MalFromed's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[SOME MASCOTT AND LOGO PRACTICE]

That's one of the most suspicious looking pigeons I've ever seen.

BustyRusty responds:

don't tell anybody I told you but the rumor is that he has body count

[Warfish]

Amazing job!

I especially like how you did some of the outlines. I'm genuinely impressed with how they look. Making them look textured was a fantastic idea. I just wish you had done it for all the outlines. Also, love them goofy looking koi fish fellas (they're my new sons). There are also a few little things that irk me, but they're just minor nitpicks not worth bringing up.

Again, amazing work!

Azpher-Omega responds:

Thank you!! I'm not sure what you mean by textured outlines, you mean just how the light source is kind of making them disappear sometimes? The differences in thickness perhaps?
I'm so, so happy with all of these fish designs, they are so cute and terrifying!!
You can nitpick if you want within reason haha, I was staring at it for ages before scheduling the post until I determined I couldn't think of how else to improve it, heh.

[rat]

You go through all that trouble to make this rat look nice and fancy only for it to scoot its butt along the ground... I'm reminded every day that the majesty of nature does not actually exist.

In all seriousness, this looks kind of cute. But you maybe should have gone with a colored background or something that would have made that second ear visible. I had a hunch it existed.

Memorizor responds:

advice taken

[Goat lady]

Drawn entirely with your fingers, huh?

Well, you know what that means.

This one's going right up on the fridge!

Seriously though, this is quite interesting to look at. I especially like how you did the fur on the leg. I'll have to make a note of it.

DeadkatNG responds:

Thank you very much, I'm really glad you liked it! And yeah, I had a lot of fun making the fur, it felt super satisfying.

[His Holy Light]

Oh, wow... You took the wind right out of my sails. The second I saw this in my feed, I was going to conjure up a ramble about dancing to achieve enlightenment, only to find that you had already done so. And in a single sentence, no less. How could you do this to me?

staticomics responds:

Bro, tech is the future. We all must pray to our cybernetic overlords.

[Dream]

I think you're the second person I follow that's made something that relates to dreams and gas stations. Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever once dreamt about a gas station. At the very least, I think that would be better than the literal existential nightmares I have. Let me share some with you.

You enter a dark room with tables and chairs in it. You notice the light to your left. They're people over in the next room, so you make your way over there. But, the second you cross the threshold, not only are you right back where you started, you notice there's a few differences as well. The room has gotten darker, an additional room has been added, between you and the other people and more tables and chairs have been added. So, you make your way through, you cross the threshold, and again, you're right back where you started. Now it's getting hard to see, so you end up bumping into a lot of the chairs and tables. The people, now three rooms away, don't seem to notice or care. Eventually, it gets to a point where the other room is just a faint light in the distance. You can't see anything, and you're bumping into nothing but chairs and tables. I think the worst part is that in the dream, you really think that you have a chance to make it to that other room when you never will.

In another dream, you're having a good time and decide to turn on the radio. And everything's fine until the radio starts chanting. You try to turn it off, but it only gets louder. Seeing as that doesn't work, you try leaving instead, only to find yourself stuck in the room with a radio that just keeps getting louder. Eventually, it gets so loud that you feel like your head is going to explode. You try covering your ears, but it makes no difference. Soon, you fall to the ground. Left with no options and the ever increasing volume of the radio, you start screaming. But you find that your screens have been completely drowned out by the radio. It's as if you never made a noise.

With all that said, I love the top section of this piece. A wonderful idea to blend the structure with the negative space. I would give a critique on the lighting, but I don't feel like it would be appropriate for me to do so, seeing as I don't feel like I have a good understanding of lighting to give any kind of appropriate critique. But if I had to give my thoughts, I'd say you did a good job there. If there's one thing I felt you should have done, it's that the side of the gas pump could have been the same color as the negative space. As it is now, it's close enough to it that you have to look closely to see that there's even a different color there. I think it would have looked fine and a little more visually interesting if you had done that.

All in all, good work.

staticomics responds:

Thanks man! I took some time to respond but I appreciate the feedback, no worries about whether or not you think you can't properly critique.

[Prismatic Plashorn]

I knew the day that I clicked follow, you would never disappoint! And today is further evidence of this!

I absolutely LOVE goofy looking things that could put me in mortal danger! Nothing long-winded to say this time around. Just wanted to let you know I'm in awe at this magnificent doof! Excellent work! I love the eyes in particular.

Azpher-Omega responds:

Aah thank you! :D

[Come out, Crocodiles]

What did crocodiles ever do to her? They have such nice smiles.

OneGrumpyLumpy responds:

They ate her family

[Carol- FRIDAY NIGHT FUNKIN mods]

FRIDAY NIGHT FUNKIN has mods? I had no idea. Not that it matters to me. My hands are unable to keep up with the game, and I have too much pride to play on easy. (The grapes are probably sour anyway...)

Anyway, I'm not crazy about the shading. I feel like it clashes with the overall ascetic of the piece. However, I can still appreciate it. With that said, I love how you tackled the colored outline. The colors you chose for it make the piece stand out without interfering with or drawing too much attention away from the rest of it. All in all, it's nice, cute, and easy on the eyes. Good job!

Mustabulus responds:

Dude the modding community on that game is CREATIVE, like they go above and beyond. The carol mod, (the girl in the picture) even has lip syncing.
Anywho about the shading: I’m trying to get back into coloring stuff since over the years I stopped using colors all together and I used to be known for coloring, and I wanted to use an old soft shading method I used since I was feeling nostalgic and I did this in procreate which has a lot more painterly brushes in it. I get why some people won’t like it since the line art is very thick n’sharp and that clashes, but I had a lot of fun shading and messing with color layers like I used to. I’m probably not going to do this again the same way though.

[Referee]

Mantis Shrimp Boxing™

Someone threw a lobster into the tank.

Certly responds:

Yeah that's a red card for sure