pewternatural's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[B-Ko's Damaged]

Really nice, especially how you rendered the darker parts of the costume. This reminds me somewhat of the drawings you've done in the Bacalao style. The lines are so very clean though.

[Ma Junior Family]

Did Piccolo and Chi Chi ever interact in DB? It would be interesting to see what she thought of him. On one hand, he's like a father to Gohan, but on the other hand, he was the one who taught Gohan to fight. Gohan didn't become the scholar Chi Chi wanted and Piccolo is partly to blame.

glee-chan responds:

I believe her opinion of Piccolo throughout most of the series was that she still associated him as the demon king. But during a filler episode of DBZ where Goku/Piccolo/Gohan were training for the Cell Games, she seemingly forgot about that and just treated him as a freeloading guest who needed to earn their keep. After that the anime really didn't have much interactions with the two. They'd be in group scenes, but ChiChi by that point was a walking meme and not a character so her purpose was to yell at people. In the manga Toriyama only remember she exists when it came to Gohan. I can't recall any scenes where they are together (other than the tournament where she, Goku, and Piccolo Jr fought). She did yell at Kuririn about allowing Piccolo steal Gohan after Raditz and that might be the only connection between the two there. To be honest, Toriyama wasn't all that interested in ChiChi other than to do nagging wife / overbearing mom gags. I think the only female characters he actually considered as actual characters was Bulma and MAYBE Number 18 and Videl (both of which he forgot when their usefulness ended - which is why they just sort of became wives to the important characters). So... just Bulma? lol.

[At the beach]

Lol. Is this you riffing on another meme? It is well done, looks like you created a fake account, screenshoted it and then drew the picture in the center.

[#17's Upgrade]

I see Kuririn is also into twins, he is a disciple of Master Roshi after all.

[Super 18]

A yes, the woman who exudes step on me energy, lol. Great fanservice shot too.

[Dragon Quest Hotties.]

Toriyama did like him a good bunny girl outfit. This style really does suit you, do you still find it as difficult as when you first did those Chrono Cross drawings?

glee-chan responds:

It's not that hard now, but since I like drawing girls and Toriyama didn't... finding references for poses/hair/costumes is a nightmare.

[Chi Chi's Magazine Shoot]

Wow, this looks great, the sweat on Chi Chi really sells the piece. This does beg the question, who id the best Dragonball babe? It's hard to argue against Bulma, since she's the most important character not named Goku, but I have a soft spot for Videl.

[Mai's Evolution]

Yea this movie made some interesting decisions, to put it kindly. I've never understood the need to take an animated series and make it live action. I can see books and comics making sense, since live action adds more elements to them, but those are already present in animation.

On the actual painting, you nailed it. Toriyama's style seems to be one that comes naturally to you or that you practiced a lot. You're able to pull off clean lines and a simplified character design well.

[Dragon Quest Red Ladies]

I always love when you do Dragon Quest art, because it's some of your best. I don't know if it's just because the original designs are that good, the style just fits your wheelhouse or you like the art so much you go all out on it, but it's always impressive. I've always wanted to try these games, but have no time to game or gaming system.

You are right about the girls all having a certain design motif, but hell if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I do like how you got so much personality into the faces. Aira looks like a sly hellraiser, with that devilish grin. Geruda is giving off definite your pissing me off energy, she looks like she takes no shit. Oruneze looks calm and confident, then again if I could swing an axe that big, I'd probably be pretty calm. I don't know anything about these girls, so I'd be interested in seeing how close I got to their personalities based on your art.

Now the real question, which one is your favorite?

glee-chan responds:

Design wise, I think Geruda (Red) is the best one. I also like Oruneze's (Desdemona) look, but really don't like her huge axe and you know my thing with red-heads, lol. I will say that while I like these two the best, they also were a bitch to draw/color because there's SOOOO much line detail. Toriyama, by that point, didn't care about how designers had to add that much detail into the games. He just did what he wanted. My guess is that he would be giving an outline of a character (maybe even a rough sketch as that happened for the monsters) and he'd just go ham. Sometimes he took the suggestions and other time he had fun. When I look at his character designs, I see a guy who just having fun make characters and not caring about the technical aspects of it. So it's more of an illustration than a character design. It's up to the model makers to figure that stuff out. And in fact, if you look at the models in the games, you can see some simplification or proportion corrections.

[Dark Mercury]

Wow, this is really cool. The highly detailed, thin-lined style reminds me of your Chrono Cross drawings from back in the day. That background and the effects really bring it to life. I think this is the best thing you've done in awhile and you know I always think your work is great. I also like you including all the steps, it is pretty awesome how all of the steps can stand as their own piece and look good. The end is definitely greater than the sum of its parts though.