Monkius's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Semiconductor Factory]

That's a TSMC fab! I had the good fortune of visiting that country in early 2020, like a month before international air travel imploded; it's really amazing how smoothly everything operates over there.

I also agree with the last commenter, the colour palettes you use are awesome.

Kldpxl responds:

Nice! Would love to visit such a place.

[Cats on the computer]

Lol, such 1990s. Wow. "Pipes" screensaver, CRT, optical drive. Movie posters are a bit newer, but it all combines to set the scene for one of those gritty, "dot-com era" movies.

[It's a Long, Long Haul]

I think that you can safely add "epic" to the list of tags (without seeming like too much of a braggart, lol.) Sprawling city, highway stretching off toward the horizon, "Mount Doom" clouds... In terms of epic, Lord of the Rings ain't got shit on this cinemagraph. Lol

[Ahri for sheo]

Yo, that's a foxy pixel lady!

Ha ha, ha...

[Octobit Day9: Vehicle]

Cool choice of car... Just happens to strangely coincide with me having started playing an Android game wherein the goal is to fix old Soviet-Russian cars.

[Maritime Acadia]

Kewl, an Acadian old-school RPG map! I totally forgot about Les Iles de la Madeleine, I thought that was Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, for a second... *Facepalm*

SuperPhil64 responds:

I thought about adding SP & M but it's so close to Newfoundland I would have had to add it for the Cape St George region and I didin't have time to finish it in time for 15 Aout. Might expand it next year and add it and maybe Louisiana.

[cat]

Shrine to (^ω^)

Lol but seriously, the detail on the rays/spots of light coming through the trees is amazing, irrespective of how much I like teh kittehs.

AtTheSpeedOf responds:

Aw thanks

[Stagecoach Mountain]

"Wireframe" before the advent of computers, lol. I like the "chalky" lines on the mountains, that's a neat style.

[80s Kain]

I'm trying to figure out a clever nickname for him... Kainface? Nah... Scarchest? Er... At any rate, one of the tags says "vampire," so I guess he has to be careful not to draw blood from a cocaine addict.

Nice work on the background, too; it strikes me as minimalist, but it does a great job of reminding me of various shows/movies that took place in Miami in the '80s and '90s.

Galejro responds:

El Kaino Escobar XD

[train ride]

This (and a lot of your other illustrations) have a very "Alan Wake" aesthetic. Also similar to whenever someone converts a Stephen King novel to visual media. The nearly-vacant train hurtling through a desolate landscape filled only with pine trees here and there is pretty... Ominous. I think it's something of a talent to do horror-themed stuff without having to resort to monsters, murder or jump-scares. Just setting the scene and using implications to create a growing sense of unease.

On another note, the layout of the train car is similar to a metro car, but it's passing through the middle of nowhere; interesting... I second other guy's question.

AtTheSpeedOf responds:

Thanks, Alan Wake has the exact kind of style that appeals to me. The train here is mostly based on the train from Spirited Away.