Dalenbourg's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Arabia.]

Fire in the heart

While you have a developing sense of colour, you seem to not structure your work properly before painting.
The right shoulder does not seem attached to the body, and there isnt much body language to suggest he is pulling the reins on his camel.
It seems like all his muscles are tensed to the maximum, way too much for the action he is performing.
The face seems to not have an inherit structure; it looks generic and too young for the body.
What you should keep in mind when planning pictures like this is to work from Structure to Flesh to Skin/Shading. Without a proper underlying framework any building will quickly crumble.
Good luck and keep drawing!

[Deadmau5]

De5ertmau5

I'm sure he has a good reason for being there... looking for new head materials? Or perhaps on a journey into Arabia to find the Forty Beats?

[Murky Thinner.]

Cool Concept, need more studying!

You have a neat idea here, and a lot of parts of the picture are good, but there are many flaws that you will be able to overcome with practice.

With the protagonist (I assume), I see both of his feet are planted on the ground. This makes for a very static pose, and overall he seems a little apathetic. A more aggressive line of action for the poor guy would improve the picture overall.

Some more enviromental detail, better realised structure of all characters and recalculated perspective are what you need to improve on your production skills.

[animated thing 01]

Fluid animation!

Good stuff, all you need to do is make more of it! Seeing two actors interact would be cool to see as well.

[Blue at temple]

You've got a lot to learn...

If you want people to take your art seriously, or you want to seriously create art, you really need to learn the fundamentals of art.
There are so many flaws in this that it would suffice to say that it is bad, but that doesn't mean that you can't get better.
Look around for some way to learn how to begin creating better art, be it on the internet, a book(or fifty), or someone you know who has signifigant art knowledge. You have to be an apprentice before you can be a master!

Rennis5 responds:

thanks for telling me this is crappy without an explanation and for being so condescending, this is so pointless.

[Study of a Lindach]

Encyclopedic articles are great!

What I would suggest are more visuals with more viewpoints, to allow the reader to see every facet and construct a better image of the subject.
Another good addition would be some sort of scale reference in some form.

This is good stuff, I would love to see more and more of these :o

Luxembourg responds:

There is no scale to reference; as spirits, they don't have a set size or shape. They usually are around the same size as an adult human though (as the masks they wear are those that people would wear).
I agree that I could make use of more images in conjunction with my pictures. I'm thinking I'll do some more encyclopedia articles in the future (as this is already my second.) Thanks for the advice, Dalenbourg.

[Devils soldier]

cool!

The floating quote is a little bit over the top, but the actual character is designed in an interesting way. those dual elbow blades are sick as hell! Overall character design is cool, would look at again.

only things i would suggest are research your metals and machines. I can't imagine an arm ribbing like that would be flexible at all, and would hinder his aim incredibly. Also the gun's design looks scraped together, lol, I would do research on the inner mechanisms to understand the outside.

[Kybrothesian]

Awesome hair shading

It looks like he could use some upper body depth and breadth... Its almost like he has a female body shape. Also, is he supposed to be that tall? a little description would be nice :o

[Locuan]

Advice from a guy who cares

Not to be a stickler or anything, but what use would a genderless insectoid race have for breasts?
Also, if this species is capable of large oxygen consumption, they would need larger (or perhaps more efficient) lungs, which would result in a broader upper body (assuming this is where their lungs are located).
This is Sci-fi, alien lifeforms need not be bound by human limitations and conceptions of beauty, perhaps in their unfamiliar physical properties may there be found another type of beauty...
I support ya, bro, don't be afraid to unleash your full imagination!

[Pylon of Spirits]

looks bleak

If you were a colour it would probably be green :o
Those trees are gnarly, and the mountains looks rugged and old. Very nice linework, always fun to explore :)
What I can suggest is to add more details to the foreground, as to separate it from the more distant lands.
Good to see you posting again!

SYRSA responds:

Shut up with all the: "It would be nice to add a bit more detail", Newgrounds always bugs me with pictures I'm already happy with.