Thetageist's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Kelly wearing tuxedo + more]

Love how you’re experimenting with color schemes, poses, and details in the foregrounds and backgrounds of your pieces!

Your new character has kind of a wild and fun vibe to me - I can’t come up with a name, but maybe pick one that you associate with such a personality?

IDeactive responds:

she is pretty much a crazy girl version of ideac (the brown haired one)
maybe her name could just be ideac too, who knows

[mermay day 28: ethnic]

I can’t speak for what the person who wrote the challenge was trying to mean by “ethnic”, but I’ve also seen it used as saying “traditional for a cultural background” (be it white or not). It’s supposed to be related to ethnicity (specific cultural origin) rather than race (skin color and general geographical origin). The artist very well could’ve been trying to find one word to describe that, considering that all the prompts seem to be one word, and “traditional” would probably just result in pics of Ariel and other “traditional” pop culture/fairytale depictions of mermaids. I do feel like there’s a better word, though. I have definitely also seen “ethnic” used the way you’re talking about, and I overall agree that it’s stupid to do that - it just comes across as a euphemism to me, which defeats the whole purpose of diversity being normal and not something one should have a hang-up about.

About the art itself, I absolutely love the shrimp mermaid! Wonderful artwork, as before!

Edit: Holy crap. Mermay is legit run by a corporation or something? I’m still not surprised that the PR department screwed up, but I always thought it was just some independent artists who started it all.

pluckyshroom responds:

that's kind of my beef with it being used in the context it was. i know what was meant, but unfortunately, the word on its own has been used euphemistically to simply mean "non white" and it is very othering. on the tiktok, the comments have been agreeing for the most part, though someone did say that they didn't feel any type of way about it as a poc. and to be clear it's not that i think the word doesn't have its place, but used on it's own with no other modifyer, especially as an art prompt, feels a bit gauche.

i certainly don't think it was malicious, but with all the time and money the people behind mermay have, and with all the discussions about racial sensitivity recently (at least in the US) it just...it could have been handled better.

in any case, i don't think there as any right or good answer to the conundrum which is why i left my comment section open for discussion ^^ and while i'm happy with the final piece for what it is, it just left a bad taste in my mouth and made me think about why that is, and i thought that was something worth talking about.

[Hunter]

I love the fact that he’s using his wand as a gun. That’s even funnier than his ability to just nyooooooom~

The cocky smirk and pose add to it as well. He just gives the vibe of those evil characters who everybody loves to death because of their perfect combination of badass and smartass. Plus that coat, hat, and goggles combo rocks.

ArtDeepMind responds:

You my friend, just get it.
Thank you !

[Nene (Again...)]

That brush looks so good, and the lighting! Is it one of those Photoshop brushes? Can I have it and mess with it a bit myself?

UNCLEREGZ responds:

The brush was made in Clip Studio Paint and for Clip Studio Paint, i don't think it will work on Photoshop. :[

[mermay day 27: fearful]

I like this concept of the undersea abomination thing with the mermaid-shaped lure. That's really cool, and I think you may have just given me an idea based on a similar thing.

Honestly, in my case, having to scroll down to see what's there and fully process it is a decent replacement for having to squint. The gradient in the brightness of the water and the other lighting effects are also really beautiful.

pluckyshroom responds:

ooh excellent i'm glad it still packs that punch in the end! since i'm cross-posting over a few platforms, it's hard to remember how the composition itself can lend to the ambience cos it's not equal across those platforms. i definitely tried to at least have a "click for a surprise" element to it with how i cropped the thumbnail, but knowing the scroll down helps in that does make me feel better!

also who knows, maybe they're equally threatening to each other--when you think about it, that hook is pretty large ',:3c

[Newground- Icon Commission]

Pretty good! Hope these go well for you!

ErasedMe responds:

Thank you

I hope so too

[Final Fantasy 3 Monsters]

Those all look creepier with the realistic eyes, oh lord. You have seriously become such a standard for spooky monster drawings just casually thrown out there.

[CHOOSE YOUR MEDIA FIGHTER:]

I love how cleverly you integrated the logos and functions/personalities of the websites together!

Hard to beat a literal sentient tank in combat.

[Pokemon Fusion: Gardevoir x Mismagius]

I love the look of them! Beautiful design!

IamNoOneSpecial1 responds:

Thanks a lot! I was really trying to go for a seamless, flawless fusion...

[Performer]

This concept is absolutely delightful. I'd totally main him and his cute little bun bun.

Design also rocks. And is handsome, but we'll ignore that. Just seems to embody all the combined fun of steampunk and stage magic. You're doing it right.

ArtDeepMind responds:

You always leave very well constructed feedback, I really appreciate it. Thank you.