JGZILLA98's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lucy - Haunt Hunter]

Absolutely adorable! And AntonM is amazing, solid music taste alone earns a five star rating. The way you drew her is like a ghost version of Mizore and looks so cool.

SketchMeNot responds:

Aww thank you so much! Glad you're also a fan of AntonM's work! It's amazing isn't it? Dude's got so many skills it's nuts! Hehe, yeah, this kind of semi-chibi style has been really fun to draw! (^w^)

[Evelynn - Flare Up]

That tummy tho, LOL Jokes aside, another great piece and love the colors here. It's also a nice change of pace because I normally connect your art to lots of reds and greens if that makes sense. Anyway enough of my rambling, Cheers!

SketchMeNot responds:

Aw thank you so much! Glad you like the piece! I have indeed been working with a lots of reds in particular recently, so it was super fun to work with a primarily bright blue color scheme here! (^-^)

[not enough rain in this world (to wash away the filth)]

I was already sold on the green alone but that description was how I felt looking at this. Ironically I have this obsession with driving in the rain on empty roads. Especially in my old classic that looks like it belongs in a horror film as a hearse or the main car of a struggling parent (I'm not parent but could see myself as one some day)

Most people find it miserable (Which it can be I won't lie) but if I am in no rush and have a chance enjoy it while driving it's peaceful in the most terrifying way possible if that makes any sense.

I used to sleep a lot of with rain noise when i was younger but because of a traumatic incident when I was 20 it wasn't helpful anymore after that. Now in the rare chance it does rain here (I live in Austin which is either super hot or bipolar as fuck to the point of freezing the whole city or intense rain storms for days) I often find myself driving around feeling like I am in an old horror movie but without the horror.

Like I said I'm sure that makes no sense but I am sure you can relate to a degree given the stories you've shared about your late night bike rides.

LittleLuckyLink responds:

Thanks! I 100% agree. There was a frustrating part of living in Austin where it would get all cloudy, super humid, but no rain. However, when it did, oh man, it was pretty intense. Flash flood warnings out the wazoo. When I briefly had a car, I'd LOVE rainy night drives- sometimes parking somewhere isolated, turning off the car, and just listening to the rain as it hit the roof and windows. Thanks again for the review man!

[Hustle - Soho PV]

Bruh... Civic.

Now that's some intense shit.

ANYWAY just saw your newest animation and loved it. Really reminds me of the Civic from Initial D because of the color scheme.

Good stuff as always.

mattyburrito responds:

thank you!! I'm definitely trying to reference the Todo School's Spoon EK9

[Hustle - Justice Hibiki]

I won't lie, the Tommy Vercetti look she got going in that second photo is fucking awesome. GTA Vice City was probably my favorite from the original 3D trilogy. Too bad the remasters took out most of the music and are really broken or I would actually buy the collection since PS2 copies are expensive now and og PC copies are broken messes. Anyway your art is looking good as usual and can't wait to see what you come up with next.

mattyburrito responds:

I was looking at Tommy Vercetti artwork for reference - I really liked how it looked on her I def wanna keep pushing the look. Thank you! I grew up being obsessed with GTA SA lol its really a shame they botched the remasters so bad I hope they eventually fix it..

[Stray]

Another amazing piece.

Lillendandie responds:

Thank you <3

[Papilio]

She looks so much like my sister and the cat in the background really reinforces that feeling to me knowing how much she loves her cats. This is a very beautiful piece and really happy when I can be reminded of those I care about in the artwork of others.

Lillendandie responds:

Aww thank you for sharing your sweet story. Yes, I love how art can give people a different impression even beyond what the artist intended. I think that's part of it's magic ✨

[Misty Night - Dismal Moon]

The colors here really work for me because even though I imagine this a forest of some kind the color palette really reminds of this painting I own of palm trees from what I assume is Miami that I bought in a Goodwill many years ago and still have to this day. Even though I was a 2000s kid I grew up on a lot of older media such 60s, 70s and 80s scifi, action and horror films like "Robocop" or "The Thing" and I was also really into monster movies like the Godzilla films and Ultraman.

Yeah no surprise I really love the 80s aesthetic and massive fan of Synthwave culture but anyway back to the painting.

What caught me off guard is how much this really reminds me of the ending to Hotline Miami 2, when the nukes finally dropped, everyone's dead and you load back into the menu screen with that somber but calm melody reflecting on the entire series of events you just witnessed.

Like I said it could just be the colors giving me those vibes but seeing would could've been originally palm trees now burned to a crisp in this now barren wasteland to what originally was once a vibrant, beautiful but violent place to be now reduced to nothing.

Your landscape artwork really is beautiful and really captures this sort of liminal space vibe where your kind of stuck between two places but you don't mind it, as if for a brief time your free of thought , space and time just appreciating that you had the chance of existence regardless whether or not the lives we lived even mattered. It's artwork like this that reminds me that there is more than just the world around us, while I am by no means religious there's a very spiritual feeling I get from this piece.

A feeling that I by all means welcome... Thank You.

Oh I still have the painting if you wish to see it, I use it a lot on my YouTube channel as I background for my videos. Just let me know where I can DM it for you to see it.

LittleLuckyLink responds:

Thank you so much! I definitely can relate on an attraction to the 80's aesthetic. I've definitely been thriving with this "80s revival" thing that's been going on much more prominently in these past few years. I'd definitely say it's a huge influence, even on projects where it may not be intended. I'm glad that this gives off a sorta liminal vibe, many of my landscapes are rooted in my own experiences of frequently wandering off into the night and off the grid. I'd definitely love to see that painting by the way! I can check out your YT, you can dm it here, twitter, most socials as well should be good :)

[dead homes bleed black]

It's giving me the same vibes liminal spaces do, I just sit there and stare as if I was there constantly waiting for something to happens yet it never does. It's an interesting feeling of emptiness but in a weird way it's a almost peaceful emptiness, I don't know how to explain it, it's that kind of emptiness where you aren't happy or sad you're just there you know? I hope this makes sense in some fashion. You did a very good job here as the colors go really well together and really reminds of something I saw from my childhood what that is though I can't recall but if I remember I will update this review. I imagine you were going for a silent hill vibe? Either way it's a lovely piece regardless.

LittleLuckyLink responds:

Thank you very much, you were pretty spot-on! This is a vague re-interpretation of a dark, lonely road that is my favorite part about my bike ride home from work. I don’t exactly live in the middle of nowhere, but this specific road is surrounded by vast fields to the left and right, with a row of dark, newly developed houses off in the distance.
I find this aesthetic to be very interesting, a peaceful emptiness as you described. The silhouettes of the empty homes pierce the horizon with blackness. I wouldn’t say that Silent Hill was a direct influence to this piece, but given Silent Hill’s massive impact and influence on pretty much everything I do, I wouldn’t deny it :)
The colors were very difficult to pull off here, as this was actually the “last straw” for me in the sense that I decided to look into purchasing black watercolor paper as opposed to white (which this was painted on.) Even though the white paper is decent, loading all of those colors in put some stress on the paper. I’ve got a few similar paintings coming out soon, and I intend on using the black paper. I think they should turn out pretty neat. Thank you for the review!

[Hustle - Shaun SRT4]

The OG 2 Fast 2 Furious before the Skyline replaced it.

Also

RACE.

CAR.

GO.

BBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. (INSERT EARRAPE HERE)

mattyburrito responds:

oh yea I never knew that haha I thought they were gonna have Paul Walker drive it instead of the Evo 7