Luwano's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Flood of Emotion]

Hard to review

I dunno where to start, it's a very wild and dynamic picture. The face looks a little slapped on, but then again it suits the way you drew the knife and the wavey abnormal arm on the left of the pic.

I love the monochrome style and the different blues give a really cold feel. I also love the storming snow, the background and the snow ground, good job on all of that.

I looked at this pic quite some time now and also many times when I tried to start a review before and I feel like I'm "not done" watching it yet. That may sound weird, but I think that's a good sign.

I personally like the picture and the style you used a lot, so my 10/10 and 5/5 are probably not very objective.

Ninjar responds:

I was kind of rushed for this pic so I could post it with all the others for the flood. That's why the face is slapped on and other parts of the picture to match it. I wasn't really expecting anyone to like the style because I didn't take a liking to it that much, but I'm glad you do. Thanks a lot. :3

[Friday Flood]

Impressive work

It looks great. There's not much more I can say.

The strong contrast really suits the image well.

The red of the writing is a little to saturated for me, but I guess that's where nitpicking begins.

Very good job!

Fifty-50 responds:

Thank you. I was going to make this as a postcard for a contest. But I decided not to enter it lol.

[Friday Flood 4]

Welcome to the flood club

Glad to see another art forum reg joining.

As for this piece... it's kinda blurry, but it looks like ice at least.

I hope to see one of your usually much better pieces in the next flood.

Kinsei responds:

:P Thanks for the welcome. I have such horrible time management skills some times and things just get away from me haha...
Anyway, it was suppose to be icicles. I'm not surprised I blew it :P
The next one will be better >:3 much better

[Flood the portal friday 4]

Very blurry

I'm not quite sure what I am looking at. I think it's some kind of mountain top with an ice giant sitting on it, but correct me if I'm wrong. It is really very blurry, only the sign that holds the flood thumbnail and the clouds in the sky are not.

The clouds are done very well of course.

Overall it's an interesting drawing, but it could use some definition.

Zanroth responds:

Good guess!
The definition... I would've loved to, but I had to rush this. I also misjudged the resolution quite a bit.
I just wanted to participate, but didn't have the time to put any real effort into it :/

[Faded From The Winter]

That worked out....

I instantly thought about these black and white comics before I read your comment, so your attempt really worked out.

Only thing that bothers me is how thin her lower legs get, even comsidering the perspective.

You did a great job handling perspective and even some kind of depth with no shading and highlighting at hand.

Aigis responds:

Thank you.

[Fished]

What can I say?

It's simply great.

I can't give much of a useful review here, it's just that I like everthing about this pic.

Especially: the splashing water where the monster comes out of the water, the glowing eyes, the trail the ship leaves behind and the texture of the water.

Occluded responds:

Aw thanks man. I got a lot of good feedback on it before I submitted. So a lot of outside eyes helped me especially with the water. Which took as much time as everything else put together.

[Loloctopus]

Favourite

Was my favourite when I saw the sketch, was my favourite when I saw your WIPs and it is my favourite now that the flood happened.

The whole scene is hilarious, the drawings themselves are great and the crosshatching in particular is awesome.

I love the facial expression!

And in case the cube in the background was really supposed to be a sugar cube, it looks more like an ice cube.

Fifty-50 responds:

Thanks man. You don't know how happy I am right now.

[Friday Flood Fish]

Look at the fishy

The fish looks actually happy. :P

I like how it's winding like an eel, really it gives that impression of movement.

Also having that blank space in the upper part and going from light to dark in the background gives a feeling of being somewhat deep under water.

No need to mention that the fish looks very very good.

Only little thing I dislike is that the shade and the highlight of the bubbles form a ring.

Definitely one of the best entries.

Ashman responds:

i cant do bubbles, the reflections are such a pain to get right

[Friday Flood #3!]

I could list all the things I like about this....

....like the colours, the highlighting, the shading, the pose, the facial expression or the background. But that would go to far, it looks simply great.

The only thing that bothers me, is that the floor is on a different angle than the water spot beneath the creature. At least judging from the ring of waves.

TurkeyOnAStick responds:

Yeah it is! :( The ring of waves was a bother to make, and I think it disrupts thepicture more than it adds to it.

[Kingfisher]

Style

I repeat myself, but you manage to give your pics a great style everytime. This for exapmle could be used for some kind of advertising campaign instantly, because it has a great recognition value.

Also when I saw this piece I instantly thought about Zeno's arrow paradox "the flying arrow is motionless."

Only downturns seem to be the tailfeathers and the background as already mentioned.

J-qb responds:

Thanks, I always try to put some style aspects in my drawings, so its good to know it works. Because water is such a fluent ever moving thing (heraclites) I wanted to capture that for this flood thing. I am quite glad with how that turned out myself too.