Ericho's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Everything, by Everyone]

Flawless of course

The artwork in this reminds me of the stuff done in the "Adventure Time" cartoon. It's amazing how you can just do on and on finding the stuff that's in this. Of course, you have to enlarge the picture, to get, well, the big picture. Every single object here is something from Newgrounds! Well, there are a few things that are just bottles and stuff (at least I think). I believe that's supposed to be a bearded Tom Fulp at the upper left hand corner.

I love how you were able to get so many artistic styles in this. It truly does show exactly what it's supposed to be in the title. There's so much stuff here I could go on all day trying to identify every single thing. This shows true devotion to this website and the rising star background is pretty sweet as well. There's P-Bot, Tricky, Fancy Pants, a Castle Crusher, Bitey, Burnt Face Man, the "Walk In The Woods" bunny...

[Fetish]

Defines it

Well, it's a big hard to say whether this is good or bad. I guess in the strictest sense, it's probably good because the artwork isn't that bad. What I didn't like was, well, it's one of those things where it's hard to find stuff you like or not. It's like Roger Ebert's review of "The Human Centipede". I am sure there is a fetish like this around somewhere, given Rule 36. This actually looks like the kind of artwork that would be featured on a Hallmark greeting card.

Granted, you'd have to be one sick person to buy it, but it's rather colorful. I always thought that your name sounded like goldfish as fish are featured in this. I'm guessing it's more of a fish food up your butt fetish? Hey, it's still not as deranged as "2 girls 1 cup" at least. It's cool how the panties are worn in a fashion like that.

[In Over Your Head]

One of your best!

I believe this to be the best of these zombie pictures you submitted. I guess what really makes this work is that it uses shades of red well. Of course I now realize that these were made around Halloween and here I am reviewing them at that time. What's great is that you give so much emotion to the blood streaks. They go off in a chaotic way over everywhere in the picture. It's stuff like that that puts atmosphere in your work.

It's funny to see an old lady (or perhaps a middle aged lady?) partake in it. It's a funny thing that I'm surprised you don't see more often. The person is being consumed, not just literally by the person, but by the canvas itself. Everything is just closing in on this bloody mess. The teeth seem to be cut up to make them sharper.

[Wash Away Your Worries]

Wow, this is beautiful

This is one of the nicest art pieces I've ever come across. I especially admire how there isn't any attempt at all to be particularly flashy. It's just telling you the simplicity of why it's so enjoyable to take showers. We Internet folks are such huge perverts, we expected some nudity in this. Even if there was nudity, we would know that it was in no way intended to be sexual. This is a great way of appreciating the beauty of the human body.

I also love the background where you see those bits of color behind the person. I guess it might take place in a reflecting area. The shading is absolutely perfect and it's fantastic that you captured such a wonderful slice of life telling in this picture. The shading and coloring is completely flawless. You make me proud to be alive!

[Lindsey Zombie]

Getting better

It's great that this has a fairly good number of views, if not the most of any of your works. What makes this one good is that you go for a more modest look than some other submissions. The blood is detailed well. I guess it's just odd to see brains seemingly coming out of a person's mouth. It even suggests that it might even be her actual brain in some weird kind of cannibalism. I like how there seems to be blood coming out of every orifice.

The details with the hairs aren't as good as some other examples, but they are still done pretty well. I imagine Lindsey is someone you know. I'm thinking you might also be referencing Lindsey Lohan. It could perhaps be more detailed with more going on. It is still a decent art piece from a very talented artist here on Newgrounds.

[Bloody Trench Kids]

Wow, what a deranged creation

I admire this picture a lot because of how bold it manages to be by being so brutal. I'm not quite sure what it's supposed to depict, but it's powerful. I'm guessing it might be making fun of how children get involved in war or something? The colors are just fantastic in this. It's a bit too hard to even tell what's going on, but the sketch just looks so good. I like how this kid's face just seems to be stretching in every position. It's like he has half a nose, a displaced left eye, and either another eye or a tumor in his hand.

He seems to be just jumping out of something that I don't know. I think it might even be the canvas himself that he is shrinking into. Whatever the intention, it creates a very intidimating and grotesque picture. The shadow and lines seem to be cracks or perhaps rips in the actual paper. Those big cheeks are pretty scary too.

[Birthday Girl]

Not terrible

This was probably one of the lesser submissions you created, because it doesn't seem to have a lot of aim. It's still interesting to see how you've experimented with different kinds of styles. I have to say that that is one ugly girl and I hope it isn't your sister or anything. The amount of facial hair that girl has is just disgusting. I have to admit that there does seem to be a fairly good amount of detail. Once again, you have shown how good you are with the individual hairs.

In fact, the hairs are particularly noticeable on this transexual's beard or whatever this thing is. There could have been more of a background, but still okay. Bags under the eyes are always a good way of showing how ugly someone is. The chin is just ridiculously big. Try to make something a bit more innovative and detailed next time.

[April]

Fairly basic

I guess I'm just more used to you doing abstract stuff, it's hard to imagine a more mundane picture. I still have to give this credit because it actually is a nicely done picture. Was this a girl you happen to know, someone close? If so, I bet April very much appreciates what you have done. It kind of looks like she is being depicted as being beside a window in her house or even a school bus. You know how to put realistic emphasis on your drawings.

I like how there seems like every hair has its own fine detail to it. It's not one of your best, but I can still tell it took effort to make. I hope this woman is as beautiful as this picture makes her out to be. I would suggest putting in a background and more things going on. I guess I have been on the Internet too long to appreciate ordinary portraits.