Occluded's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Water Lady]

reeaallly good

The coloring is perfect. It's nicely balanced. And it moves well. Colors are bold and evocative. But then again they always are in your pieces. The transition from her legs to water is a little abrupt. And the anatomy is a little off. Nothing that couldn't be fixed with the liquify tool. If you catch me on stick cam sometime I could be more specific.

ImpendingRiot responds:

Thanks man, will do. In fact, I've caught you right now

[Deep sea lurker]

It's really good.

Damn good. think it's the best I've seen from you. The composition could use a little work. It's a little static. Everything is on one depth, and it's a straight profile view. Could be a little more dynamic. But the rendering, lighting, color, and texture are spot on. Well done.

Havegum responds:

Thanks for saying that! I don't really like it myself, I was actually debating even sticking it in the art portal.
Looking at it in retrospective, I'd say it's too messy, and that the colors don't make sense at some spots. Thanks for the review though!
Happy friday flood!

[Loloctopus]

It was good in WIP

And it's good now. The only thing that bothers me is that it's so balanced in some ways that I want to make it completely symmetrical. For me, it kinda rests in a uneasy place. We have a center focus, but then our eyes aren't sure where to go next.

Fifty-50 responds:

Yeah, thanks for the crit occluded! I know it very confusing looking at the pic. I have been troubled by this ever since I started coloring it. But I said what the heck, it couldn't be that bad. But I was wrong.

[Friday Flood Fish]

Spot on.

It's beautiful, and you should be proud of it.

[9th and Hennepin]

Nice work Aigis

I think you're spot on with the mood here. It's hard to verbalize, but the emotion it evokes is unambiguous. Her right shoulder (on the left as we look at it) feels a little off, and I wish she had a mouth. But all in all it's a damn fine piece. I really like it. Even the simplified water drops. It feels effortless.

[Friday Flood 3]

...

... I couldn't begin to critique this. It feels a bit awkward to me. But not in any way that I can put it to words. It's not to my taste. But it's not bad. Maybe it's that the foreground feels really busy, and the background is so empty. It's maybe too sharp a contrast? A juxtaposition that doesn't really add intrest if you can dig it.

[Friday Flood #3!]

Awesome

It really is. I have nothing for you as far as critique. It's awesome.

[Kingfisher]

Also not surprised

Like this background texture much better than the wood. Really this thing is spot on. I don't know how you could improve upon this. Maybe a little more texture in the tail-feathers? It's great.

J-qb responds:

Hah that tail is gonna keep following me to the grave isnt it ;)
nah jk, thanks for the review, I like this better than the wood too; When Ive been working on something for too long at a stretch I lose the ability to properly judge certain things. Thats why its always a good idea to come back to a drawing a few days after you have "finished" it.

[Green Flash]

Nicely done

I think the sand actually looks spot on. Maybe too formally done compared to the rest of the piece. The perspective. The solid chunky clouds. The wavy green sky. They all seem like different style choices than the sand, and to a lesser extent the water. Like it almost gets less formal as you move deeper into the piece.

I like it though. Good solution with the wet sand.

Luwano responds:

This review is making me so damn happy. I know my clouds are not good and I'm not satisfied with them myself, but I wanted to have that transition from a real foreground to a more unreal background. That's also why I took that strong saturated green. So different styles or not, I'm really happy the effect I was going for seemed to work just a little.

[Night Dip - Flood the Portal 3]

Not surprisingly it's good

That's what I expect form you. It's a good piece. It feels a bit uncomfortable as far as where this lives. I wish I had a hint of some other element in the background to give this some depth. Maybe a hint of a moon. Or the afterglow of a thunderbolt. A campfire. Something to flesh out the story the forground is telling. For some reason the softbrushed water doesn't bother me. And it should. I would like to see some more variance in the brush thickness.

1) I'm a dick for not saying this earlier.
2) I'm admittedly holding you to a higher standard.

It is pretty damn good.