DannyP's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Victoria Concept]

Almost there

Indeed, the pen tool has helped you create clean lines here. The body's proportions and such are all good.

The foot to our left is a bit of a problem. it looks kinda like it's ona bit of a side view, but it's too close to being in line with the other foot, so one would think it should look like a front view instead. That brings me to my next suggestion, which is sort of the same thing.
I think you have a good grasp on how a human body should look (or at least a female body). Seeing your "Nekos + Yuri" picture, I just think you need to work on drawing breasts better; they look like they're on a weird angle in that picture. Anyhow, I think your next big step as an artist is to make your art look more like art. I used to have this problem, too, and I still do have this problem a little bit. I could draw a picture of a person, but I couldn't make it look like it had life, like they were really trying to do whatever they were doing in the picture. It looked more like they were forcing a pose. Anyhow, that's something you need to work on. In this case, what you would do is have that leg on the left end a bit higher. You should make it look like it's in the background a little bit if you want it to be on a little bit of a side view, it would make the picture look like it has more depth. It looks like you were trying to do that already, but you still made the leg go down too far.

But even after you get the hang of foreshortening (or whatever they call it), you need to make the characters look more natural/relaxed and also draw backgrounds. I think the Art Portal wants complete pictures, not just character designs and such. If you add real backgrounds to your pictures, they'll look more like art instead of just drawings. I mean, drawings are art, but art is more complicated than that.

Darkbrand responds:

Thanks so much DannyP, your reviews are always welcome, since they are always awesome.Thanks again dude =D

[turtleco cutout]

Neat

I like seeing art that's more than just art... though I suppose the amount of details and such as art aren't too amazing.

turtleco responds:

I guess you are right, it isn't a very complex or detailed drawing, but its a cute little cut-out for fun.

[Arch]

Cool

He looks cool. The sword's design is quite sweet. The shine on the armour seems well done. Other than the lack of background, there are two things about this picture that bother me, though.
The first is his foot that's angled towards us. It just sorta looks to me like the little toe side is bigger than the big toe side, though I'm pretty sure they're the same size. I would maybe try to have the big toe's side planted more firmly rather than curved up a bit like that at the sole. It also seems that foot's heel goes farther back than the other heel, which might be kinda awkward/perhaps impossible since that leg is closer to us everywhere else.
The second is that I think his crotch might be a little low, but maybe that's just compared to my style... I personally try to have the wrist in line with the bottom of the crotch.

WildArch responds:

Yeaa! Big reviews, been a while.
But you're probably right about the feet , I thought it was okay if the heels were both at the same level of height.
You could say it's in my style too since , the proportions i'm using comes mostly from preferences while keeping tabs on what they are supposed to look like.

[Cross Yo Eyes!]

Awesome

Getting my eyes crossed properly was pretty tricky, but well worth it.

Tip to anyone having troubles: Hold your index finger downwards in front of you. Align it with the top of this guy's hat. Bring your index finger around 4 inches from your face. Look at your index finger and only your index finger; if your index finger is "doubling", you're not looking at it enough. Keep staring at your index finger until the blurry figure in the background looks like they're sorta glowing, then try to look at his eyes. You'll know if you did it right. If not, try again!

brettamatowski responds:

Chicka yeah! So glad a select few people can actually get it to work without a Stereoscopic Viewer to help. I guess I trained myself as a kid in order to do it easily. I suggest NOT painting while cross-eyed. Ouch.