Havegum's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[The hill]

Try a harder subject

Madness characters drawn that way isn't too hard or challenging to draw. Try drawing more complicated subjects.

Deathisawesome responds:

It wasn't that easy you know :/ Still, I understand what you mean, and I'll try to add more stuff the next time :)

[Motivational Ryu]

More details please

I think it lacks some details on certain body parts, specifically his hands, head and feet.
You could use the brown colour from his belt.
Otherwise great! I'd wear a T-shirt like that

maniac086 responds:

Thanks!
Actually, considering using this against a brown shirt, I think letting the brown of the shirt show through to add accent lines to his skin might work! (The dark brown might be too dark, I think.)
I'll definitely consider tweaking that at some point!

[Daran]

Background and helvetica

Well, I don't know what's up with the purple background, but I don't think it looks too good. I'd say either go with the circles all the way, or draw yourself a proper background.
Also, there are other fonts than helvetica

Syringes responds:

haha, thats not the font I used, and i like this font x]. Youre right though ill get rid of that background, i just thought it'd distract from the character. Thanks, ill change it up a bit : )

[Elephant Shower]

Haha!

Very well done, lovely cartoon!

ToonHole responds:

Thanks Havegum!

[Jump]

well

The background looks a bit half assed; It's just a plain gradient and a shadow, it looks like she's running downhill because the shadow isn't flat on the ground.
The colour and pattern you've chosen on the top is kinda stressful, try experimenting with duller colours and simplifying patterns.
Other than that, good work!

IshSkillz responds:

True, very true. I usually like to keep things simple because the backgrounds that I end up drawing looks like shit in my standards (but that's just me being a fucking perfectionist :p...), thus I end up opting for simple gradients. But thank you for your very constructive criticism. Such critiquing as yours is very rare in many art sites that I post in (it's like finding a needle in a haystack), and I find this very helpful. Thank you. :)

[Capsule]

See

See this is why you turn on autosave.
Also, I think some parts are a bit too dark, more global lightning perhaps?

Kinsei responds:

Actually... I had to google an auto save in 3Ds, But there isn't one. There is an auto backup if the program crashes, which I have had to use before, but it was windows that stopped 3Ds, so the poor program didn't even get the chance to auto backup....

as for lighting..... I was working on that...... was....

[My Process]

Cute and cartoony

I think the style you have is cute, this is being greatly complimented by the colours you use. I love how clean your lines are already at the sketching phase. Keep up the good ork!

Torogoz responds:

Thank you for noticing, i take pride in being able to show my sketchbook and not having it look like a mess. With that in mind though i do keep a separate sketch pad for when i feel like doing random stuff.

[Noa in Monochrome]

vey nice!

This is really nice!
The shading on the face however looks a bit masculine to me, I don't know why ...

PinkPigtails responds:

Well asides from the shading I'm glad you like it^^

[Asians]

Pretty accurate

as for the drawing, the anatomy is off for some. I love most of the expressions on them, and it's overall great!
Would've been great with something other than a gradient for a background though. Also, shading would've been nice

Chickenlump responds:

What are you talking about? There is more than a gradient for the background. There's a silhouetted cityscape and the Japanese rising sun logo! Now that's a background!

Also, I didn't shade because the commissioner didn't pay extra for it.

[Happy Valentine's Day 2011]

Heads

The heads are pretty big. Other than that, the shading looks a bit too de-saturated - a bit too gray.

TheAmused responds:

Yeah, wasn't really going for realism... sort of a deformed art style.
And There is a black background indicating they're in the dark, so I used desaturated colors; also to set the mood.