Archon-Dragon's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bloody East]

WOW you make so much amazing art. Like holy crap I wish I was half as good as you, How'd you learn to draw as well as you do now? what program do you use? Do you use references or inspiration from other artists? Sorry if this is a little nosey but your art is just so good!

G3no responds:

first, thank you for liking my stuff. the how to get good is hard to answer, getting too technical i'd write paragraphs about it. like any skill you just have to put time into it, not days but years. it's intimidating to think about it, but everyone gets there with time. studying reference will keep you from going astray. drawing almost every day is key. most of my inspirations are from the west, i have just a bit from anime. this was done on plain photoshop cs5

[Blink]

Wow, weird but entrancing. what gave you the idea for this guy? And more importantly... what did he just get finished doing...? Awesome art!

ZeTrystan responds:

What gave me the idea? :'D BEING BORED AS HELL. hahaha
And I guess it was murder? Mmmh. Bad eye, bad eye.

[Kauline Commission]

Wow! wish I could draw this well. (But I'll get there eventually! >=) ) Amazing work, on all 3 of them! I'm looking forward to seeing any other work you'll submit in the future!

SyllArtemis responds:

You will! >:0 you got this homie!
And hey thanks very much! <3

[Aten]

Wow, this is a pretty neat character design, love the detail with the Egyptian writings on its many arms.
What was the thought process in creating this guy? seems like he'd be some sort of mini-boss.

ZeTrystan responds:

It's actually a real egyptian god! It's supposed to be a simple sun disk with ray-arms, but I added my little grain of salt. ;)

[Padparadscha]

Amazing art! Love everything about it! However isn't Padparadscha supposed to have smoother and a lighter pink hairstyle? Amazing art none-the-less and if anything it makes Padparadscha look a little better and suits her better. (Seeing how her slow reaction time might cause her to be caught up with something that messes up her hair)

gatekid3 responds:

I took a few creative liberties, Her dress doesn't have the frilly collar, or a sash at the waist. i made her hair slightly messier just because its cute to me (My favorite storyboard artist on the show always draws lapis with messier hair).
Also, we have no fully accurate color scheme for her, as "Off colors" and "Lars' Head" are in a dark cave, so all of the colors are off colored(pun intended)

[Light years]

Amazing art! I love how you show that their hair is connected! I noticed that little feature almost instantly. =) But this one little thing that bothers me is how everything is rounded and smooth, but then there's the sharp and sudden corner on lions muzzle but it's still amazing none-the-less!

Now, I'm sorry to ask you this, but could you by any chance take the time out of your day to critic some of my art? I would very much appreciate it! It'd help a bunch! Also, keep up the excellent work!

ZeTrystan responds:

No problem! Thanks for taking type to critic mine, it's nice of you! ;)

[Dementia from villainous]

This is just a lovely piece of art and a brilliant contribution to this miniseries that needs this kind of love and attention to have it grow, but from what I know about this particular character she's destructive and mischievous in which you shine through her facial expression and that "wicked/rock-on" hand gesture but I think how you could make this kind of artwork even MORE brilliant than it already is is to give characters such as her more motion in her body, to convey energy, and because of her destructive nature, show mess, show her posing for the camera, showing off her being proud of what she does.

Then again, I'm not quite the person who should be giving this kind of criticism, and who am I to mess with perfection? tbh?

That being said, I would love for a talented artist such as yourself to look at the only art that I have submitted (heads up, I consider myself a mid-beginner. ) and, to be simply put, judge me, I know I'm asking you to take time out of your day, but I would really appreciate you just ripping into the only artwork I have put up and give me feedback, it would be much appreciated.

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this long message.

-Archon

TheGrinningApple responds:

thanks for the kind words Archon! the reason the pose isnt too dynamic is because im currently learning more about perspective and didnt want to go too crazy with something im not too familiar with. again thanks! i really practice to improve :)

[It's-a me, Mario!]

I LOVE this art, and is 110% worthy of the level 99 challenge of the month, and I hope it at least gets featured in his video, thank you for making such amazing art and I wish the both of us good luck in this contest

Yenba responds:

Likewise. Thank you so much :)