DoctNik's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pier Depressure]

Is this an original piece? Its so hard to find original art here, its mostly just fanart. I enjoy the ripples in the water and the water it self, this whole art work is done in dark colors other than the faint echo of the lights and the lining of the protagonists clothes, in my opinion though, it really all seems to fit together. I find this piece makes me feel the cold and the smell and even the sound of heavy rainfall. Very well done. By the way, How did you draw this? If you don't mind my asking.

bimshwel responds:

Thank you for writing!
I do think it is ORIGINAL to draw some dork standing around doing nothing, but it is original in the respect that I was not knowingly imitating or homaging something else. The character is mine although it is not doing anything of consequence here. I do not personally have interest in fan-art but I understand that pays the bills for some people.
This I drew with a mouse in Paint Shop Pro 6 (circa 1999) about five years ago. As it happens I made a progress image
http://bimshwel.com/zop/mopes.jpg
as was my habit at the time. A rather simplistic scene overall! But people seemed to like it more than most of the relatively complicated pictures I made.
It IS a tad dark; I brighten it up before printing it,, and it seems to work at a fell different levels of illumination.

[Trees and Mountains]

I would have rather you didnt send this, rather than send a half finished work, the scene is very still making the piece very unappealing in its current state, the lack of detail and lighting doesnt help, but you already explained that. next time, Upload a finished piece. Also, because this is unfinished I can't rate it, nothing personal, I'm just like that.

Everratic responds:

The reason why I'm submitting poor quality images is so that I can see the progress I'm making. Also, I have very limited experience composing three dimensional images, so even my finished works won't be much better than this until I improve significantly. I am going to learn photoshop within the next year and I expect to make much better compositions in that program. Thank you.

[Sketch In Pen 4]

You draw some of the weirdest shit, man! I think my favorite has to be "Creepy Pink Bunny/Anime Girl" I'm lovin how they blend together!

GhoulKitten responds:

XD Haha,thanks! And yeah, I wasn't even planning to make it like that when I was doodling it. I just realized after I uploaded it here. LOL

[Death on a pale horse]

I've seen worse hands than that, it just could've been bigger. Its all very well drawn, and other than the background and that super small hand, I see no other problems. Sick scythe btw.

Marklikeart responds:

Thanks for the feedback!

[A New Hope]

I love this drawing, the lighting, the colors, and most importantly, the love put into it. it reminds me of my dog, Bella, she was always my alrm clock in the morning. Thank you for reminding me of the happy memories of my dog.

Scottr5680 responds:

You're very welcome, and thank you! :) Holding onto those happy memories makes it feel like they're still with you, always.

[The Lier]

I'm ln love with those horns and the rock hard abs! Not to mention hIs bad ass appearal! The lighting, though, seems all off: the right legged shoe is shadowed in a way that makes me think the light source is on his lower right, while both his ars and his chest and face give me the impression its locted in my POV. Other than that, this is a finely drawn icon.

Bon-BonFire-Chan responds:

Eh, I got lazy and it was late at night.
Thank you, however.

[Little Demon]

You are talented in both digital and physical drawing, this being my case and point. But there is one major issue... the background is drawn in a different style then the foreground, the demon is almost cartoonish with a mixture of both dark and light colors while the background is primarly dark colors with a sloppy faded style. Both are good choices but combined, not so much, but what do I know? You're the artist here, not me.


P.S. when I said you draw like Kurt Cobain I was reffering to his early childhood drawings, look them up, they're very strange and really show how freaky Cobains mind was.

GhoulKitten responds:

Thanks so much! I know the background sucks, I spend like, five minutes or less on it...LOL.

And oh, I see what you mean with the Kurt Cobain thing. XD They're cool.

[Sketch in Pen 2]

You make some of the creepiest art I've ever seen... I love it!

GhoulKitten responds:

Thanks! XD I appreciate it.

[Five Nights at The Carnival (Box-Art)]

Well, I'm not to happy with the idea of another "Five Nights At Freddys" rip off but whatever, I'm not here for that.

Box art is an almost completely unrecognized artform, back in my day we never got watch let's plays or read a review on ign, it was entirely up to the box art to give me an idea of the game, to show me what I'm going to experience. With all that said, I really don't feel inspired too play your game, when I look at it I think "oh great, a clown horror game, how original..." the box art shows me no reason why this game stands out, ya know? I don't see anything on that that makes me want this more than the other 4,000 clown horror games.

TheWitchBoi responds:

I really wanted to give some time to properly respond to this comment, to form my opinion around it. Generally, this is a fair review, but feel as though it's heavily based around you not liking the franchise, which is fine! I actually can't think of any real Clown Horror Games. It's a common trope in horror, yes, but is it displayed in many games? Not as much as you think. Left 4 Dead, Killing Floor, these are the only ones that come to mind.

The Box-Art was made for Indie-DB which only allows a front to be uploaded. I usually read the back too, to see what the game looked like while playing. I hope I'm being clear, but I felt as though the Box-Art will do the game justice, over the millions of FNAF-Clones that are made within days with no thought.