Cyberdevil's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jordling]

Impressive sense of realism with the face! I'm wondering if it'd have been different if the entire face was there, with some of it going out of proportion somehow, but the way the lines of the scarf fold look just right too... eyes look alive, shading's summery; the hair's wild but seems OK! Gets a bit more basic with the texture on the scarf itself, where thick lines contrast with the otherwise fuzzy (wool?) texture. As for the title, it feels like I rarely hear either one of those used, not jordbo either so much as stadsbo or similar... unfortunately a bit more common: jordgetingbo. Anyway this was a good piece! Good detail.

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LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Hey, thanks for reviewing this! I agree with all that you said! I used a real image as my model when drawing this; only way I could manage. I'm by no means an artist at all, so the only way I reached even this level with all its flaws, was by spending more than 6 hours on it, I think? I didn't even really take too much of an artistic approach, except for the hair which I made less realistic. The scarf (that I think is actually a wool [indeed] sweater) is less detailed indeed. I wanted to practice drawing a realistic face :3
So basically, just laziness on my account!

Yeah, I haven't really heard it either. Jordbo, sometimes. And indeed, jordgetingbo way too often, hahaha :'D
Thank you!!!

[Egypt]

Now this is pretty cool! Hadn't heard of black wax etching before either. Nice detail, though wish the resolution was bigger so you could zoom in a bit and really explore... wonder what scale this was?

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DrSevenSeizeMD responds:

Thanks! I made this in high school. It's pretty small itself, like half a sheet of paper. It was fun to make.

[Vase in Ink]

Thought this might be a canvas full of detail too! But it's a nice vase. Chapped, but still so perfect... artful place to place it. Reminds of Asia. Makes me want to write a few haikus.

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DrSevenSeizeMD responds:

Thank you, I also made this one in high school. :-)

[A series of people and events]

So this is where it began. :) Definitely a bit more refined with the newer version, and with more intentional a divide, but this one's refreshing too in how it's NOT. The island and eye are s nice bit amidst the surrounding chaos. I like the stars. So many messages here too. Wyclef Jean song reference with 'The Sweetest Girl'? As for the others, foreign and strange... interesting collage/canvas/doodlemesh.

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DrSevenSeizeMD responds:

Thanks, the interesting thing about this piece is that it was actually inspired by the worst mistake of my life. Poor 2009 sevenseize. If only she'd known. :-)

[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. :-)

[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.

[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.

[Cleanbot]

He's just full of surprises. XD Could be useful with all cases of food poisoning too...

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ChazDude responds:

GFL, 21 interactions at once. Slow down!!!

[Baba Yaga]

That's a... pretty interesting house! A front suspiciously much like a face too, even if the legs seem to be facing the other way entirely... I like the brooding; murky mood, smooth and artful, I like the brushes of water in particular, so swift shapes it must have taken some effort to polish. And that it's based on an actual story, too! The mystery's blue and intriguing.

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YakovlevArt responds:

The legs are odd. it's hard to show which way I want them to face, but it looked right to me when painting it. Now you got me confused looking at it like an optical illusion haha.

[54 Inkling for Smash]

A spectacular smash! :D Great character art, and you definitely managed the burst in a great way, even if it doesn't seem so much as ink as... slime? Clay? Something thicker. Never played the game though so maybe the texture is just right, too, disregarding the name. Also really like the design on that gun!

The background's fiery, fierce and... interesting!

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ScepterDPinoy responds:

I appreciate your critique. Maybe I need to make the Ink parts thicker in the future.