XavierStarr's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Songs of the Sea]

Oh shit! I didn't know you posted here as well! this is godly as always <3

MrCreeep responds:

yeah! love this site :) thanks!

[Kinky Fighter #9]

This is absolutely stunning, I really love the texture

blowtoons responds:

Thank you!

[Female Portrait]

Simply, Perfection!

Jafrie-Art responds:

Thank you! :)

[Jonathan Joestar]

I love the style, something I picture when you merge Gorillaz with Samurai Jack

itsMKOR responds:

This is the best thing I've ever hear my art described as. As someone who grew up being scared of Samurai Jack as a show and Gorillaz with it's style it's interesting to see a roundabout in artistic expression.

[Shadbase Skull Mug]

Wetwipes

DETHSKULPT responds:

Feels so damn good.

[Helps me get over my ex]

Holy dickhole! This is fantastic, beautiful use of light and texture. Really love how harley appears to be at peace and deadpool not so much :D

Alissandra responds:

Yep, she's always totally unhesitant of what she's doing :D She just listens to voices in her head :D

[Nintendo Loop]

Nice stuff. Would of loved to see the 1st gen gameboy make an apprence in the loop.

JohnnyTwoByFour responds:

Thanks, I might just create a sequel for the handhelds!

[Ninja Gaiden]

Looking good, id suggest adding the WIP of the background also as your post shows the background as is. And atm looks like a blurred photo tree line which Isn't allowed. Just can see jpeg compression in the trees but not your characters. Best of luck :)

TrisketTheBisket responds:

the tree line is actually not a photo. its a combination of brush pre-sets in manga studio along with rough brush strokes. i added the blur effect to give it more of a feeling of motion. thanks man!

[Pale Moonlight]

Stunning and beautiful really enjoy the moonlite ambience

Waveloop responds:

Thanks

[The Nicholas Chronicle]

Wicked is this photo manipulation?

Eddyewww91 responds:

Thanks for commenting and rating and in answer to your question, the background was an amalgamation of three scenic landscapes that I heavily painted and blended to give the piece the space it needed so a bit of photo manipulation but some heavy painting there and Krampus may have some bad clipping areas - not because of photo manipulation my friend, but because I had so many layers active that photoshop crashed on me twice :-( - I ended up making Krampus in a separate psd and bringing him in to the piece I was working in. The rest is digital painting using references...those deer were meant to be clearer but I only painted half of them, duplicated the layer and flipped them with some blending to make it as seamless as possible...ugh looking back it was a rough peice to make but I hope that you and others like it.

As I said in response to MACGYVR below I had several versions of the piece and I can't begin to tell you how frustrated I became with the crashes and perspective issues (I think that just made the rage for Krampus come out more!! ;-P haha!)

Loved your piece with strong Santa and I loved the detail of the Cintiq in the sack he was effortlessly and epicly (I hope that's a word? If not Webster's get on that!) carrying! :-)

Best of luck to you and to all!!