Thetageist's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lucy the librarian.]

How the heck did you pull this off? I've seen interesting character designs in Blender, but this is on another level entirely. Love the candle-based design and the colors!

Primolump responds:

First of all I appreciate the compliment,thank you it's stuff like this that keeps me going.

Well it started as a regular drawing that I separated to 3 parts which I put on a plane mesh with the height and width that matches the image resolution. And I seperated them and moved them around a bit.

The flame was a tear shaped mask that has a procedural fire effect that I looped, I also used the same mask on the eyes and just squished the mesh for the blinking effect.

I had problem with the alpha of the image made the outline look blocky(I have to use a low resolution on my drawings otherwisemy phone crashes) I might look into using an AI resolution upscaler for smoothing thing out if I decide to do this more in the future.

[Wiggle]

I can tell the frame rate is lower than the other one, and once again there's that small jerkiness where the animation loops (I see it most in the tail), but it looks pretty smooth otherwise!

KediKatzen responds:

Yeah, I was going with 6fps, I might take the time to make something else for a stream border instead. It was a learning experience, but I don't know if this is quite it for a border, y'know??

[Run Practice]

It seems a little bit jerky - perhaps I'm seeing the part where the animation loops, and it's not quite smooth at that point? Otherwise, it looks pretty smooth, and the run really conveys her character well (at least from what I've seen in the other art).

I think you and a good friend of mine, @TheMaskedMonocle, would get along pretty well. You could talk about animating and each other's character designs and story concepts!

KediKatzen responds:

Yeah, definitely jerky in a lot of places, I'm trying to practice to get better about it but seeing the finished version has some very clear signs of where improvement is needed.

I'll definitely give your friend a follow, their art is pretty awesome!!

[Goals]

Absolutely love this, it looks like a screenshot from a cartoon, with all the effects in the background. So much fun!

KediKatzen responds:

Thank you ^^

[Sypher]

This. This needs a fully-fledged animated series. Dark historical fantasy cartoons haven't been done enough, or at least not that I know of. It'd be cool. Love the ref and the designs!

KediKatzen responds:

I do love historical-themed fantasy settings. As much as I love the Medieval period, I feel like other eras are really underrated when it comes to fantasy potential.

[Majestic Mermaid (animated)]

The flopping animation feels a little bit jerky, but I love the concept and the physics of it lol. That's great. I love it.

themaskedmonocle responds:

haha thx, and i totally didn't swap the file for a new, not jerky one


*shifty eyes*

[Legendary swords]

Whoa, that's cool! It's a little bit hard to see the actual swords with all those lines intersecting, but it does still look pretty!

DanielGalaxy712 responds:

Yeah , formally its knifes , but "Legendary Knifes" not sounds good , isn't it ?
And some marks made neurowebs - some details i add by theirs works ;)

[Giganta from DC]

Wow, this looks really clean and professional - it looks like a version of the Justice League animated style! Love the shiny shading.

phamthonstrikerX responds:

Thanks, I try to do better

[New Banner]

Aww! Another cute and colorful artwork, and I love the stylistic details you added such as the hearts on the moon and the eyes on the UFO! Those rings on the Saturn-like planet are so cool, I need to try doing them like that sometime! Also love the way you did the trails for the ocmet and spaceship.

KediKatzen responds:

Thank you!! I'm honestly just trying to experiment more and branch out and learn through trial and error right now. There's some things I might have done differently now seeing this, but overall it was a good experience. Feel free to run with anything you see and like though!! I'm honestly flattered whenever I stumble onto something and other people are like "oh, that's a good move, let's do that," not that "invented" it but it's fun nonetheless. Like stumbling onto a new spice and seeing how many other recipes it can be put into, if that makes sense.

[Misty Steppin']

That’s a cool character concept! Also love the pose, lighting, and mist effects. That’s really good-looking mist!

KediKatzen responds:

Thank you so much!! ^^