JUSTinnator3's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Album Cover Commission]

Cool. You made up a robot. He's like a taller, computer headed version of Clap Trap from Border Lands. I imagine the speakers and wires in the background make it a good Album cover.

ThePsychoSheep responds:

Funny thing is that the guy wanted the robot to be based on the Securitrons from Fallout,but I wanted to improvise on a few areas.

[Ol' Rejects]

I wish I could get to the point where my 20 minute works look like this instead of pencil sketches. What tools did you use? And can you think of an estimate of how many hours you put into the use of said tools before you got to this point?
That aside, I like the big glowing holes that imply deploiment ports. One thing a saw on that subject were ports that were further back on the craft's body with rail guns launching the fighters forward. The ports had structures above them and the rail guns, so no clean hit could be placed on the port doors. The ship was called the Acropolis and it was in the game Project Sylpheed for the XBox 360.
Anyway, good job. The lower right one looks menacing.

EchoCharlieDelta responds:

Hey man, some quick tips are;
Practice: I did a bit of blocks/perspective shapes and my previous project was environment visualization for interior design, so I already had a bit of warmed up hands for quick-sketching objects in 3D space.
Tutorials in the Background: I always have a tute open in the background, the constant flow of advice and talking actually helps me focus when I do anything.
Have preset brushes/tools in your Photoshop: They're different to custom brushes, which is a general thing that everyone has, whilst preset tools store settings, sizes and flow/opacity scales that mean you can quickly swap tools. I have a sketch-pen tool that I customized myself, I have a 2B pencil tool which is the same and a number of other brushes, including even having preset gradients for different ship/hull block ins. Gradients are great foundations to guide lighting or mood with ships!

[Map Rat]

Good job. I remember one of my friends saying something like that to me like "can you draw something besides robots?" His outfit design down to his beard brace is pretty interesting.

[Commission:JUSTinnator3]

Awesome. I'll say it again, I like the addition of back thrusters. You were able to improvise the side and back parts without reference since I almost never give my bots backs.

[Self Portrait]

Strange. Now that I see those worm things like that, it becomes hard to imagine them any other way. It seems like this is coincidentally my preferred type of creepy mouth worm, if I'm allowed to have a preference for those, with those little bony faces with there squinted eyes. Well done.
All that aside, any chance you'll post that Rad red robot you were commissioned by MrWife to make?

[SORCERER | VILLAIN | IMMORTAL]

This looks pretty cool. With all the robots I make up, I can forget how cool outfit designing is. I'd wear that coat in public it's so cool.

MrsHusband responds:

Thanks Justin <3

[Killbot]

I see your trying rounder shapes with your robot. The differences in the lift and right arms are a neat contrast. However, do you think this got a 3 out of 5 earlier because it looks slightly like it'd fall over backward? I had a similar balance problem with one of my mechs that looked like it would fall over forward. One thing I did to make the next one look better was something like putting that left leg further beneath the robot with perspective or make the left leg further spread out and away from the body. As it looks now, I'm thinking most of it's weight is on it's left leg.
That aside, it still looks awesome with the lights all over its body and arms.

[Dasha]

That is a very scary design. Well done. Maybe the next scary thing you make could have multiple rows of teeth further back in the mouth. Also I'm wandering when you were going to upload the commission you made for MrWife of the red Rad Robot with the wings and pistols.

[Spikey]

The free, abstract form entices me to continue looking at it. What I like most is the shading and variety.

M-Maher responds:

yeah, there's not much planning that goes into work like this, its all just feeling, no thought about how it is, no idea on what it's going to look like, I just let the pencil lead.

The shading is just for me really, I like shading, I enjoy doing it, this whole piece is just pure art, there was no point to it, it has no preconceived message behind it, it seeks not to depict anything, it just is what it is.

[legend //]

I'm thinking it's kind of like an abstract furry. The color choice looks good to me.