Boss's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Red from "Mandy"]

I freaking love that movie

[Because They All Taught Me Something]

Cave Story and Mother 3 were in ways important games to me as the plots and thematic elements of these games were very different from most games and in that sense rare, peculiar, and important. To see them represented in a pretty artful and fun visual representation is sentimentally as well as symbolically, really cool to me. The other characters drawn here look just as good, and my unfamiliarity doesn't take away from the art. This whole image has a beautiful vibrancy and the boldness of red running through everything is done in a way that gives it a good pop, but the slightly subdued tone helps it stay subtle and doesn't overpower what the image represents, or the geometrical composition of the image (which is very nice as well) thanks for making art

[Eartbound Enemy Animation #01: New Age Retro Hippie]

I love you thanks for paying homage to this incredible game and also accentuating the games satire of the fads/peoples styles which in a way (inadvertently?) puts a video game filtered lens to document trends and culture. like share comment bubble is pretty damn funny too

[Barnacle Back]

It’s like a more scifi comic book version of weens the mollusk album cover, although the style presented here is more digital nouveau and more unique to be able to be pigeonholed into sci fi or comic book as a label or video game or anything, there is a good flavor here that I have not witnessed before

[Hatsuko, the Carp Maiden]

I love the way that the colors seem bold yet soft at the same time, the style reminds me of cave story. the animation itself seems a little jerky, but also really fluid when you concentrate on it a little closer. your art style would be great for a video game, but of course, it is really great on its own as an art piece. I think the way that the things in the foreground and larger pieces of the background that seem closer to the point of perspective are simpler and the things further away and that are more in the background/less the focal point being more detailed is something that really brings it together and makes it pleasing to the eye and engaging in a way that just makes you feel good looking at this, and want to keep staring at it. great work, keep doing what you do !!

maruki responds:

Thank you for your kind words. The animation is jerky, yes. I think I messed up the gif capture a bit. Funny enough, she is one of the characters I designed for Aftertile, the game I'm currently developing. That's also the reason why the background look simpler in comparison to the others, it's because I designed that map trying to focus on visual easiness. It's great to know that the piece feels good to look at, it means a lot to me. Thanks again!

[NG pixel artist hanging out meetup]

fav'd for luis

ScepterDPinoy responds:

He's a great influence tbh.

[Majin 21]

Yoo I love how the cyan be lighting this like hooo shit is poppin like daaang how U get it so neon like woah its like so 80s style neon perfect color palleutte how U did that and like oooo hoooo the tiddies poppin like pop pop like what like how U did this YOooo like what how yo hoooohhand wit like ALL dat outer SPACE like omfg homie what did u DO this TIME !??

[eric devito]

Thank you for blessing us with this beautifully created image. Ya shapes and tones be on point

[Kit Art (Myself)]

this is a good unique art style and I hope you make more art for newgrounds because this is really different in a good way. the anatomy and style is great, good shapes and composition, definitely worth it to put more art out if you enjoy doing it