Tomsan's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Soup for you]

GJ nacco

Nacco responds:

Gee whiz, thanks Tomsan!

[Ark]

wow dude, this is amazing. The way everything works out and not weird looking (as you would expect) is really stunning. Badass, wouldnt want to run into him

Foweb responds:

Thx dude. Makes me happy to read that :)

[Surge]

Awesome stuff, i would scout you but there seem to be multiple signatures under the different works. What's up with that?

TomAzza responds:

all this stuff has been done over the last four or five years, I never really settled on a way to sign my work,so I used to change it up. If you notice they're all signed TA or Thomas.

[Primavera]

Its good but the colored hair is a bit distracting. Normally hair is dark yet in this case you have this sillouette in black with brown hair. Make it black it will look better

GamerTeck responds:

Thanks for your advice. I didn´t thought of it till now (:

[Eye Cloud Creature]

Very nice drawing!

Mind your Shading though. Light is coming from the right, so the shading on the leaf is not right.

Also its good that you play around with perspective (blurring the foreground) but the spider should be less sharp.

I really like the left leaf its very well done!

Great picture nice setting

Karo-Korp responds:

Thank you ever so much Tomsan for your accurate critique.

I see what you mean about the shading and the spider being too sharp.

Truth be told, the spider was one of the first things I drew in this piece, and never really knew what to do with it. I knew it was too sharp, I guess I was just lazy and didn't dare redo it.

Thanks again for the review, I'm a fan of your work so I'm pret-ty glad you be commenting on mine yo.

[The Worst Calendar Entry]

really nice, love the detail in the mustache. and the creepy background.

My advice though, since its for a calender, is to expand that upper right part of the background. Just so that the pic keeps interesting for a longer time.

DieterTheuns responds:

More crazy shit.
Noted.

[Pirate]

good pic, but as you recognize it has some issues. first get rid of the glare's. By that I mean the unshaded parts where it should be shaded. Most noticable part is where he leans on thta pillow thingy, the border isnt shaded and looks like its glowing.

try to shade more consistently. some areas are very dark while others arent. especially the wooden board in the front looks messy. You can try to add shadings on a different layer using a soft brush with very low pacity (15% max) and low flow (maybe 27%). As long as you hold on to your mouse button you can fill it up equally. as soon as you release and go over a covered spot again it will darken hard.

You can also add a layer, hold the alt key and press the add layer button buttom right. set mode to overlay and fill with neutral. You can now shade on this layer using either brush tools black/ white or burn and dodge tool. play around with the settings of the opacity, flow and exposure. NEVER 100%

your light source is very clear and pretty frontal, this means that you can shade hardcore and it wont mess up the picture, this is a good thing. dont be afraid to shade (something I have to tell myself quite often). but in any case keep it fluent and not messy.

about the face: just shade it! behind his ear. Also i think it would be better if you add some ground shade of the "fence" since that would create a shade on the ground.

I think the boat is just fine, if you think its to sharp just blur it a bit at 5-10%

although I am not sure I think the horizon is to high. concerning the POV I think it should be lowered, but its a minor issue

your waves are problematic; the highlights are oke, but they are to dark and to me look like little islands. also they seem scattered to irreguraly and a sea doent really look that way.

one more tip on shading. If you have your linework done you can select and area for example one fence pole and then shade in that selection. That way you cant get out of bounds.

all in all not a bad picture, I like the perspective and the setting.

Karo-Korp responds:

I wept as I read your review, you are correct, in everything you say.

You could build a house with your advice, it is that solid.

Thank you very much Tomsan, I'll take everything you've said to heart and put it into practice for any future pieces I might do.

Also, I very much like your cat illustration.

Thanks again for the critique, it won't go to waste.

[D'aww Alien Puppy]

awesome

crashadams responds:

thankya thankya! *virtual high five*

[Kim Possible]

Looks good, but why such a strong nose? Cant you make it a bit more petite

Diepod responds:

Thanks for the suggestion.

[u mad bro?]

cool story bro

cool story bro

Jae responds:

thx mayun