BlueMonday1984's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hunger games doodles]

...oh, yeah, young-adult dystopian novels were A Thing back in my childhood. (Also holy shit BajanCanadian, that guy was cool)

I gotta say, you did a pretty good overall. Your podium sketch is my personal highlight, for showing both Katniss and Effie's personalities pretty well - *neither* of them look prepared for this, but one is very clearly more at home on the mic.

As a quick sidenote, Sarah Z did a video on the rise and fall of YA dystopias (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hxGGWn3gWA) - I've been meaning to get around to it, but I do recommend it.

bitcrushedrain responds:

thank you! The podium sketch is probably my favorite too :3 thanks for the reccomendation btw! I adoreee youtube video essays especially when theyre about media im interested in

[The Call]

Considering your signature deliberately dates this piece to 2008, I presumed the "deviantart edginess" was rather deliberate :P

In any case, it works pretty well here - Cacleena's evil voice is already coming off as arrogant and immature compared to her usual self, and the '00s-era edginess is only helping to drive that home.

FunnyPlush responds:

the 2008 is actually my birth year lol. either way I appreciate it

[Want some fries? (Corv and Lulu)]

cuuuuute :3
Love their designs, and how well they contrast each other. Hope to see more of them!

CactiHat responds:

Tytysm!!! Plenty more in the future :o!

[Blast Off! (Pokémon FanArt)]

Prepare for trouble, and make it double.
I gotta say, you did a good job getting the series' artstyle down. Its not a perfect recreation, but that's just a minor side-effect of your own style shining through.

StitchMiss responds:

I used to love singing through their whole monologue as a kid XD Probably still know it haha
Thank you so much! ^o^ The first few tries were pretty bad so I am glad I am getting closer to the style X3 Will definitely try and do some of my favorite Pokémon next!

[art trade 2!!!!!!!!!]

silly ^o^
Aoi looks fun to be around - her "dead face" sneakers look pretty nice, as does her checkerboard party hat.

You did her justice in this - nicely done.

jazzmatazz responds:

thank you!!!!!!! thats very sweet !!!!!!!!

[New key art for Leo]

This is a definite step up overall - where the 2023 key art felt a bit flat, this has a definite sense of depth to it (especially in the hair).
Leo looks a lot more serious in this - I'd say that fits him pretty well.

(Sidenote: Your link to the old render's broken - mind fixing that?)

EthanDoesaThing responds:

Thank you very much! Also i tried fixing the link but it doesn't seem to wanna work regardless, very sorry

[Weather Report]

If I had to report on weather like that bun over there, I'd be looking done with life too.

This piece overall feels pretty grimy, like its taking place in a run-down studio - a feeling helped by the heavy dithering and the complete lack of characters other than the bun.

(Also noticed one of the PCs had Solitaire open - nice little easter egg.)

AVQ responds:

Love your breakdown, thank you! I am proud of the atmosphere I was able to capture on this, one of the most successful I've done so far =P

[A Famigone Day 🏏👽🌇]

I can wait a while for an official announcement, but I'd be lying if I wasn't hyped for one. All of these clips are goddamn beautiful, and the poster would be perfect to put up on my wall.

KaporiKnight responds:

Yo Thank you!! Yeah I still have some planning to work out.

[Rat Race - Alternate Poster]

Excellent work making it into DUM-D!
Very nice poster, too - its generally gritty style fits the short film quite well.

RobC3 responds:

Thank you! DUM-D might as well be one of the last showings for Rat Race, I think it had a fine festival run over the course of a year.

[Roxie Ritcher]

Roxie Richter's FUCKING PISSED
Nice work - you did the cool ninja lesbian justice.

Bosamual responds:

Thanks ya ^w^