Reviews for Not lucy in the sky...

[Moneyman12]

good

the alien is good

up-a-notch responds:

i guess....

[Haggard]

No diamonds as well

It's not only that this is not Lucy in the sky, but there aren't also any diamonds in it either. Just a big alien that doesn't look too happy. Well, we can see why it seems unhappy, because it's spaceship just blew up!

I like that you put some clouds in the sky, that looks a lot better than if it was just a plain blue sky. Now we have something else to look at and the canvas doesn't have just one colour on colour on it.

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up-a-notch responds:

thanks

[Fro]

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You have to take some good with the bad I guess. I think that your art skills have improved a lot since the last time we reviewed some of your submissions.

The clouds were done rather well. You did a good job on making them look like they had a shape instead of just being flat against the sky. The transparency on the outside of the clouds made them seem more realistic, but I do feel that you could have made it a more subtle transition from being solid to being see through.

The color used for the sky and the explosion looked pretty good as well. You used great colors and good shades. I think that where the explosion has happened behind a cloud it should show through the cloud a bit more. That would make it seem more realistic in my opinion.

The material coming from the explosion didn't look too great. I wasn't sure if it was smoke coming from the alien or if it was stuff falling from the explosion. If it's smoke then it needs to be more transparent and fluid like, but if it's a solid it needs to have some burnt marks on the outer edges and be more solid looking.

The alien is the main attraction, but sadly it's not up to quality with the rest of your picture. There were a lot of parts with the black line that needed to be thinner. The line consistency was really off. Another problem with the lines is they showed up in some places where they shouldn't have such as the bottom left hand side of the alien.

The bottom of his two... legs? were too flat and didn't seem natural on the rest of the curvy body. I do think there needs to be a little bit of a consistency in what the tentacles look like as well. The eyes could have looked much better as well. When viewed as the regular size it looks good, but when viewed at full size you really see the lack of detail.

So what this picture really needs is a lot more detail in the alien itself. That would have made it much more enjoyable and probably would have risen my review much higher. Another thing that would have made this picture much better is to show physical debris from the explosion. I'm assuming he's falling from some sort of craft. Why not show the craft falling to pieces in midst of the explosion?

Overall, this is one of your better pieces, but the lack of detail in the alien, which is the main attraction, really takes away from the piece as a whole. This 6 is really more of a 6.4 then it is a 6 so don't be discouraged by the score.

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up-a-notch responds:

thanks

[RogerBK]

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I liked the art concept, i think is very funny, the name is also very creative... You used a Beatles song and make kind of an ironic thing, that's very cool...
But I think the drawing is very sloppy, the alien is very weird, he seems like a giant spider with a big head, the alien head doesn't have any perspective, because the head seems to be bigger than the alien's body.

I liked so much the background, it's very well drawed, the explosion (or a sun?) and the flying saucers are very cool, I liked the blue of the sky and the clouds in the background, they are very realistic, they gave a nice effect to the art...

The E.T body disapeared at the top of the drawing, it seems you just didn't care about the art stetic... The E.T could be angry. That ''poker face'' is very weird...

So, that's it!! Fro said everything, about it...
Keep it up, try to improve your skills, and try to reach perfection, it's not easy, but you have potential...

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Roger

up-a-notch responds:

thanks :D

[XwaynecoltX]

Needs something

This was an ok alien but it needs abit more for one i think the aliens shape was abit off you should put abit more effort there and give it a more scary look, that would also mean make the backrounds darker and creeoier aswell

Anyways hope thhose tips will help you to improve

~X~

up-a-notch responds:

thanks man