Maza14's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Soldier]

whoa!

this is really good man! can't believe its colored pencils; i love the textures! did you use a reference for this?

Lowgan responds:

Yeah, i had some photo reference for this. And it took a long time layering the colored pencils, because Crayola doesn't blend well. Thanks for the positive feedback.

[Goddess Nyx]

i LUV it......yes

you know, its hard for me to express just how i feel when i look at this. all i know is that this is a fuckin wonderful piece of art, really. you have a lot of talent.

i like the whole idea of her sleeping on the clouds and the contrast between night and day that is seperated by her.

emiliapaw5 responds:

Thanks, I'm glad you understood what this piece is about :)

[hybrid]

Roaaaarrrrr!!!! whorooaaaaarrrr!!! bloaaaar!!!

looks like something you would see on Resident Evil.

nice work.

data777 responds:

yeah kind
thanks

[Myth page 2]

hmmm....

i like your style of art but i dont like the way you laied out the panels. i dont know a whole lot about making comics although i read a lot of manga (im currently reading Berserk and this piece reminded me about it) but i do know that the way you lay out the panels is very important and for some reason i think it could have been done better here.

for instance, i think it would have been better to split up the bottom panel into 2 or 3 panels showing that scene of the protagonist walking in and the freak show with the girl notining him come in. it would have been more dramatic that way and build up anticipation for what is to come on the next page but instead its just all done in one panel and that takes away from the intensity of the scene.

maybe im talking rubbish, like i said i dont know much about drawing comics but this is just my take on what i would have done.

TheManofSteal13 responds:

No, its very true. Adding more panels does build up the intensity of a dramatic scene,but adding too many panels can also confuse the viewer so changing the layout (and also the scenes) at this point would prove to be a lot of work since its already made. However, splitting the last bottom panel and not reveal the protagonist until the next page would definitely be a good idea.

[Yui Hirasawa of K-ON!!]

wow

this is really good. i like the amount of detail you put in it BUT her upper lip is a bit messed up. makes it look like her mouth is that of a male and not a female. aside from that, the rest is good. especially the hair.

do you sketch it in pencil first, or do you go in straight with ink??

mangaka350 responds:

pencils first then ink :3

[Holes, page 38]

une lutte prochainement j'espere?

"en direct" veut dire juste "Live".
j'aime beaucoups ce BD.
j'attends les prochains pages!

YannuNG responds:

Merci beaucoup ! Pour ce qui est d'une lutte...Il y en aura bien une...Peut etre pas celle que vous attendez !

[Vega-seraphim Angel]

beautiful...

i really like her, i just feel that her wings are too small. dont really do her majesticness justice. but very nice overall.

emiliapaw5 responds:

Thanks! She did have bigger wings before but they made her look too masculine. I will try better next time ^.^

[The Abbey]

lush yeah

iv been looking through your stuff. your fuckin talented. what i like about you is that you use all kinds of media, water color, charcoal, pen, pencil, colored pencil. thats good. im so stuck in my ways, i need to venture away from the pencil and try use other media more often.

very detailed, i like this piece along with all your other stuff as dark and demonic as they may be lol be happy, you inspire me))

Thulcandra responds:

Thanks a lot for your comment! :D I'm really glad you like my artwork. Regarding being stucked in anything, well...I don't really find it quite bad. I mean, if you are focused in X media or genre, you can improve it in a better way and then you can be specialized in it. In my case i usually 'neglect' the backgrounds, so I often only draw figures (in fact, I hate to draw woods and vegetation, I'm really bad drawing it, haha).
Cheers!

[Hun Jord]

fuck me, this is good.

how long did you take to do this???
this is quite impressive, the amount of detail is stunning.
i especially like the two large bottom feathers and the masks they are wearing.
respect!

i looked at some of your art, you need to do more illustrations like this.
your my new favorite artist on NG!

StarwolfTsuname responds:

Thanks a lot for the comment, much appreciated! It took me a few days. I worked on it mostly during my classes, so it's hard to calculate the EXACT time I spent on it in total.

I have gotten back into my macabre phase for some reason, thanks Sigur Ros and Silent Hill, such inspiration. XD

Again, thanks for the compliment, glad you like my work!

[Angelina]

nice

this is really good, did you use a reference?

im quite a fan of work done with biros. the best part for me is the hair which is never easy to do.
do you sketch it first with a pencil before you use a pen?
i just think there should be shadows and folds on her dress, it looks to plain.

Bryony responds:

biro is the best! thanks for the advice, i do need to work on making my shading darker in general, but it is actually a lot darker just my scanner is awful and doesn't pick it up well. not sure how i can fix this without overworking the original though.

oh yeah it is from reference, not one of my best but i'm still learning to draw the figure.