BlankFacedRobot's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pfp Update]

As you improve, you'll see a natural change of your style over time! It's really quite fascinating.

[Akiiki redesign]

Every character design should have at least a few before their absolute final design. Doesn't matter if they need it or no, it's a good thing. I really like her skull pauldron, that is sick man :]

Recruta responds:

Thanks! Yeah, if I'm heavily redesigning the others, why not touch the rest up a bit? :b

Glad ya like it! Her tribe wears the remains of moon-beasts as a way to display their prowess as hunters. She's still very much a rookie, but not brand new to this.

[Stuff and Things]

You kept Joey in there, how funny!

BentSteam responds:

How could I not?! Classic Joey moment

[Instagram Art trade]

Excellent use of textures and lighting so far! The background is a wee bit bright to look at which makes it distracting but, overall, I love this.

["N"?!]

Hey, hands are difficult to draw. Coming to like to draw them is the hardest part aside from learning how to draw them honestly

GShibeBoi responds:

That is true.
Whenever I draw hands, I take my actual hand and make the gesture and then draw it that way.
It helps, actually. :D

[Piper 2023]

I think her jacket looks fine. For a denim look though, maybe drawing some fraying parts somewhere like the edges of her jacket, such as the edges of the sleeves? Dunno, texture is one of those complicated things I'm still wrapping my head around. But I had to say that I really like your linework.

misterbright responds:

her jeans hav holes in the knees they just arent in this picture

[Robot scrapyard]

I've seen you say you compare your coloring skills to that of a kids. Try using fewer saturated colors together. Like, if you're gonna use a bright blue, go for a less saturated orange for the desert? It helps add a focal point, aka what the viewer's eye will immediately first go to when looking upon an image, and adds a bit of depth of focus to a traditional piece since you can't exactly blur the background once lined. The color with the most contrast and saturation, especially contrasting colors, will always draw the eye to it first when looking at the picture fresh.
This is of course if you want to highlight the creatures/characters over the environment. If the environment is supposed to be more in focus, it should be the brighter color. The sky, if the foreground (where you have the scrap stall) is supposed to be the main focus, should also be muted and less bright. You have an excellent start at a sky gradient already, it just needs to be a bit less bright.

Either way, I think this is still an excellent piece, just thought to give you some tips. If you're more a visual learner like myself, there are plenty of wonderful artists that have posted videos about it on Youtube to help guide you. You can completely disregard this if you want since you technically didn't ask. Colors are difficult to work with in comparison to greyscale, so don't feel too badly about it. Took me over a decade to get a proper feel for colors, and I STILL don't always get it right!

Oldmoss responds:

I based the colors off a picture I saw in a Nat Geo book (probably a bad idea considering the subject is the landscape).

It's interesting, looking at these pictures, with what you said in mind, I kind of see what you're talking about.

While some draw attention to the land, others seem to draw your focus on objects, with contrasting colors. There is one that shows a dark mostly blue area but with a lit up orange tent in the center. A lot more goes into pictures than I realized.

P.s.
I might not of asked, but advice is always welcome, it helps. Besides it's not like you kicked the door down said GIT GUD and walked out.