Occluded's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mulla the Fisherman]

Great peice.

For a last minute change. That flowing of elements is pretty brilliant. Perfect way to round out the otherworldly feel. That moon really ties it all together.

[Chthulu]

ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

Great piece man. Congrats on the frontpage. I feel all lucky I got to be the one to scout you. Seems really well rendered and sits in the space nicely. I gave you a nine cause it feels more like an element of something bigger rather than something that stands on it's own. But in fairness there's not much you could do about it. Well done.

[22]

Well...

I hate you. I don't know if I mentioned this recently. But I do. This is an excellent piece. Composition is nice. The image is playful and original. The use of color is brave and exciting. My only problem with it is the slightly disturbing evocation the milky fluid brings up for me. But I'm a sicko.

This is so good, and I hate you.

sucho responds:

so i cant come 'round your place to go milkin' again? D:

[Commission : Soldier]

Damn fine peice

Everything I feel is wrong with this exactly what I feel is wrong in my own pieces. Except your composition is better.

The outline of your soldier is too clean. I know it's hard to get those painterly looking lines when you're working in layers. I'm assuming you cut him out after painting him on a solid color? In a new layer behind your soldier try repainting the edges. Then you aren't ruining what you already have, but you can get the painterly feel that you have in the rest of your work. If you need to you can add a mask and paint the transition between the two outlines. Or dupicate the Soldier and paint right over the top. It's a small thing, but it does seem out of place.

Anyway. Looks good.

[Yes?]

Very Nice

I think this has a good chance at frontpage. I think it's successful in a way that only a few of your other pieces are. The composition here is given room to breathe. There's plenty of distinction between elements. And I think with this one you really nailed down a painterly style. I mean it feels thick with 'paint'.

You've made accidents (like as you pointed out one arm being bigger than the other) work. Not to the point where it feels sublime, but it definitely doesn't feel awkward.

I like the fast and loose feel of this too. Because it is really detailed. Somehow you made that contradiction work. Good job man.

Errold responds:

Why why, you were right! :D thanks for the great critizism, I'll make use of it!

[Julie-Su: 25YL [updated]]

Stop

Do you ever get the feeling they're ragging on you because they know it's traced, and are trying to goad you into posting the pic you traced it from.

You can tell because it is waaaaay too informed in some places (like the shoulders arms hips and legs) and waaaaaaaaay too ignorant in other places (breasts and back). Obviously you traced the informed areas and exaggerated the other ones. Or possibly you traced from someone else who did. If you want us to stop baiting you. POST ORIGINAL ART. Or post a link to your 'reference'.

You suck balls.

[iScribble stuff]

Still pretty badass

For iScribble that's pretty badass dude. You using a tablet with this?

That little blue blobby line bugs me though.

UltraPitchFork responds:

Thanks.

Yes I use a tablet. This piece isnt finished btw but I wanted to submit it anyway. That's why there's a little blue blob that I didnt bother to erase.

[water nymph]

I just favorited you

This is a great piece and I'm surprised it hasn't been frontpaged. The composition, rendering, color, and mood are spot on. I like that purplish color you got going on. It's a great tough of warmth. The rendering works. She looks wet. And keeping the background loose adds to the atmospheric perspective.

2 things and take them with a grain of salt. The jaw is a little square, and the hand is a bit overworked, and a little off anatomically.

[New Recruits]

Geek Joke

The geek joke is that Vader is a black guy. What do I win?

[Last Rain]

I think this is the one

I was on the fence about whether this one or 'Father's Golem' was going to get frontpaged. I've decided no matter which one I chose I was gonna be wrong. I think you're a shoe in for one of them to make it. So congrats. You've definitely got the rendering skills. I would like to see you work on composition more. How you're subjects are placed in space. It seems like you're so wrapped up in the main subject that you neglect making that subject dynamic, and putting him in a flushed out setting. But again. Damn fine work.

Mohzart responds:

Thank you very much! And I do agree with not paying more attention to the composition, that's because I'm disorganised and kinda suck at that thing... ;P But I am working on it. Thanks again :D