LittleLuckyLink's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[joyride study]

I'm very partial to the visual aesthetic of rainy nights, add some neon lights/headlights to that and boom, I'm right there. As pointed out earlier, the smaller details such as the raindrops on the roof really tie a nice bow to this piece. I also really love how you pulled off the reflection of the headlights, and also the raindrops/splashes in front of the headlights.
This is a very dreamy piece, and I'd love to be in this world without the threat of a deranged truck driver killing me and my friends. Keep it up!

[Bellowers of grief]

Breathtaking. As a part-time mountaineer, this looks really damn realistic. The fog around the peaks further back, with the light shining through are pretty difficult visuals to capture, but you've done it almost perfectly here. Gotta check out the rest of your art now!

[Keep Fighting My Friend]

Is this watercolor? Certain strokes of fur, and the shading towards the bottom would indicate this, but sometimes it's a bit hard to tell with how good computer software is at emulating traditional art these days.
Regardless, very well done. Those brush strokes I mentioned earlier are highly effective and done just right. I love the smokey composition, and the detail in their eyes is absolutely striking. Love the symbolism too. Keep it up!

Jarrodjvandenberg responds:

It's digital, using watercolor brushes.

Thank you very much! I really appreciate that!

[Lady Gaga]

Very interesting and colorful. I feel like there are some spots, namely around her face, where you could have done more with the detail. Something about her left arm looks off, too- specifically around her wrist leading into her hand. Aside from that, nice! I like the background colors/textures.

Jarrodjvandenberg responds:

Thank you, I appreciate the critique and I concur.

[Cold Lover]

This one! I love the colors here. Absolutely stunning composition and very thought provoking. I love the background textures, and the "bokeh" effect that it looks like you emulated somewhat. The piece, while giving a sense of intimacy, also seems to give off feelings of uncertainty, morose, almost depression or exhaustion. Maybe that's just me projecting.. The color palette definitely doesn't look like an easy one to tackle. With the warmer and cool tones lies room for conflict, but you've gracefully managed to weave them together almost seamlessly.

Keep it up!

Jarrodjvandenberg responds:

Thank you; It was an odd challenge and I so appreciate someone noticing that. Thank you very much!

[American Hero]

Lmao look at all these "front page police" who came out of their caves to try to dictate what gets featured on the front page of NG. People who contribute very little to nothing to the website, no surprise there. These reviewers keep linking a photo they're saying this picture is traced from, but they're not going to go through any other art featuring video game characters in their iconic poses claiming that they're traced because they don't have a political agenda to puff themselves up behind. Are they going to look up art of animals and find the exact reference photos they used?

First off, anyone with eyes can probably infer that the picture being constantly linked was used as a reference. To devalue this work based solely on that is a very cheap and shitty way to express how upset you are with people demanding basic human rights. I know that's what it's about, too, because no one else has managed to provide criticism that isn't fueled by their own bias or ignorance. Obviously, judging by the rest of Jarrod's work, he knows what he is doing. He is a very talented artist. When you're dealing with a specific person doing a specific pose, there unfortunately isn't much room for creativity in that specific part of the work.
That being said, there truly isn't too much to this piece. I think it works well on its own, but I feel like more could have been done with the background or maybe other icons or symbols could have been in the background. I get what you're going for with the simplistic look, though.
I like what you did with the shading and lighting. The brighter parts of his body seem to have this "glow" that I can't really describe. Aside from that, there truly isn't too much to say here.

All lives can't matter until black lives do.

Jarrodjvandenberg responds:

Thank you so much for this; I did use a reference, I never said I didn't lol. Traced is funny, but appreciated, given how challenging this was.

I couldn't agree more, all lives can't matter until black lives do.

Regardless of the front page police and people who obviously are going to be pissed, it's an honor like no other to be featured on the front page and I almost passed out backwards because of it.

[Twilight Princess Link in the poisonous forest]

Zelda Legends! Now that's a blast from the past. Can definitely relate to the hype around the earlier trailers for Twilight Princess. Great work here! I love the overall texture and smooth feeling you've created with the colors and just the right amount of detailing.

[Self-Portrait - Twin Peaks]

Awesome! It's so great to see traditionally created artwork on the front page. This is very well made, and I love that you can see the canvas texture when you zoom in. At first, due to the lighter tones, I assumed this was watercolor or perhaps mixed media. The shading (and formation) of the hands looks great, and I like which colors you chose to use as shading. The background and the glowing aura also tie a nice bow to this piece- keep it up!

SketchMeNot responds:

Ah! Oh gosh oh gosh, thank you so much for your wonderful review and kind words! (>///<) It means a lot to hear how much you enjoy this painting as it was definitely a challenging piece for me (>o<) Getting the colors to look bright and neon-like with oil paint proved to be kinda hard haha. Thankfully, I was able to buy some different pigments that worked well that weren't too crazy expensive!

Thank you again for your lovely critique! I'll continue to do my very best! (^w^) 💕

[The Color of Disease]

Reminds me of a few of the monsters in Silent Hill 3. I love the coloring and shading. Seems like you had a pretty good idea where to punctuate the saturation, and it came out really nice.

[Glance of the dark]

This is so cool, and so very well made too! I almost don't even know where to begin. You did great with all of the smaller details, such as the dirt and grass in the foreground, the textures on the wall, and the dust in the tunnel itself. The lighting here is also impeccable- it keeps a good consistency and actually feels warm to look at, especially on the ground near the caution sign. I also really like how the lighting takes what exists outside of this piece into consideration- for example, how certain brighter areas on the ground could easily line up with light shining through the leaves of the trees above.
Something about the angle of the blue pipes seems a bit off, but it's not distracting from the rest of the piece. Overall, fantastic work!

Sabretooth2611 responds:

Thank you so much for your review, it helps me a lot to improve. Yeah, I was fighting with those pipes for like an hour or two and then gave up XD