LauraBR's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Larry Robertson]

This is a well-rendered sketch, but the nose is slightly off. If you want to improve, I'd recommend sitting down and drawing a bunch of different realistic noses in different poses... copying Bargue plates from online really helped me out.

AlecsHere responds:

Thank you very much :)

[practice]

Tbh, I think it's perfect like this. The soft glow and cloud-like feel is extremely appealing, and the simple composition is very powerful.

saninakreid responds:

Thank you!!! Such a lovely comment. :)

[skoo77]

I love his expression! "Looking in the mirror like"
The missing tooth is a particularly nice touch, and the scratchy lines make me happy.

PegasuTV responds:

Thanks! eh nois

[Tree in Front Yard]

This is so beautiful I kind of want to cry. I'd say you definitely learned lighting and color. <3

kittenbombs1 responds:

Wow, thank you Laura, that is so heart warming.

[Arena - 01 - Fight]

This is like candy for my eyes. The composition is great and I love the color scheme especially.

YariGrafight responds:

Glad that you like it :)

[Quiet and DD]

This isn't too bad, but it could use some tweaking. DD's tail and paws are cut off abruptly, and his short snout makes him look more like a cat than a husky. Quiet's hips are too narrow in proportion to her shoulders and I would have cheated her head more towards a profile in order to match her stance.
All that being said, I like how you don't shy away from a pose slightly more complicated and dynamic than a straight-up profile or head-on view, and your porportions are fundamentally sound. Keep up the good work!

SwordArtLagoon responds:

Thanks! :D I'll take this into account ^_^

[World War 3]

There's something very solid about your art style, very thick and heavy: I feel like wor works've been carved out of stone, not drawn. I like it a lot!

jungmeister responds:

MY ART STYLE IS VERY THICK AND HEAVY U SAY. YOU MEAN JUST THIS PIECE U FEEL HEAVY AND THICK AND CARVED OUT OF STONE?? IS IT BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF CEMENT AND STONED IN THIS ARTWORK PERHAPS???

[High king of Vuri]

I literally gasped when I saw this piece. I love the juxtaposition of the traditional knight outfit with the dragon, and the slight angle upwards is particularly well done. Can I ask if there's any particular reason you cheated the dragon more towards the left/bottom part of the canvas?

themefinland responds:

Cheers LauraBR for the nice feedback!
Ah yeah, I initially wasn't going to put that gust of sand/dust there, but I wanted the image to have some dynamism in it (I am a big fan of using dust smoke and sand in my images). Also I felt that it would serve the composition much better if I obscured the lower part of the armor as such as to move the attention more towards the upper half of the image where the important bits are (of course the contrasting green color of the characters head and the shine of the armor already do a lot of work in that aspect). And of course I wanted to slightly show the stormy past of this person who has most likely had to kill more than a few people who they did not want to, but were forced to because of the influence of the sword itself.