Ericho's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Friday Flood]

How deranged

Wow, this is really one of the most unique art pieces you have ever worked on! I think it's main strength is that it's just so daring in its appeal! There are so many things going on, at least on this guy's body. I don't really see what Santa Claus has to do with flash flooding, but I did read this when Christmas was coming. It's nice how you can be topical without really intending to. Geez, this guy has swatiskas on his man boobs and the word "n****rs" on his arm!

The overall art is simply gorgeous. You present Santa as this insane looking guy who looks like he's ready to do something I don't understand. The colors and shades are perfect in this. I'm surprised this seems to have a low score in comparison to your other art submissions. He really looks like a hunchback in this.

[Franco Chon's Butchery]

Great artwork

What I found to be coolest about this was how the colors were so wonderfully blended. It was mostly red, but there were so many different shades of red. I notice this has a rather sinister appeal to it, given the fact that we see the human leg there. It's a nice inversion where it's the pig eating the humans. It reminds me of an episode of "Courage The Cowardly Dog". Granted, it didn't turn out like that, but it's a memory.

There are so many different arrangements for the meat to be in. I wonder what human meat would look, okay, I'm not going to discuss that. I like how there are some bones that are just hanging around, literally. It gives the appearance of a jumbled world of madness. Granted, the atmosphere is calm so it's good to see the underlying scariness.

[NG VaultBoy: Level 8]

Here we go again!

There are simply so many of these art submissions of yours, I have little doubt you will make the rest of them. It's probably the longest running art series I have ever seen. Granted, I haven't seen many to begin with. I think this was probably not one of the best entries because it isn't that finely detailed. It's still a good art piece, because it also doesn't try to be too elaborate. I can't wait for the God icon in this series!

While there isn't much shading, you still show off where it is. I like how the guy here has such a stern look on his face. You know that he's ready to do something badass. It's great that such a feeling would be felt by members of the NG community with this level icon. The wavy hair looks so much like ice cream.

[Jitterbug...]

Couldn't quite get the reference

I am not a fan of Poison, but have heard of them before. I thought this Tankmen was supposed to represent some gay stereotype or something. Whatever the intention was, it turned out to be a great picture. It's mostly because the coloring effects are just so good in this. It could be a little more detailed, but it certainly works for what it is. It's weird how he actually does look like what you would see if a tankmen wore clothes like that.

I'm so used to seeing the black outer clothing I don't notice the gray skin too much. It does give you a sense that this is the same kind of character who is the mascot. I think the best color effects are easily done with the glasses. I like how you worked hard to get the shading and everything else done nicely. It's a great picture.

[Luis Plush]

Ah, so cute

This isn't an art piece per se, but more of a photograph. In fact, I think it's entirely a photograph. I still have to give you credit because this is simply a really wonderfully made little doll. Did you make it yourself? I am starting to remember that this is just what Luis looked like when he was in the "Cave Of Wonders" game. The game apparently took place in his dream, so of course he would have his pajamas on.

What's also great is how I can even identify some of the parts of the doll. The most noticeable part are his button eyes. I also loved how you used a real zipper for his pajamas. Is that an "Angry Birds" keychain on the lower right of the picture? I guess I do kind of wish that I could see the otehr figures behind him better.

[Newgrounds UK logo]

Where are the votes?

I don't know what happened to the rating system, but this is a good art piece. Don't tell me you're going to make another series! This time it's going to feature a logo with every country! I'm not British, so I guess it was really hard for me to enjoy it that much. What I did like about this was the overall artwork especially with the black lines. It's great to see these little streaks of black painted all over the piece. I think they represent dirt or something.

I wonder if there was a specific pattern to this or not? Whatever the intention, it's a nice picture. We should all be familiar with the British flag, and for that matter, the flags of most world powers. There isn't much shading or anything, but it's still well done. The logo is known for appearing with a rising sun, so maybe a Japan flag logo would be redundant.

[Hank]

That's Hank?

The wierdest thing about this is that it doesn't even look like it is Hank at all! It feels more like this is an attempt to create an original character. I have to love this one because it is probably the most realistic depiction of Hank that I have ever seen in an art piece. It kind of makes you wonder where his eyes even came from. He started out as an ordinary Madness guy with no eyes, but then he somehow grew them? The colors are gorgeous too.

It is great that people are always trying to put new perspectives on classic characters, especially awesome ones like Hank! Every detail is wonderfully done. He seems to somewhat resemble a cobra in this, given his scaley looking skin. The red background is also great. People rarely see art pieces as well detailed as this. It's simply going down to the nitty gritty stuff of what makes Hank so awesome.

[NG VaultBoy: Level 7]

Is it real gold?

It's been awhile since you submitted one of these art pieces. I think it's interesting to see how far you have gotten. This still uses the same stuff that made the other entries good. Once again, you omit the prescence of an actual background instead just using the website itself. I think he might be giving me the middle finger, but I guess not. It's hard to believe that you are going to make dozens more of these things!

What's also nice is that there is no attempt to be flashy or anything like that. I can't say that it should be more detailed, because it doesn't need to be. It's nice to see a person devoted to the cause of making smething nice and simple. I wouldn't mind if these did become the actual icons. Hey, this was released on my birthday!

[breakfast]

Well, that was strange

This didn't seem to be much, and I was wondering if I was missing something. I tried to look for any hidden things in it, but nothing seemed to stick out. Whatever the intention was, I thought you already did something called "The Breakfeast Club" as a submission. It's too bad it never really got off the ground. I imagine that bacon on toast would be delicious. Gee, it's been so long since I have had bacon for breakfeast.

I didn't really find anything particularly interesting about this. There's nothing wrong with submitting anything you want, this just has so little in it. I just expect more detailed food to be included on an art submission from you. Oh wait, this was submitted as an April Fool's joke because of Kevin Bacon. Gee, I am slow.

[CHAOS]

That's wild!

I can easily tell that this was meant to be a parody of the Obama "Hope" posters. The only thing I didn't understand was how it said "Chaos". I don't think chaos is the opposite of hope, I think that's despair. Whatever your intention was, this was a really cool art piece. It was pretty smart to use Pico, as he is probably the most significant mascot of this website. The shadings are just wonderfully done in this picture.

I especially love how psychotic Pico looks. This is one guy you do not want to mess with. Looking at this, I can even get a greater appreciation of the time and effort that went into the original "Hope" posters. All of the lines and crevices are really nicely done in this. It makes you realize how awesome it can be to look patriotic.