Cyberdevil's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Wide Awake]

Woah, this was... something else! Reminds me of a recent yurgenburgen piece hmm... potential inspiration? The detail's just incredible. Patterns, flowers, leafs, suggestive symmetry, eyes, text, a Spanish poem about a lost woman? Lies? As always heavy with symbolism, and so much to look at it. The poem in the description hmm... wasn't the impression I was getting from the artwork! But both are great. Really like how the tapestry's all fanned out with the inner V too. Would be great even if it was all just a mesh, but that particular divide adds in a layer... of something. Inspiring. Also is this hand-drawn? Marker? Amazing work.

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DrSevenSeizeMD responds:

As much as I LOVE yurgenburgen, the burgenest of yurgens, this is something I've been doing for decades. I have some I made from like 2008 I think if you look back in my art. :-)
The poem is lyrics to a song, Him & I by Halsey, it was stuck in my head, so I listened to it like 20 times will making this.
The "feel" you got from this piece is probably correct. There's a lot I needed to get out.
There's also a secret message in binary and a shoutout to cast.
It is completely hand drawn, using a precise blank ink pen, tip size fine, from Target.
I did use my wacom to fix a few mistakes, as ink doesn't erase. :-)

[Somewhere Other Chapter 21-4]

Seems like a pretty strong foe! Or friend if outer appearances may misguide? And a strong-looking stronghold awaiting ahead too...

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[Elf Woma]

Background texture's almost like paper... and pretty interesting work with the hair too. I really like the hair, but the face overall feels a bit plasticy, and the eyes... it's like they're glazed over with plastic wrap or something (especially zoomed in). O_o Think that reflection effect came off a bit wrong but otherwise... not bad.

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[55 Something Green]

Green and good-looking! What a contrast between the green character and the other two, the one to the right in particular really stands out with that brighter shade. All green characters seem to have that old GB style of green, so it's like a clash of generations too, somehow. Nice designs though! Happy Day!

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ScepterDPinoy responds:

It's Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you too.

[Legendary]

The silhouettes of mighty dragons floating in the sky... or wait, one of them's just a man on a mountain. The mist and clouds that drift bring it all together... another mighty piece, with the contrast between man and dragon making it all the mightier! The textures seem more realistic on the mountain than the dragon, and the backpacker a bit more detailed, but it is a stunning piece.

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[atropos sky]

Smooth and good-looking! Warm color too. Nice work.

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[Titmouse 5 Second Screening]

The one side-effect of birds. XD Could've been such a cute portrait but...

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[Blood Moon Akali]

So much detail in the textures, and the dark red, Beautiful work.

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[Character Select 7!]

This is pretty cool! :) Can't say I recognize all of them but you got some of them down real well. Mario ones in particular. And angry faic... yeaah! :D If only this game was for the PC some mods could be made...

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[Cage of]

What a sparkling cage... it reminds me a bit of the rose from Beauty and the Beast. Inspiration...? The way it's moving doesn't seem all that natural, but the subtle shifts on the flower itself look pretty good... nice work with vines and tiles too.

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gatekid3 responds:

thank you. Yeah, at this point i like it more as a still image than a gif. And yes, beauty and the beast inspired the glow, but the rose, cage, and thorn was just the idea that sprung up from the beepbox song i made.