SourJovis's art Reviews on Newgrounds

['AL-76's day on Earth']

Didn't know the story. I don't know if I completely get the meaning. I should read the complete version. Great work in any case. The combination of the watercolour, black ink and your style reminds me of Tony Ross his work (the one who made Towser the Dog). I always liked that style. I wish you had used smoother paper. It already has a very organic look, but with the lines over every image in becomes a little too messy. Newgrounds could do with more art like this. Breaks nicely from the clean computer art. This has a nice human feel. Very alive.

Butzbo responds:

Heh, my teacher mentioned the excess of linework aswell ; for a watercolor class I was still relying a bit too much on lines, which is something I had to improve a bit on the following works (may upload another one soon'').
Thanks for the review!

[Game Jam: The Game]

Interesting concept. If people in the game jam make a game about people making a game in a game jam, what game do the people in the game jam game game jam make? Another game about people making a game for a game jam? That would be a game for a game jam in a game for a game jam within a game jam game. Who is to say this game jam we participate in now, isn't actually a game for a game jam as well. And who made that game jam? Is it a game?

Izzy-A responds:

I don't know...gameception

[SeaKnightsGame]

Well drawn yet funny. I like it when good artists don't take themselves too seriously. Humor is never beneath you. I hope your entry gets picked.

LegolaSS responds:

what other way would you ride into battle?...

[Daenerys]

Very realistic and beautiful. A few issues I have though if I may say. The eye colour. According to the books Daenerys has violet eyes. In the tv series it differs from shot to shot, but they're usually very dark and ambiguous. I think the actress in real life has irises that have black rims, then become a greyish blue in the middle, and brown around the pupils. I suppose the bright blue was an artistic choice, to match the dress, but it doesn't fit the character. I would soften up the eyebrows a little. I know her eyebrows stand out in the tv series, but you overdid it. The contrast between the blues and the reds is quite nice. I like the hair. Much detail. Well done.

1600 responds:

Thanks for the review, I expect you know a lot more than me about what she's actually supposed to look like- I was only going off one reference picture in which her eyes were a bright blue, and as a result I made the dress to match the eyes. I agree with you on the eyebrows, they're actually left over from when I first started working on this and I intended to make it a lot less detailed than it came out to be. I never really went back to soften them.

[Young Smaug the Terrible]

Very nice painting. I can imagine Smaug looking like that when he was younger. But what do you mean by "No one saw smaug complete yet"? The book The Hobbit has been around since 1937. There have been lots of film, game, comic, tv series, artwork and many more adaptations of that book. There must be millions of interpretations of what Smaug looks like so you're not the first, and hopefully not the last to show Smaug "complete". No offence though. You did a great job. There can be never enough Smaug artwork. I'd say it's a nice addition to the pile of treasure Smaug sleeps on.

SUIamena responds:

With "no one saw him complete yet" I ment the movie version of Smaug. Should have been more specific.
And thanks!

[Hayzlynn the reaper, 4 angles]

Looks great. Your pretty good at pixel art I see.

Daydream-Anatomy responds:

I try:]
I haven't actually done much of it, but I seem to be decent with the little practice I've had.

[Stolen]

I was bored, and I enjoyed this comic, so the joke is on you :p

deathink responds:

I am glad you enjoyed it!

[Madeline]

Looks great. The hair looks a lot like the drawing of Charlotte, but I like this one better.

headphoamz responds:

Thanks! I do too. Her hair is much more detailed.

[SonicDaHedgeHog]

Very good and realistic. The fire is a little odd, because he doesn't seem to be running (neither does he look like he could run very fast), but I like how the fire lights the character, and puts some red on all that blue.

SmokeryDots responds:

-Exactly, the fire is also mostly there to get the red in, it's a bit rushed.
-Thanks :)