Cyberdevil's art Reviews on Newgrounds

['Wall of Honor']

The official stand-alone upload of this awesome loop is here! :D Such a happy; energetic piece, and though with limited characters it feels like there's a lot to look at. One thing that bothers me a little little bit is that green splash on the orange logo, which feels like powerful contrast, and maybe because of the contrast, also feels like a more noticeable loop than the rest. Party's all in good pace, while that logo splash just goes on frantically. Overall though, really nice work! The honorable wall wouldn't be half as honorable without it!

-cd-

Butzbo responds:

Heh, at first I thought of them (the green splash) as some sort of 'laurels', but they changed a bit in the process. Glad you liked!; it was fun to figure out a little 'dance' for each character.
Thanks CD!

[The Apple XV: Cat Apple]

"Look cat that apple! :D" people say in whiskers. And I can do noth but agree, it looks like a cat indeed, even with the lone leaf of tweed upon it's stead. Nice one.

-cd-

Christopher responds:

The cat apple stares into your soul.

[The Apple XIV: Apple of Your Eye]

I've never heard of this legend before. O_O I can eye the apple though, aya! Right in the eye! Nice and neat; lashed out, though, don't eyes usually have a corner just in one corner? Looking forward to the apple of the next day!

-cd-

Christopher responds:

Fixed the corner, thx. The original with two corners is still viewable in my art thread.

[The Apple XIII: Bizarre Apple]

Like a hybrid of De Stijl and patterns! Purple dots and green background are a cutting combination, but otherwise the colors are all a comfortable contrast. Wavy patterns blend in nicely as well. Neat.

-cd-

Christopher responds:

This is on another level beyond even De Stijl.

[The Apple XI: Arctic Apple]

Looks like I missed this one! Nice and cold apple, cubic; rounded all at the same time, icy and feisty, snowy and holy and uncontrollably cold and icy I see. Pretty neat line work on this one. Nice.

-cd-

Christopher responds:

It was released very late due to dealing with the blizzard.

[The Apple XII: Apple Bee]

Hey, is this the Fireworks variant? Flash? Style is a bit different from the previous ones! One thing: considering the line work on the apple bee, it looks a bit odd the flowers have none. COntrast between red and green stings especially without. ;) A flowery scene otherwise, serene and joyful! Apple bee.

-cd-

Christopher responds:

They're all MS Paint so far and very well could continue to be until I get a drawing tablet.

[Newgrounds in Metroidvania]

Such a massive artwork! So many characters! So much to look at! All in that cozy crisp pixel quality. :D How many hours do you reckon it all took to compose? Masterful collage of classy characters classics and uber users.

-cd-

ScepterDPinoy responds:

Thanks. Just read the description of this art of how much I spent.

[Dragon made in MMO Paint]

What an awesome, fiery, fire-breathing dragoncritter! Somehow the form feels a bit elongated, but looks great otherwise, nice shading; all, and one-pixel teeth and nails look pretty spiky. :D Nice work.

-cd-

Zanzlanz responds:

Thanks Cyberdevil! I wonder if you were around during MMO Paint's lifetime. :)

[The Apple IX: De Stijl Apple]

Eh hmm... abstract! And yet, it feels somehow very... unoptimized somehow. Like the blocks have no symmetry. Different widths and heights entirely, placements with what seems like random spacing between them, and the contours of the apple appear uneven and edge with the crispness of the surrounding tiles. I feel like the apple would've looked better without the white background too, maybe a crisp outline; the blocks therein, with the black shining through? And some pattern to the blocks... for a De Stilj style it feels a bit spacey. Well, creative stuff!

-cd-

Christopher responds:

De Stijl usually has random widths and heights like that, but I'll make a second De Stijl apple with your suggestions to see how it turns out.

[The Apple X: Pixel Apples]

Oh, nice! Colorful and pixely, and it's nice with a whole array of apples too, even if the design for all but the last seems easily clonable. Good apples. Favorite so far. All just so... crisp and healthy! I need to figure something out for Pixel Day too...

-cd-

Christopher responds:

Palette swaps are a trademark of the 8 and 16-bit eras. The last apple is actually the Celestial Apple from The Apple V.