DarkSignal's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hank vs Torture]

I appreciate how you keep the agents literally faceless; that's what made the simple design so memorable for me when I first saw MC4 and 5.

I also dig how in this moment, even with every ounce of obsessive anger every agent has towards Hank, they're taking the stance of referees to the imminent throwdown. They'll enjoy it as much as I enjoy this handi work.

Compromisedart responds:

Thanks for your feedback glad to hear you like it and yes i leave them faceless so the feeling for madnesscombat comes across better Unless of course the face fits characters like jebus for example

[RETAINER # 909 DISABLED]

Haven't seen art this photorealistic since DeimosArt and BBoy, Looks like you found a groove

Compromisedart responds:

Thank you!

[N51 Commando]

Love how volumetric this looks with your shading and gradients; Probably my favorite rendition of this particular class of soldier.

lanrund responds:

I'm glad you like it and maybe there's more in the future, maybe

[The Terrible Experiment]

Anyone who looks dangerous is definitely a vampire!

Seriously, I dig these action shots of these origins within recognizable settings.

Zadobag responds:

Thank you so much!! It's really fun to design and complete these scenes for them!

[The Massive]

Standing over bully gudgeons like a true massive.

Zadobag responds:

"Looks like we have a new champion!"

[Victims(Nexus)]

I love how these straddle the line between agency, military, and sci-fi all in one go

Zadobag responds:

Thank you so much!! Your words have greatly inspired me!

[【N51】]

Your shadow work combined with the level of detail you add to all the guns strikes an astounding balance between ruggedness and structure. I can appreciate how all the small design choices to all the gear stay faithful to the core designs, and the one color you used for them makes for an excellent style choice. Astounding work, love it!

lanrund responds:

I'm glad you love it ！

[Madness 11]

This is expertly done, and the style is very befitting. I like how you included full-body designs with arms and legs, which makes me sad you didn't give that same treatment to the ATPs in the background; that sticks out to me like a bruise I'm afraid.

Rhunyc responds:

Hey thanks for the feedback on that, I wasn't sure how it'd go over.. Mr. K gave me the suggestion and I thought having full bodies like that in the bg might be distracting so I went with the normal madness figures, I appreciate the review!

[【to jsoull】]

This rendition adds alot of class; That suit ensemble looks real nice and even that robo hand looks tricked out. However I have to dock points because both of his hands are robotic, and having one hand makes him look like evil Zalamander.

lanrund responds:

I'll try to fit him with another robot hand in the future

[A Madness Combat Mess.]

"I like my eggs scrambled", wonder who that could've been.

I wish there were more PN2 pictures like this, we're sorely lacking in them. If this picture were made after the Deep Storage update, I'm betting those agents with blue latex gloves would've been Nexus scientists.

TarrakaSchprichwort responds:

Well, even if it was made after the update, i doubt it would've been the case.

For one, i refrain from consuming PN2 content. Can't have all the riveting Lore spoiled. So wouldn't really known about them.
And secondly, i don't think you'd need to call down a scientist for clean up duty. Unless K made them like super metal and demented, with the mentality of curious moralless children, who wear welding masks just as often as latex gloves, cuz you never know when you might wanna rivet some extra bits to a subject. But PN2 seems to me more self-serious than PN1, so i doubt that would be the case. At least the exact way i imagined it.

Thanks for the kind words.
I also hope that people find new inspirations in our little Universe, as there's still quite a bit of stuff no one ever did.