Ericho's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Test Tube Vampire]

Test tube?

It's kind of weird how a vampire would fit in with science, but the idea is still nice. I believe that this could have had some more detail but it's decent because the colors are good. These are the kinds of colors you should use more. Of course, you do always go for a dark style which doesn't use bright colors. It looks more like a Frankenstein's monster like creature than a vampire. I guess the stitches make me think that.

The use of markers isn't half bad in this, although it isn't of the highest quality. It was great to include a description as well. It's things like this that make me sad that you only managed to submit a single thing. I like how the light appears in the middle of the creature and slowly radiates the space around it. You're still keeping the pointed fingers.

linda-mota responds:

Oh yea this is a 3 year old drawing! Course it's not up to par with my recent works. Yea the marker quality isn't great, Markers in my case do not fare well when trying to give everything a similar tone. You know i would submit more in the flash portal, but I don't animate. I can't afford a tablet, don't have the patience to animate, and the man who helped get my stuff out has a life and things get in the way. It wouldn't be fair if I pressured him. If others offered it would be quite wonderful.

Anyway yea this is an old concept that needs polishing after being ignored for 2 years.

[Hank is Chalk Full of Madness]

One of the best!

As this is the first Madness Combat art piece I have ever reviewed, I am very glad to say it is also one of the best that I have ever stumbled across! Everything is just so real and innovative in this drawing. I so wish that you would work to make an MC cartoon, maybe for next Madness Day. This really shows off the zombie appearance of Hank. It's cool because he could be considered a zombie, but there are actually different kinds of zombies in the MC world. The faces on the sides are a great touch as well.

I can see a standard Madness character being stabbed in the face. The rest of the faces seem so normal and while it makes little sense, it's still sweet to look at. I also love how the blood is just waving around the entire picture. While not done with fingers, everything is just drawn in such a crooked way. Hank almost looks like a hunchback.

linda-mota responds:

Thank you so much for the positive reviews! Unfortunately I don't animate nor own a pen tablet. I would love for someone to animate a madness day script I wrote, but people on this site have lives. it ok. ^_^

[How's It Taste, Mother Fucker?]

Lions are scary

I thought this was going to be a drawing of one of the characters from "Pulp Fiction". Of course, it turned out to be something just as cool. This probably was a reference to PF in some way. I can just imagine the lion in his suit as Samuel L. Jackson but now I realize it is probably more of a "Chappelle's Show" reference. It makes you wonder if he's chomping on barbacued zebra when asking that question. I read too much "Pearls Before Swine".

The best part is how there is so much great detail put into the lion's face. While there is no color, there looks like there's a great shading effect with how he just stands (or I guess lions don't stand) there. While it's a talking lion, it's actually a very realistic reendition of a lion. It's like you got close enough to one at the zoo to draw this. Even the words he says have great art in them.

BiggCaZv2 responds:

That reference to the Chappelle's Show is actually a reference to Sam Jackson's character in Pulp Fiction, so its a bit of both there.

Thanks much for the review.

[red baron]

When I first heard this title...

...I was hoping it was going to be a reference to Snoopy in the "Peanuts" comic strip. Of course, I don't think I ever even heard of the real Red Baron before that comic. This is certainly a great piece of art to celebrate that other Red Baron more known here. That reminds me of how that happens to be one of my favorite games. The main color is red here but there are a lot of good shading effects. It seems like it was drawn on brown paper, but that could be the color.

He is surrounded on all sides by the light coming off him. That gives the image a really good CGI effect to give it depth. There's a lot of detail on him and it makes you realize how there are so many things on this guy. The spikes are really good and it looks like he has leather straps or something on his forearms. The battle stance is great too.

dommi-fresh responds:

glad you like it buddy

[Seras Victoria]

Possibly your best yet!

This is another submission where you truly give into the insanity of your art style. While I am not familiar with Hellsing, I can still appreciate how awesome this picture is! This is where you really let your sharp points show their style! It isn't just the fingers but also the teeth, tongue and maybe even some of the limbs. It's cool to see how this dark matter just flies out of her arm becoming her new body! My only problem is that there does seem to be a line near her tongue that shouldn't be there.

The pose is extremely terrifying as well. It's not enough that you simply show the appearance she has taken on, you show her actually doing something. It is left up to the viewer's imagination to see what will happen next. I imagine drinking blood would never do anything that good to you. It's a bit hard to see the breasts in this shot.

linda-mota responds:

NO SERAS BOOBIES FOR YOU!
But seriously, thank you so much for that review. =)

['Frog Eclipse']

Wonderfully done

I am so glad to be introduced to your art style, because this is some truly impressive artwork! The best part is that are simply so many things to look at in this single picture. The main image is the giant frog judging by the title. I suppose the lack of color was meant to emphasis that it was an eclipse. There were so many tiny objects in the background that you have to look closely. I can see some magnets and some objects that appear to have eyes, so it's hard to tell if they're objects.

I can make out a great staircase as well as a plate of spaghetti on top with legs. This is a great example of how a person can tell a story with a single image. It's as good as any great abstract cartoon sent here. Some of the planets appear to be falling down or maybe they're held up by wire. While completely incomprehensible, still flawless.

Butzbo responds:

Whoah, i'm just finding this review which is rather 'old' (hope we get some sort of "notification" with the redesign, coming, extremely soon!).
Well, glad you liked it, I've been still aiming for this kind of 'abstract' work lately so there's definitively more to come!