Ericho's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Castle Crashers]

It seems like this is too generic of a title to not have other titles like it. What was funny about this was that it really doesn't have that much to do with Castle Crashers. Sure, it has the red knight here, but you only see him from behind. All the other characters just seem so out of place. I guess those guys probably appear in the games which I haven't played yet. I like how there's a floating goat head thing.

Each of these enemies seems to have a unique design or at least most of them do. Like the guy without a mask has this weird beard. I thought that was a head that belonged to one of the people there, but it was just a severed head. The best part is probably how strong the shading and lighting effects are. It's funny how there's a masked baby.

[Facebook Twitter Calendar 2011]

I remember roughly the same kind of design used in the "Warriors Of The Portal" cartoon. It makes me think I would rather see this there. Still, I do think you include this weird guy with wings who wasn't in that cartoon. This is a great drawing because it uses such fantastic CGI. It seems like you don't see a lot of CGI being used around here. I love how there's a good amount of detail put into the bubbles in the background.

It's cool how it looks like he has a skull shaped helmet. I don't even remember what that green guy's name was. I think he first appeared in "Facebook Twitter" and that was in fact his only appearance. It's always great to see new characters becoming popular so fast. I'm surprised it only took nine hours!

[Fireman.EXE]

Looking back, there probably is a Fire Man. Heck, there was an X Man for freaking everything in the Mega Man games! I don't know why, but when I look at him from a certain angle, he kind of looks like M. Bison. I guess it's the red clothes and boots. Anyway, I thought this looked a tad silly, but still a wonderful picture. The best part of it probably isn't even Fireman, but rather the environment he's in.

I haven't played any of the recent MM games, so I don't know how good the graphics are. I just love how the colors are just leaping out at the viewer. Good artwork can do that. I like how you get to see all the reflections of the bottom parts, with all the little tiles or whatever they are in the pipes. It's just strong detail.

[Madness Ascent]

Dude, this is one of the most badass pictures I've ever seen in my entire life! It is pretty much as close as we'll ever get to a completely flawless Madness tribute! I have no idea why this isn't Krinkels' favorite art submission. Everything just glistens completely perfectly in this masterpiece. I love how the fire looks so realistic too. I guess Jebus is supposed to be on top, even though he doesn't have a beard.

It doesn't matter what's going on, because what's going on looks freaking awesome!! I just love how there are so many little details in this. This is DEFINITLEY going in my Top 10 favorite art pieces of all time! The crows (or ravens possibly) perfectly show the dark world the series takes place in. It seems like the buildings are floating. This is the best Madness picture I have ever seen in my life.

[chainsaw madness]

Madness will simply never stop giving us great fanart. I think what makes this so appealing is that it has chainsaws in it! I do think there could have been a tad more detail on the crowd. I assume the severed arms belong to people who aren't really seen here. I'm just being nitpicky. This is a very nice picture with tons of great colors.

It kind of reminds me of the "Alien" franchise with how their tongues and teeth stick out. What I also like is how you seem to portray the characters as wearing masks. That would explain how these characters suddenly grow teeth when they turn into zombies. It looks like Hank (or whoever that is) is wearing a Dad 'N Me belt.

[C-Bots]

Probably the only reason I'm giving this such a high rating is because you managed to get everything done so perfectly! Come to think of it, that's a pretty good reason for giving something a high rating. What matters the most is that you perfectly captured so many classic characters! Every character looks just like what the perfect example of a clay robot would look like. I would LOVE to see a flash cartoon with these guys. That reminds me, it's been forever since Knox submitted something.

I think my favorite would have to be the F-Bot. That's probably because it's the largest and probably took the longest to make. I didn't know we had a Pikachu-esque robot. I like how they're surrounded by household objects, like change. It's a great sense of authenticness. You're a true tribute to clay creators all around!

PikaRobo responds:

Thanks for the review, The Pikabot is mine though. And just so you know, F-Bot is not the largest; A-Bot is the tallest and G-Bot is the heaviest of the 6 main bots. COL-LAB out-towers over everyone though.

[Make a Wish]

It's always great to show two completely different forces in the same place. I think the main thing about this is that you really have no idea how this came to be. It was great for you to include a story with it. This is one of the reasons we don't need a literature portal because we can do the same thing with pictures. Heck, we can use regular submissions as literature even. I love the large amount of detail put in this robot.

I think the robot would wish for one of two things. Either he'd wish that the robots would take over the humans or that there would be peace. Different sides of me say what would happen. It kind of reminds me of the metallic guy from "Fullmetal Alchemist". That seems to be a standard design.

[Dad n me sculpt]

I have never even heard of super sculpty before but it certainly sounds awesome if it made something as good as this! My only problem is that it does seem like it didn't need to have so many angles. It's still a great picture. It feels like it's about time someone submitted something that was an actual sculpture. The live-action photos I've seen were mostly of people or dolls. I thought this was done with clay at first.

Speaking of which, it seems like you could be a great claymation artist! I would love to see this guy in action. I've always wanted to make a sculpture with a wire skeleton underneath. I just suddenly realized this thing has no freaking neck at all. Another great picture of...Me, I didn't know that was the character's name?

[desert race]

Woah, this is yet another truly awesome picture because of the good it does to its theme. Every single robot seems to have a unique design. I'm guessing this was supposed to be steampunk. Of course, I didn't see any steam in this, the only kind of smoke I saw was the smoke rising from the guy's pipe. I love the fact that everything just seems out of place. Every corner of this picture, there's something to look at.

In front of the cactus, I think that's a robot at least. There's also this good looking newt or salamander or whatever on one of hte rocks. There are even some really vague shapes in the background that might be robots. The lines are freaking fantastic too. This is a perfect representation of what something like this should be. I am glad to be introduced to you, friend!