00:00
00:00
Newgrounds Background Image Theme

The7thConqueror just joined the crew!

We need you on the team, too.

Support Newgrounds and get tons of perks for just $2.99!

Create a Free Account and then..

Become a Supporter!

Reviews for "Of Wenches and Mead"

pretty sweet

WE ARE HEAVY METAL PIRATES WE SALE ACROSS THE SKY ON A PIRATESHIP MADE OF COSMIC STEAL AND A TERROR AR AR AR

i was looking at how you shaded it and have that sweet old paper overlay on the top ive tried a little something like that but you have given me some ideas. pictures pretty sweet

This is now my wallpaper.

It's just fucking epic, I love it. Very well done.

I'll sit back and sing this song

and drink and party all night long/
HEY! HEY!
I want more wenches/
HEY! HEY!
More wenches and mead/
HEY! HEY!
I want more wenches! LOTS of wenches is what I need/

Although it's pretty kickass as-is, this could really shine given the right touches! Here's a few of my thoughts -

COLOR: You chose your palette well, but I think the figures could stand to "pop" a little more - it feels just the slightest bit flat. Lotta brown in there, and though red makes a good accent-color, maybe try upping the intensity so it draws your eye a little more. Also, it'd be good to punch up some of your dark colors to balance out the mid-tones and the brights.

ANATOMY: Since you're playing pretty loose and caricatured, I'll not get into too much detail; Overall your hands are pretty good, although you may want to take another whack at the one on the guy getting whacked himself - in the foreground on the left. Also, watch the left thigh on the guy in the middle - it appears to be longer than his right - and the left arm on the lovely wench; I'd shave down the highlight on her forearm a bit, as right now it looks like her arm's at a rather painful angle.

COMPOSITION: In a word, chaotic. Given, this is a barfight, so that's to be expected, but it still leads me in a nice circle around the image, and the Rule of Thirds appears to be observed, so I can amend that to "nicely chaotic." A minor nitpick is that, once again, there doesn't appear to be a clear foreground - I think if you darkened the guy getting punched in the face on the bottom-left, it'd help to separate the layers a little more. :)

LIGHT AND SHADOW: You clearly know how to work around a light source and where to put the highlights; that's something I'm still working on myself, so I'll congratulate you on that! However, I think you could afford to punch up the shadows on the figures a bit more and give them that tiniest bit of extra depth and three-dimensionality. Since you have two light-sources (the lantern on the wall and the moon through the window) I'd also put some more shadows into the background. Since your light is yellow, I'd go with a dark violet for that.

Those are the only things I can think of at any rate - but as is, it's still a right fine image. 3/5 and 7/10

TheShadling responds:

Croiky!

Really cute girl....

Amongst a bunch of fugly, pirate zombies?

What could go right?

all good n' nice but

their skins are from the same collor than their bones except from their teeth, wich is really weird. the beer also doesn't look like beer.