Mordoz's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rock'n Roll]

Interesting piece

Interesting piece, somewhat iconic and abstract in some ways. The thing I notice though is that it looks a tad messy in its abstraction. Unclear details form a mass in the middle of the body, legs are crude, unformed with only a hint of structure. This work relies much on the viewer to finish the details, to assume it. I would say perhaps practice drawing more skeletons, which is a standard practice among art school students anyway. Perhaps take a traditional art class at your local community college.

(Those tend to be better at smaller schools. Such a teaching can really increase your skills much faster and give you a boost in confidence and knowledge as it did for me. No need to take years of learning, just the basics is fine to start with. Experience and practice does the rest.)

I'll give this one a 8/10 and 5/5

[Ex-Musketeer]

awesome work

Not impossible for such an unscrupulous man. Having been born with joints that bend near doubled, he is able to even use this ability to escape imprisonment.

Ok, I tried it myself. I was able to do it, not THAT far but nearly there. I do have double joints in my elbows, so perhaps he can too and often exercises it without thinking, perhaps freaking out enemies sometimes :D

full points. fantastic work

MORDOZ

<deleted> responds:

Haha indeed, we will have to append that to the character description.

Thanks for the comment :)

[Happy Birthday Lisa!]

Oooooh! Love it!

Looks like I got me a new wallpaper!

Great job!

[Butterfly Freedom]

Ah ha!

I just finished reviewing your first flash on here and now I see your tyrue artistic abilities laid bare!

I was right, you CAN create very good art. I hope you apply some of this to your flash stories. It would really enhance your work greatly. Either a retelling of your story with human shapes like this picture you made, or a new story.

My hats off to you, young lady! Full points! 5/5 10/10

Cateyes27 responds:

Thank you XD I'm more at home with a pencil and paper though I do like to play in photoshop from time to time. I do have a tablet but sadly it isn't a name-brand and is difficult to deal with along with no settings to change/adjust. I very much want to draw better flash videos and without a time limit such as with my last one lol. (only had a few days)

Again thank you very much for your review ^^

[Beauty and the Beast]

nice image!

"Thank you! I just kinda noticed that they were a little blurry actually! How embarrassing."

Actually the antlers of a fawn (baby dear) are fuzzy. They have a small fuzzy coat of light fur lining it as it slowly grows up from the head...kind of take the skin and fur with it until it breaks all the way through. So its only the ears needing work. But really that's not a big deal. The imagery is there clearly seen

Araelyn responds:

Ahaha, thank you for the facts and I'm glad you like the picture!

[The Fiend Keeper.]

oh thats what it is.

I thought it was jsut fried spider legs he was rolling around in. lol

That guy sure loves him some fried spider legs!

yum!

fun art. good work

Kuoke responds:

Spiders, hands, it's all the same. I sure know I get them confused constantly.

[Sovereign of Mirth]

bloody mirth. Awesome work

Very nice work. Graphite is nice, but if you were to try it in charcoal. wow. I love working in charcoal. My old art teacher once told us that you may hate it at first, but in time, you wont want to use anything else. He was so right! I found using the actual charcoal sticks was much more satisfying than using the pencils. I tended to create vast stretches of forests from the point of view of some small animal on a path. I wish I still had my old work..sigh. (destroyed in a neighborhood fire. yeah sad. over 70 paintings and 300 drawings up in smoke.)

When you said, and i quote:
"Thanks, but as a general rule I try not bleed when I draw--it ruins the art!"

Well actually Some famous art masters of the past wold use their own blood to help tint colors. Obviously a dangerous practice if overdone. I myself would use small amounts to lightly smear over my colored pencil drawings, creating an almost film over the area. Usually I did that only for the eyes of the mythical creatures. Less blood needed then...also for a time I wrote my signature in my own blood. Then coasted the whole drawing with fixative. Preserves the blood quite well. Also cows blood has been used by the great masters. Those who might have fainted at wounding themselves too often lol

[Madness]

awesome!

Just love it! very awesome! The planet sets the tone perfectly!

as for chugaconroy & Seenya: what? really? planets are NEVER transparent in any medium. Sure they can be covered by a shadow from the planet you are on, even brightened by the sun, but unless it is made from a material that Is capable of translucency, then you wont be able to see through it! (which means it would not be a planet and be unlikely to hold a stable orbit and not be there anyway. Something hollow and transparent wont have enough mass) It would look very unrealistic and odd... Even if you wanted it there and you saw it..you would say, "yeah that's what I asked for but it still looks weird." You may not know why it looks weird but this is why. That is our sense of what looks right to us. just try making a planet in a pic that is transparent, it wil be odd to you :) I only say this because that is reality and I thought the same when I was a kid..drawing a ton of planets and moons like that...until I realized that it looked very stupid...

Its great as it is...yes, your eye focuses there first, but only for the moment, and even helps set the mood...blood moon, then hank, fighting off hordes of zombie like clones...the planet up in the sky anchors the setting. Without it, it would be a dull world indeed.

[My Little Geisha]

Beautiful Work

I draw and incorporate my girlfriends likeness into much of my work..

I'd share some of that here, but I'd like to avoid idiotic comments like "TheRealShadman" did.

...dude, bad show..not cool man. *shakes head*

As for you Ephyse, AWESOME WORK as always.

[Mathius the Green Wzard]

Awesom-o Power!

I like the mix of cultures in his wardrobe. His hat looks a bit off center, but thats just me being picky.

Awesome job, man!