Ericho's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[An Abstract Birth]

This is a great picture because it really accomplishes what it sets out to do. I especially appreciate how everything's done with sprites. I really don't see them that more here. I just noticed how there's a rainbow going across the thing, whatever it is. It looks like there's blood or something going onto the crystal ball. I like how the two figures are quite different.

One appears to be grumpy while the other appears to be just frail. It could have perhaps used more of a background, though. It's still a great picture because it makes you wonder where the eyes come from. In fact, everything here seems to be suspended in a random manner.

[Random encounter]

Dude, this is a fantastically detailed picture! The weird thing is that it doesn't even focus on the characters in the picture, it focuses more on the environment. That's great that you do so much justice to what is the real focus of the picture. Then again, it might just stand out to me. I didn't even notice the yellow alien at first! It's not so much that he blends in, it's just that he seems so natural in the picture.

This is truly gorgeous and makes you appreciate the nature of the world. I can see some little houses or huts or something in the grass itself. It looks as though some great battle is going to take place. Count me in on being interested as to what goes on next! I hope this made it into the calendar contest. Everything is just so wonderfully lush.

[Radical NG Reinforcements!]

This is a great picture because it shows some brand new characters in it! I'm disappointed in myself because I'm not able to remember most of them. I can identify the dinosaur as one of the raptors that appears in that one cartoon in a contest. Of course, he looks more like Philosoraptor. I am able to identify the fat guy with the orange clothes. I think the name of the cartoons he's from is called "Villiany"?

The samurai from "Samurai Asshole" is really the only older one except for the tankmen. I think I can the Slender Man at one point there. It seems like this was maybe more about the Internet than just this website. It's great to see so may unique and underused characters in this. The shading is so good here too.

[Captain Chiroptera]

Oh, at first I thought the giant fly was supposed to be the title character. I guess it wouldn't make much sense if the title character wasn't the main focus of the picture. What I really liked about this was how good the shading and lines were. I'm amazed this doesn't have a higher rating. At least people like Tom Fulp acknowledge how great it is. He mostly looks like a bat, but seems to have some gremlin tones to him.

Oh, and happy first day of Summer! It's just something I found out and you're the first person whose artwork I've reviewed that I've remembered it. I like how his teeth are so jagged and just leaping out at his prey. It's been awhile since I've seen one of those bad files.

[Calliope]

I can't believe this doesn't have a higher rating! This is a truly awesome picture that wonderfully portrays Hank and Tricky fighting! The colors are a bit out of the ordinary, but it's still great! I really appreciate all the deletion of the black lines. The colors move so fluidly. The way Tricky has those claws reminds me of those chip things that you can put on your fingers.

I don't know why there are these ropes or something tied around his teeth. I'm guessing it's just there to look fancy. Of course, I shouldn't apply logic to something like Madness Combat. I also love how his gun is going off with the spark. It looks like he's leaping from some great explosion too.

[Winter Pixel Poster]

At first I thought this was just a drawing of video game characters or some of the adminstrators, but it isn't! It's a drawing of basically EVERYONE! That is, every person you could possibly think of. It's one of the most colorful pictures I've ever seen in my entire life! As expected, you have to get it in full view to truly get the best effect. I think it would probably be easier if I listed the pop culture icons who DIDN'T appear in this.

Hey, I noticed in the right hand corner there's Muhammad. He actually has in fact been sneaked in the "South Park" show through the intros. I think nearly every character who's been associated with Christmas in some way in this. There's even the singing Princess Leia and Chewbacca's relatives. There's also Wolverine, Freddy Krueger, the Grinch, Pac-Man, the Pac-Man ghosts, Santa Claus, Charlie Brown, the Pillsbury Dough Boy, Skeletor, Mr. Freeze, and those are just the ones I can think of without looking at the picture! You should work in "Where's Waldo?" books.

[Newgrounds Sprite guys!]

Hey, we finally got to see Tom Fulp naked! I guess now I'm not going to have to worry about getting another 80,000 experience points for that. As a huge fan of this website, I know most of the people in this. As in, I can recognize them, not that I know them personally. The only ones I'm unfamiliar with are Buzzwerd, Tystarr, Jonas, Kevin L., and Lalo. I guess it would be easier if you used their usernames.

Or are those their usernames? The best thing about this is how much detail was put into each little pixel. It seems like you don't see a lot of sprite stuff anymore on this website. I kind of miss those days. RIP Randy Solem.