DonStracci's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Futuristic Weapons]

Great improvement!

For a 2 hours work, you did many different objects and added interresting shadings, The only gun that I find weird is the machine gun with the crooked like magazine. The textures on the guns are interesting, it's like they are having a lot of scratch on 'em. Keep up the good work, I like what I see and how your work is going.

Mathieu

[Kalashnikov AK Series]

Good start, need more work.

It's a good start, but it needs more work. May I suggest that you put more time to work on the main parts of the gun first and then you copy and paste it and change some details so it fit another model, that's how I work. These are indeed good, but some parts are still too square-ish. The overall lack lights and shadows , you can surely find some tutorials on the internet to make you understand better how to make shadows and lights and it would greatly improve the look of the guns and how to make them feel like they were more 3D. Also, the wood textures would have been better if you added more than just a line, you could have added just some less dark tones around the line of the wood grain. Don't forget to get a reference picture of the real thing if you lack the information on how it's supposed to look like, it's not cheating , professionals do use reference pictures when they lack the information they need to make things look right. My comment wasn't to make you feel bad about it, You got a lot of potencial , everybody does, but you need to invest more time and effort if you want to improve yourself. Practice practice and practice is the key. I hope that I have given you enough tools to get better and I am looking forward to see your future works!

Sorry for my english,

Mathieu.

zakk890 responds:

Thank you again Don, for the critisism, suggestions, and I agree with all that you said, but classic Kalashnikovs had some wood grain, but mostly stain lines, but i guess i could do more variations

[Warehouse Holdup]

Good one

It is pretty small so it's hard to see the details properly, but I see that you did some shading on the head of your character, if you were working on a bigger size it would have been more noticeable for everyone, keep up the good work!

zakk890 responds:

Thank you very much Don, i appreciate it.

[fat monster thing]

Good work.

I like your style of drawing. I would have scouted you if I had the power but I recommended you at least.Keep up the good work.

PegasuTV responds:

thanks dooD

[The Man]

Very good.

This is a very interesting illustration. I like the contrast between the desaturated colors of the character + tank and the flashy background color. The design of the character is neat and he looks like a total drunken badass. Keep up the good work!

-Mathieu