Cyberdevil's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ten Minutes 'Till Midnight]

This is deep, man, so deep... we're like the fish? Though I feel there should be more than that, too. Midnight's closing in; maybe this will make better sense in a morning light...

-cd-

Orphanlast responds:

Yeah.

Like, truth is relative. I mean that's the whole point of the Theory of Relativity. If I'm in a train that's moving 10MPH and I throw a ball going 10MPH and you're outside of the train, you'll see a ball moving 20 miles per hour while I'll say it was only moving 10 miles per hour.

Who's right?

We both are.

Now that we know that the solar system is like a series of orbiting commit's flying through space, we don't factor in the stellar drift, the rotation of the Earth, and Earth's orbit when we specify what the speed limit needs to be. Yet if anything, the outside observer would technically be MORE correct. But it would make no sense to people on Earth. What if we're moving the opposite direction of the earth's axis? How could our speedometer measure our speed?

So we settle on the lesser information, speeds of object relative to us being on Earth. Because things are easier to measure.

Sometimes I run into people that think they know all this religious crap, and I just... roll my eyes.

For example. I know I can exist because I can ask the question. I think therefore I am. But I can't use that same task on behalf of a rock. I can't prove it exists. Yet, when I talk about my feeling or what I'm thinking, people will consider the rock to be more real than what's going on in my head.

So what's real?

Yet, we DO think Thoughts are real, just not as real... even though that's how we know we exist. Otherwise we'd ignore Math. Math is just a series of logical thoughts that render a result that we can't disprove. Yet we accept math as being just as real as the rock.

Yet your independent thoughts about essential oils being a cure for cancer aren't seen as real when compared to massive case studies.

It's this ironic circle we as humans go though.

[In Memories Of Heroes]

Oh, wow, here's that right light... and so much detail in the scenery too. Not to mention DEPTH, that he's just leaning over, hanging onto the tombstone like that, not fearing death at all... so symbolic! Btw seems the angle of the light doesn't align with the shadow... though maybe my impression of how it would align is wrong, depending on how the grounds slants... also that comet: a bit too smooth/purple somehow. Awesome view though. Symbolic message. Impressive first work.

-cd-

Orphanlast responds:

Oh yeah, the shadow's all wrong. I'd improve on this image if I still had photoshop. I use Krita now.... Oh well. But yeah, that is a Comet. I was thinking about working on a Comic Strip I might work on one day, again, but I thought that it'd transition from what this dude was experiencing and then go into his head space and show off what he was thinking and feeling with imagery.

[In Memories of Heroes (Happy Accident)]

The way that hill is shaped it's almost like he's standing on a Gorilla... strange impression. XD Love the line work otherwise, and the darkness that surrounds it. Lens flare though... feels a bit typical! It's angled for the light, but looks very Photoshopish otherwise. With that more like natural light I feel this would be just awesome.

-cd-

Orphanlast responds:

Yeah, if I were to do it again, I wouldn't use the lense flair effect. I'd make my own. They're not too difficult to make.

[Mormon]

Seems like something you could've taken out of a Marvel comic. :) Photo quality's not that sharp, and some smudges do occur, but great drawing overall! Form's perfect.

-cd-

[Insanity]

Seems like multiple layers of the same image, with various filters; parts cut out? Technically it seems this'd be a photoshop, but I do like the style. Only thing that cuts in a bit is the linear shadow on the floor/border. Rest is... really abstract. Strange vibe...

-cd-

Orphanlast responds:

Photoshop has the ability of taking a crap load of pictures and compiling them into a panoramic. After it did that, I started slapping some of the original, none compiled, images it. I forgot what else I did with it. But yeah. It was fun. But working on this one image convinced me, I wouldn't be making this comic strip with my buddy.

[Kill Me Now]

Now this one's just perfect. The emotion, the line work, the subtle shading... a strange contour looms where there would be a skyline if there was one, but the face itself: just perfect. Really conveys the pain.

-cd-

[Sexy Lady]

Or maybe... draw a flower? :P Really like the facial features here, though the swirl seems to collide with it a bit, like part of a different motive. Also adds an outer circle that makes her face form seem a bit like a balloon. Facial features though, really like that part! Image quality... could be better without the thumb. XD

-cd-

[So Much Death]

A really simple piece, but so symbolic too... I really like the perspective, and the enclosing darkness, even if it's stronger in the shadow of the man standing there than at the corners of the canvas. An inner darkness that grows as people die huh... well, maybe I'm not at that point in life yet, but people do go, and move away... not so much I'm haunted by it yet. Nice line work; angle.

-cd-

[Sexy Angel]

NG crops the image, not just the thumbnail? When you posted this one in the thread I was thinking the face looked a bit masculine somehow - I still get that impression, and how the thigh's a bit bubble on both sides/form not as aesthetic as possible there... but overall form is great. The hair flows, the wings... a bit small for flight, but angels are magical beings I guess. :) Nice work.

-cd-

Orphanlast responds:

Oh hey, I guess it didn't crop it.

I thought she'd look more adorable with small wings.

[Failed Font]

What happened after the D? Even if the other letters aren't that great it'd be interesting to see the rest of them, however far they went. Up to this point it really does look really appealing!

-cd-

Orphanlast responds:

Well it went all the way to Z. And they all looked nice. And I took tons of pictures from different angles, trying to find a way to include most or all of the letters. But it just looked like a piece of paper with Letters on it.

This one makes you want more. So this is the one I kept.