Cyberdevil's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Sky's Exploding With Thunder And Fireworks]

Damn man the New Year's barely here and you have an album ready already! :O Cover doesn't look bad either, abstract dimensions are always a challenge but seems like you managed those pretty well, I just get a bit bugged by that blue swirly thing really not looking like a firework. ;) Maybe less linear shapes would work better? Dotted lines and debris more than solid forms? The others look cool but also more like explosions and lightning. I feel fireworks usually consist of a mass of particles. Smaller stuff. Lots of dots, short lines, stuff like that.

Overall though: pretty cool. Sitting alone on the roof though, with two burgers... seems like a sad premise. Break up? Is it supposed to mean more? He's easily overshadowed by that blazing sky...

-cd-

artistunknown responds:

Yeah man, it was supposed to be for the 4th of july so I had a lot of the songs done for the past several months, so it didn't take too long to finish up in time for New Years (eve)

the things that look like lightning ARE lightning, that's why it's exploding with THUNDER and fireworks :p

as for the shape of the fireworks, I used this image as reference https://ip.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/fireworks-1170x878.png (which now that I'm looking at it again I think it's a painting???) so that's why the one has solid straight lines lol, I was actually more satisfied with that one than the red one, so it's interesting that you point that one out specifically, though I guess thinking back to the times when I did watch fireworks, they were mostly usually spheres of particles. Gotta have some variety though!

and yeah, the sitting alone on a roof is very much based in reality, although I didn't sit alone on the roof, I did sit alone on the 4th of july, and it was raining but people were still shooting off fireworks. The two burgers were just 'cause I ate two burgers lol. Really it's just supposed to be a representation of how I was feeling in that moment, not really brought on by anything, just generally being depressed and my dumb brain making me isolate myself from others because that's what it does.

shit this just made me realize I forgot to add some stuff to the description, dammit I had so long to prepare for this and I still manage to fuck stuff up!!!!!!!!!!! lol

[2020]

Looking smooth! Wonder if it'll last all the way through the decade too... become that iconic icon.

Happy New Year Snackers.

-cd-

Snackers responds:

ha! doubt it. Happy new year CD! keep up the critiquin!

[Divine Tribute]

If something could really get me into feet this might be one of those things... the right one looks great. Love the ring in particular. The other one though... seems almost a bit beastly the way it's drawn out. But smooth work overall, and nice alternations!

-cd-

TheTenk responds:

Love me some nice nails, heheh. Glad you like it!

[Shards of Gravity [gamedev]]

Really liking the wind effects here, the cloud, the ambient motions... seems like an enjoyable game to play. All in the joy of exploration.

-cd-

BlueCrystalStudio responds:

Thanks for your opinion :) It´s heavily focused on exploration, but with RPG elements to keep the player engaged and progressing on the way.

[Inktober 2019 jouste]

Any plans on actually printing these for real some time? They turned out pretty good.

Not sure which my favorite is here... maybe Swing or Mindless. Very nice.

-cd-

jouste responds:

yeah I'm thinking of fleshing out an actual game for sure! i'll keep my 4 fans poster all about it lol.

*highfives*

[Christmas Card 2019]

Is this the whole crew these days? The most active clocks? A random selection of somewhat Christmas-themed personas within this great gathering of which all members couldn't possibly be depicted at the same time any one time?

Real nice card. Smooth. Simply. Snowy. Imagine actually having real printed versions of these; sending out as regular Christmas cards too... wonder how people would react.

Maybe pretty well. It'd be something different, but still suitably seasonal.

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Pop-Tart responds:

It's actually all the members that contributed to the collab movie. It was created as a thank you, especially to the newer members.

I've actually been on hiatus for over a year, so if it was active clocks, my ass would be omitted.

[Mrin's Christmas Wish]

Bouncy and beautiful! :D Merry Christmas AsterEffect!

-cd-

Aster-Effect responds:

thank you very much and also Merry Christmas too! 🎅🎅🎅

[My Dear Judson (2016)]

The "I can make mannequin flinch" slogan invites to wonder about what that's all about. Any story you'd be willing to share there?

Tis a nice portrait, though all that view and he's just looking at that phone... (assume that might be part of the joke here too - if there is a joke - if no joke then you do capture him in a presumably realistic way, not bad).

-cd-

Bertn1991 responds:

It was originally a random picture I took of him and I turned it into a big meme among friends. It's more or less an exact trace.

[Merry Christmas]

Simple but lovely. :) And characters that somewhat resemble Link and Zelda, wonder if there's any correlation hmm. Merry Christmas Didi!

-cd-

DidiEsmeralda responds:

Thank you, Cyberdevil I'm glad you like it, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.2020

[Yonder Ho Characters!]

Ey, Waldo in the mix! :D This really is a gathering... quality varies when you zoom in, but impressive amount of characters, and good fun to look at overall. Feels like the main title might be a bit too shrunk down though, would be cool if it had a more prominent and cental place. And the characters framed it in a bit more. Then again it does follow suit in regard to character size and all...

Also that dude in the bottom left corner, is that by any chance you yourself? The style seems to differ a bit from the rest of 'em... potential fourth wall break there. Nice work yo! Yonder Ho!

-cd-

Bertn1991 responds:

I recommend checking out the updated version of this. It's a bit nicer ^.^

Also, the person in the bottom left is my friend Judson. I include him as a little Easter egg every now and then.