Dioccino's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Achilles]

Excellent

This image has excellent composition and emotion in it, his posture is great and really helps in the feeling that he is shouting. There's not a lot of detail per se but this doesn't hurt the image, although I think it'd be nice if the breastplate anatomy were more cleanly drawn. Also I think his arm could use more shading around the deltoid to bicep transition.

MusicalMahem responds:

I didn't even see that part (the arm). Thank you for telling me. Now everyone's going to notice lol. It was quickly done... I tend to get bored of a project if i work on it too long, though that's not the case all the time. Again, Thank You!

[Sailor Simpson]

Welp!

Welp! I've seen countless images of American cartoon and movie characters turned into Anime characters, but it's nice to see an Anime character turn into an American styled character! And you've done it very well, it looks spot-on as far as the Simpsons style goes. I'd say you've got a good blend of proportions, neither the adult or child proportions in the Simpsons are accurate, so if you're going for a teenager look I'd say you did it quite well.

Industrial-Soup responds:

Thank you very much :D

[Facebook Twitter Calendar 2011]

Love it

I love the style of this piece from head to toe-such as the soft glow around the metalic parts to the goofy character designs. I really appreciate that the character in the suit has some bulging around his neck where the suit is constricting his body. And excellent work on the eyes too, they are slightly realistic without breaking the cartoon look either, it's a fair blend of both. Technically speaking, this is an excellent image.

As far as telling the story goes... I don't particularly like how both of their faces are staring straight into the camera. I think it would give them more personality if the one at least angled their head towards the other.

Osuka responds:

Thanks

I tried at the beggining adding angles to the camera and i didnt like it, also looking directly to the front look more like a flash cartoon XD

[Aullido]

Very good but not too consistent

This piece definitely jumps out at you, I think that's mainly because of the rays of light coming from the moon (seriously, it feels like it's going "TA DAAA" and that's not a negative comment). But like it was already said the attention to details are kind of inconsistent--it would have been great if you gave those trees and clouds the same amount of details as you did the moon and it's halo... Those trees would look great if done like the wolf's fur. Speaking of the halo, the groups of lines have too many gaps between them, this is especially obvious in the thumbnail view. If you'd spread out the strokes more evenly it would look real impressive.

This critique isn't meant to be negative or like you didn't do enough, mind you. It seems like this was a sort of quick piece, and since you said it was meant to be a serious one it still comes off well. I just think you have it in you to improve it!

Manuel-Dangelo responds:

to be honest, I thought that adding a lot of detail to the environment would distract the spectator out of the main figures of the pic (which of course are the wolf and the moon). but as it seems to be a mistake, I won't let that thought fructify in my mind again.
About the light beams... I seriously liked the brush effect and I wanted it to show somewhere. I've tried to use a massive brush, but it didnâEUTMt work out.

Thanks for such a complete review.

[Metroid/Samus]

Nice.

I figured you used a reference since it seems so similar to an image I've seen of Samus in the past--but where's the harm in that since it's a tribute anyway? You still executed it very well and you've captured her eyes and face nicely. Great work.

Deadartcore responds:

well thanks (;

[Mighty Morphing Power Rangers]

Wow

When I'd seen the other illustrations you did, the flat-colored line arts, I didn't realize this was your intended goal once you finished them all, and I have to say it's a great piece. It's good that you went forward with shading them thoroughly, this wouldn't have been as impressive if it were done in the same style as the wallpapers. Although there as some shading inconsistencies such as around the helmets (the dark shades make it seem like the helmets are bulkier than they really are) and the shading is a little soft in some areas, however this doesn't detract from the attention to detail you put in with the small grooves and shading them according to their anatomy as well as the outfit. I love the gold on the white and green rangers btw, especially that the Green ranger's gold is more glimmering while the White ranger's is more dull, good attention to detail. Love this all around and props on the front page!

Blud-Shot responds:

Thanks for the review

[The moods of B.A.M.]

hahaha

I really like this method of a self portrait, especially the upper right panel--that's perfect. You've done very well on illustrating all the facial features....Although I've never fist-pumped while drawing.

BearPawMedia responds:

Lol. Thanks. When I really get into an action piece, I make gestures as if I was the one doing the action. Often, I make speed lines with one hand, leaving the other hand free to help illisrate my emotions.

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]

very nice

Leo and Mikey definitely look the best out of them, although I don't really like the semi-humanistic look to them, that's really just preference. I definitely like the lighting and attention to details, although in some spots the shading looks a little flat--like it doesn't give enough depth. I'm guessing you drew each separately and then pasted them into the scene? The only areas that are iffy are the outer edges of their legs, especially because of the bloom effect, you can see where the coloring bleeds out of the edges. Still just a minor crit though, I love this piece.

Blud-Shot responds:

Good eye, I did make them seperately. the piece is 11inches by 17 inches. Couldn't make them all on one 8.5 x 11 paper lol. Most of my art have same flaws I have yet to perfect the method to paint digitally.

[Ahogandose en color]

nicely done

I think this is a very nicely done piece, you definitely get a sense of drowning or being whisked away in the tide... and her face has a helpless fading look to it, which complements your message well. The only thing I dislike is how stocky the lower half of her is, it goes from a solid character to a sort of Ren & Stimpy look that offsets the balance of the image, what with her toes flexed and exaggerated like that.

gusana responds:

Thanks! Yeah... the idea was to make something a little more grotesque than my other pieces and I wanted to make her body like... she´s trying to swim but she can´t, like those people who don´t know how to swim, they just move their arms and legs but they don't know what they´re doing. At the end the face didn't get along with the body XD I like my drawing anyway

[FF: Lost and forgotten]

Very nice work

I really like the tone of the image, the contrast is just about right and the strictly gray colors are complemented by the subtle gold, which does a good job of giving the impression of isolation. The only way it could've been improved is with maybe fading to blue a little bit. Very nice details on the model and I also like the expression on his face.

toshema responds:

Thanks !!!!!!!