jthrash's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Just art things]

I think even artists (and especially animators) need to be reminded once in a while to just draw to unwind, rather than work towards a portfolio piece or a large animation/game project. Thanks for this lovely-looking reminder!

[Shylily]

Your more “human” characters are adorable, too!

[fefe]

Mmm, she’s sexy.

[Mondays]

Just looking at this lovely lady makes Monday feel like a Friday. Thanks for making my Monday!

[Reduction in Force]

Social Darwinism at its most brutal…

[NaThAn PlUsHiEeEeEeEeEeeE]

This is a fantastic aesthetic. If you don't mind some constructive criticism, I think you should work on the shader a bit to make it look more like rope or fabric. As it stands, the specular sheen kind of makes it look like Twizzler candies instead of yarn (although that would honestly look super-creative if you can make it look more like an intentional design choice that adds to the story or animation).

Finally, regarding the turnaround, I've found in my own attempts at posting simple 3D turnarounds in the Movie Portal that people do NOT like seeing videos that do not have complex stories, do not need sound and voice acting, or come across as experimental shitposts, despite such shorter videos being the norm on TikTok, Twitter and practically any social media site younger than Facebook and especially Newgrounds--and they will let you know with bad reviews. Personally I think this "Boomer" mentality of gatekeeping against shorter videos and only celebrating long videos made by professional teams is bad for creativity/experimentation and will hinder the chances of someone on this site making Newgrounds relevant once more by encouraging someone to struggle to make the next "Friday Night Funkin'" or "Smiling Friends", similar how Hollywood and traditional media continues to quash any signs of innovation from creative types in the industry, but it is what it is, and it may be better to just post turnaround renders on YouTube and especially ArtStation and share the link in the much-more forgiving Art Portal.

NathanDzul responds:

Yooo thank you for the feedback, currently im just experimenting with blender watching some tutorial and trying to do something interesting with it, and yeah, the fabric does look a bit weird, specially with how the texture streches to the sides qwq
also yeah, it did not go very well with the turnaround video, so next time ill upload it to my youtube so hopefully it works better there, in a certain way it made sense but i was not prepared with the reception it had, even my first songs here (that were awful) didnt have that sort of score....although they didnt even have any score to begin with so

[sodie pop sunday]

Adora-bibble! That big Sodie will make her big and strong someday!

...Well, it will just make her big, BUT ANYWAY.

[comm]

Whoever is asking for these commissions is/are really cool!

[Dingo Chillaxin']

I envy the dingo.

InsaneDingoArt responds:

Just grab yourself a coke and chill outside :) you'll be good!

[new soup sona]

So we’re doing soup-sonas now? Okay…