Zanzlanz's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hornet]

You went in a really cool, creative direction with it! I like how you approached the head.
I'm curious what the intended scale of this creature is?

ArtDeepMind responds:

Yeah, that was tricky part, the scale, I just put a bigger common leaves on the ground for the scale, so something like a lizard probably in terms of size.

[smaugust day 1-4]

Always a fan of Smaugust, particularly for the really creative concepts like these from talented artists like yourself. Love the unexpected creature combinations - I've certainly never seen a mole dragon before :)
Truly well done so far! And best of luck with the rest of the month!

RoseredTiger responds:

Thanks, I'm trying to get a bit more creative with m dragons, so this is a great opportunity for that

[C'mere & gimmie a kiss]

Wow, well done! I always really love the secondary motion in your gifs.
It's cool to see your process too.

[Diving in a storm]

I really like it! The colors are great imo, and the style change in the water really adds a lot to it.

Great work! Happy Pixel Day!! :)

Urichov responds:

Thank you. This one was really fun to do.

[2018]

Oh hey what! We're twins - born on the same day! Happy birthday man!
Your art is fantastic and always has great character/stylization to it.

[The Head]

Woah this is awesome!! I'm loving the details of this, and the concept is really surrealish :) Definitely something that doesn't quite fit this era... which I mean as a compliment of course! The lighting is nice too!

I'm wondering, what was your inspiration for this?

PixelPenn responds:

I'm glad you like it! I was going for surrealism, so glad that worked out. And for the inspiration, I'm not entirely sure, but I began by wondering what it would look like for a man to have the world he sees painted into his eyes.

[The Infinite]

Awesome work!! I really love the colors and composition! It's such a freezingly calm blue haha. The silhouettes are readable and moody, so you definitely pulled off this style very nicely.

Happy Pixel Day!

(Side-note: in the second tree layer I think there are a couple color mix-ups - definitely nothing important, it's just something I wanted to bring to your attention if you refine this)

SouredApple responds:

think I fixed it, thanks!

[Happy Pixelday!]

What an awesome mushroom serpent dragon dude! :D I wish I could sport a mustache like that lol!
I like the style you put into this: using a cooled color palette with a rather sparkly dithering technique makes this feel very magical and mysterious. :)

Have a very happy Pixel Day!

Silberregen responds:

oh thank you very much <3

[looking for something you don't know what it looks like]

Nicely done! The composition is really cool; you have two good focal points, and it creates like a hierarchy of power or something. The animation is a great touch as well ^^

I really like how you used the colors! I think it's totally fine being more than 16 colors. I was going to recommend more anti-aliasing but I think that's just a style choice (and maybe to save time since this was indeed a big piece with a lot of texture haha). Maybe dithering the clouds to make them smoother would help? idk :)

Anyway, this is really great art! Happy Pixel Day!!

codrea responds:

thanks for the feedback. honestly i got lazy to do a lot of dithering but don't tell this to anybody. 🙊

[Bloop 'Lanet]

This is beautifully done! Great technique with the curves (I even see AA!), and awesome job making the colors really count with the depth. Great use of dithering as well.

Happy Pixel Day!

TurkeyOnAStick responds:

.... oh AA = antialiasing! Righto

This review struck a chord with me the other day, as you picked up on a lot of tiny technical features. It does give me a buzz that somebody out there is aware and looking out for the tiny things.

Glad a fellow pixel artist gave me a good review, thank you. Happy pixel day!