Cyberdevil's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dawn]

Hmmm that rock looks a lot like a photo... starting to feel like some of these might have been a mixture? The crow? Really like the angle and openness in this. The water... it really sweeps you in. And at the same time the orange makes it seem like the edge of the sun; a whole other world. Imaginative and fiery!

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[Memory Dust]

And the final piece of the trilogy (unless there's top and bottom too, or even further to the side), just as symbolic as last time... this one seems to make sense though. Glimpse into the past? Is it more than that? Color tone goes well with the notion of memory as well. Nice motive. I like the tree in particular. Simple, but so smoothly twisted.

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[Vessel]

I really like this one! The silhouette of the crow (well it's more than a silhouette, that's pretty impressive detail) on the pole would be enough, but the sky cracking and revealing its true color... not sure what it's meant to symbolize, but I like it! Break the world, and build a new one with art.

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[Toy car rug]

Hmm? Scope creep? Terminology that goes over my head, like how this is actually a telephone pole and no rug... if looked at from a different perspective. Really cool idea of putting them together like this, in thumbnail as well as with the pictures. Pretty simple work this time, but alright, I can dig it! Idea is cool. The way the line work runs downwards should've given me a hint too. :) Also same recurring color theme hmm...

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RionHunter responds:

Scope creep is when a project slowly acquires more criteria for completion or the expectations around quality increase. It can be a problem because it can make the end of the project unattainable or forever shifting

Glad you like the many layers this piece has.

[New Atlantis]

The world so bright, the city so dark.... symbolic take on our society? Post-apocalyptic event? It's like a plague eating the light out of the earth, a darkness spreading, or a giant meteor nearing, just ready to obliterate all.... is what I thought at first, but a floating city huh, now that you say so I see it in a new light. :) Maybe the lack of visible land below it makes it not all so clear, and the horizon merges with the dome, as if they're all part of the same. Imaginative motive though! Makes you think.

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[Castle]

Another one with this bright red theme, and brighter than ever! For once it goes perfect with the landscape, and again it's a barren land, devoid of life, imaginative and far away... really digging these motives.

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RionHunter responds:

You should check out my instagram for context regarding the colour choices

[Ebbed]

Wonderful wavy art from deep down in the sea! Beautiful color. Texture. Bubbles. Really looks like water.

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[Beacon]

Such a lonesome piece... was thinking it'd be warm and wonderful with the color, but the ship alone at sea gives such a profound sense of isolation. The clouds drift as the boat does, and the angle makes it seems like it's at the edge of the world, or hope. Like even though the surface of the water is still they could fall down into the abyss at any second... yet a lightpost shines a light, and land is at the edge of an image so it's not so hopeless after all! Interesting how it still maintains that sensation.

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[Ashley's Portrait]

Love the nostalgia in this one. :D Classy work!

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[Ryan's Portrait]

That dog looks a bit odd but... cool suit! Dreamy sci-fi landscape in the background's a real highlight too, the green haze and lazy lighting. Nice!

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GrahamDrawsButts responds:

I was totally ripping off Destiny 2's planet, Nessus. I just found it super pretty.
My coworker was getting the game on PC, and was begging me to let him play Destiny 2 on my PS4 (which came out a month or two earlier than the PC version)
So i painted him in destiny 2 to tease him ;)

You caught me! I looked at the dog before i posted it, and I was like "Thats awful, but will anyone care other than me? nawwwwwww"
I'll have to work on my dogs!

Graham