Raza's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pokemon Hex]

Nice line, very cartoony! I feel the color between the background and foreground could be a little more separated if you were curious about the missing star, but overall the linework etc. is bangin. Especially the hyperbolic flowing expressions.

G3no responds:

thank you! and thanks for the critique, i see exactly what you mean

[456y78]

I think

Someones been playing a lot of Halo.

wise-irbis responds:

i played only first game. and didnt like it much. its been along time ago, so i even cant remember landscapes and stuff.
so if you can se there something from halo, its you, who have been playing it a lot :3

[Hells Hitman]

Nice style

It seems like you were heavily influenced by spawn or 'the darkness' comics around that era. Cause your style is very close to Capullo's. If I'm wrong I'm wrong but hey, you even named him Hell's Hitman XD

I know I seem mean only giving yah a seven but while this is really well rendered (all that fancy shading and stuff) the actual pose and silhouette is quite stiff, this is partly because of the wrong proportions on the main figure but I noticed he also has stiff and un-articulated hands. This tells me that the under-drawing is not so solid as all that flashy stuff would make it appear at first.

This is great presentation but if you stare at the drawing longer than a second it falls apart, is what I am getting at. Try to make yours longer lasting. This is GREAT stuff, rendering wise, but its very poor artistry at the foundational level. Merge the two together and keep drawing!

SmokeryDots responds:

Thank you for your review, and I respect your statements and your 7.
-I think it's almost been 5 years since I made this, and thrust me, I am working hard on making a better and newer update of this character, & I've tried the last 4 years to make something that can come close to the "style" and "karma" that's represented in this drawing (Just outta respect for one of my first drawings I felt really good about, and got me some attention, at that time).
It may seem like an easy task for you, and it may seem like a small thing since I've gotten a bit better since I made this, but the truth is, this drawing is what got me a reasonable response from the people, so I want to make something special, I want it to kick ass, and at the same time spice it with a little bit of "none-Capullo" :)
I almost think it about every time I draw. It's making me mad :D

I've trashed several drawings of him over the last years, just becourse they weren't awesome enough, and 3 are still hanging on my wall as WIP's... But I'm working on a new one at this moment. I think It'll be here in a week or so, If everything goes as planned:)

Again, thanks :)

And Btw. "you even named him Hell's Hitman".
-Who's called / is an Hells Hitman in anything Capullo has ever done, or in comics in general (likeThe Darkness)?
You're right when you state that it stylewise is a capullo thing, but I find that the fundamental idea is quite original... ?
-Spawn only kills demons and monsters, and he only kills those whor are after him or his family, or wants to take over the world etc.
-The Darkness is sort of a hitman who calls upon minions(in dark), but he's a wuss and kinda like a superhero human with powers who was passed on to him. More like a longhaired elemental figureen...
(I never read that much The Darkness or Witchblade, but Spawn I did)