NothanyTPM's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[purinvania]

This is one of my favourite drawings you've done.

Love the distortion effect on the lineart!

PhonographClock responds:

Thank you so so much!! <3
That effect took so long to get exactly how I wanted it so I'm glad you took notice!!!

[Magma Drawing session]

Look mah, I'm famous!

KingCrowned responds:

Look mah, I’m famous as well!

[Unfortunate]

I don't like how that pink puffball is looking at me...

KingCrowned responds:

Give him a hug

[An Unforgettable Trip - Pico Day 2023]

Love the art, but I've got to say: the perspective on that floor makes it look like that one scene in Inception where the floor rises up to turn into a wall.

Always had a knack for perspective, so it's kinda hard to teach other what it is. Best advice I can give is
>practice drawing backgrounds by using photos as references (liminal spaces have got you covered there)

>drawing cityscapes (those are basically just a bunch of large cubes with windows)

>using something like a square mat under your feet when you're taking body references in order to get an idea of where the perspective is on your character (can get tricky depending on the type of lens you're using since some tend to warp the image a bit more than others)

>And I've heard people using Minecraft to construct their environments. Since it's so easy to build things in Minecraft and the cubes makes perspectives easier to find.

Hope that wasn't too much of a mouthful. Always love seeing people improve at the things they like

Chuw-Croissantier responds:

Thanks Noth!

I'll take note of that (specially i'll try with Minecraft, im curious on how that works lmao)

[Deep Sea Prisoner - Chapter 1 PT2]

Neat little comic you've done so far. It's not my kind of story though (not your fault. I just feel like I see these high-school stories a little too often), and I also don't like giving any critiques when it comes to stories...it's never a fun time, and it always ends in a disaster.

I will say that you've done a good job at laying down the rules for your world. I've seen a few where they just expect you to know the rules of the world, and that's a confusing mess.

I only have two little gripes: one is that the perspective is a little wonky in the hallways, but that'll get fixed the more you practice.

Two is that the text needs to be a little more consistent in the text bubbles. And by consistent I mean that you need to try and fit the bubble around the text, and not the other way around. Without going "full teacher mode" it's best to keep the text in the individual bubble as uniform as possible, and only deviating from that when you want to express a certain emotion.
[IE: small fonts = whisper or shyness, big fonts = angry or yelling, compressed/italic fonts = nervous or talking really fast, etc...]

It makes it both easier to read, and really pops when you want to exaggerate an emotion. It's also good to plan-out the panels so that you can maximize the amount of text in the bubbles without erasing part of the background that you really liked.

Hope this wasn't too much of a read for you, and I don't really want to discourage you from making the stuff you like because the only way to get better is through practising...for better or for worse.

Chuw-Croissantier responds:

Ain't reading allat -laughing emojis- OH NO YIX POSSESED MY MIND A

Jokes aside thank you for the feedback!

also yeah backgrounds were planned but i changed them in the last minute soooo it feels more of improvisation than other thing (in fact... was a bad idea lmao) but welp, thx to you i have a clear path on what i have to do next (also using better fonts and stuff lmao) sooo don't be afraid to give any feedback, all the feedback you give i apreciate it and helps me to imrpove even more!

[nap]

WTF?! 50 MIN?!

Damn dude, did you take a few lines before painting this 'cause that's insanely fast for something this good!

My only critique is the cat anatomy is a bit wonky, but at the same time...you did this in less than an hours, and pretty much everything else is spot-on.

H1k0Paint responds:

I’m kinda speedy, most of my work takes me under an hour lol
Also in my defence I kinda draw baby animals like blobs lmao, ik proper cat anatomy I just like to be silly! I appreciate the critique tho! Ty!!!