detail, and the added lightning bolt. *Chef's kiss*

The animation feels like it's almost there though. It feels like it's going too fast and loops too quickly. I will say learning how to time things in animation is tough. Even I struggle getting it right sometimes, but hey, that's what practices are for am I right?

Twoeliz responds:

Thanks, the lighting was wanted in very specific places so I had to redraw it quite a bit until it had the desired shape and placement.

I could have done much better if this was actually meant to be an animation. For a freebie I was trying to not overcomplicate things too much, specially when it's pretty likely that it will be used for an emote were its mean to be seen from really far away. If I get the opportunity to animate a bird again I will probably make it much much smoother!

[ZIPPER! - 2024]

Took a look at your Speed-paint video, and I'm honestly surprised that you weren't using some vector art program like Inkscape to make all of this. Though, learning to use one of these programs could help you out a ton in the long run. You don't need to worry about resolutions, transforming objects too much, or even colouring for that matter, just the aspect ratio and translating a few filters can be a bit tricky.

The workflow of a vector program is also different, but if you need help with Inkscape I can gladly help. Pretty much everything I do now uses Inkscape for a good chunk of it. I only use Krita for things like lineart nowadays.

Also, quick tip that helped me a shit ton with colouring in Krita, and I'm pretty sure it's in Clip Studio is the HSV adjustment filter. Basically all it does is it adjusts all the colours on that layer. However, if you separate each colour to its own layer you can basically adjust every colour you have without needing to constantly re-paint over everything all the time. It's just a little tricky to dial the settings correctly if you have a colour palette that you follow.

But yeah, probably blathered on long enough, love your stuff dude!

creepincrawl responds:

I appreciate the suggestion! I definitely want to try out a vector program at some point. I kinda gave up on using vector in Clip Studio Paint because whenever I'd transfer it to Illustrator it wouldn't save any of my pen pressure for some reason.. It'd just convert it as if I drew it without pen pressure? I dunno lol.

But anyway I might try Inkscape, it sounds cool!

[Sleepy new years]

I adore what you did to my character! He looks so cozy all tucked-up in his little bed.

Once again, the details on everything is incredible looking.

Also, his name is Holrad, but I don't mind it if you can call him Harold. It's basically the same name anyways.

Twoeliz responds:

I'm super glad you like it! After all the trouble you went through you deserve a nice drawing. Have a wonderful rest of the year and I hope that the next will be a good one.

Oops, my tablet is a bit aggressive with autocorrecting some things, even some names. Thanks for bringing attention to it, I was able to fix his name.