WraithGlade's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Way Home]

The perspective, the distant mountains, and the variety of odds and ends of urban society that are placed along the sides of the track scene work really well together and thus the whole feels like an authentic real place. It has quite a lot of rustic charm. Awesome work! 🚂🚞

[Hidden ruins]

I love the autumnal colorization of this piece. The decrepit tower's unique and distinctive design also has great aesthetic flavor. Great work! 🍁🍂🥇

[Cold winter night]

The look and feel of the snow slush along the road and the car that passes by on the (viewer's perspective) left side are especially effective touches to me.

The contrast of that muted and desaturated scenery with the brighter colors of the vending machine and the emanating golden lights of the shop have great contrast that helps make the subtext of warm/inviting qualities of the shop and the resident pop more by comparison and in context.

Great work! I wish I had this kind of art skill! 🎨🏆

[Trail]

I'm a long-time lover of nature and of hiking and so this scene really speaks to me. It is truly wonderfully done and taps into a nuanced appreciation for nature and soaking in all the little details of things. I would love to walk along this path in real life! 🏞🌱🌲🍀

Kldpxl responds:

Thank you! I'm happy about that! Glad you like my work.

[Golden Hour]

The colors of the sunset scene are really well done. The pastel blending of colors into the buildings gives it a realistic and interconnected feeling of color and vibrancy.

I wish I had this level of art skill! 😎

[CthulhuVania]

The dark aesthetic here feels very cohesive and compelling. Another very impressive pixel art piece!

I'm surprised you said this is just a quick mockup. Most people would take many hours to do something like this, or more likely several days honestly.

ko-dll responds:

I am trying to draw pixel art daily. It's all about practicing, and it's a great way to prototype ideas faster. But yes, I have a few "more days" pieces, which are pretty complex.

[Top Down JRPG Mockups]

This is fantastic pixel art, easily professional-level quality!

Regarding making your own JRPG game: I don't think you should dismiss the possibility so fast. If you keep the scope of it well enough under control (e.g. reusing art assets in a modular way, such as recolors and multi-purpose props and recombinable components) then I think you could do it.

Programming is not as hard as people think, especially if you avoid the more bloated engines and frameworks and languages.

In that regard, I recommend you look into Love2D (as a game library/framework/engine) and Lua (as the programming language). Lua is one of the easiest languages. It's whole reference manual for v5.1 is readable in one day (maybe ~100 pages?). Just ignore the part about binding to C and just use Love2D directly. Look at the site and I think you may be surprised how simple things can be. No worries though. Just a suggestion. Don't underestimate yourself!

ko-dll responds:

Hello! I am a coder myself. (I finished and released the BZZZT game on Steam and Switch.) I work primarily in Unity and know how to make such a game. I just feel that I need to make a few less complex games first and make some financial bumper first. Doing JRPGs in free time while working elsewhere could be pretty exhausting.

[Shop Caravan ( for a gig )]

The hybrid 3D and pixel art combo here is very compelling and this piece has a great cohesive composition and has just the right amount of items in the scene to strongly establish the feeling of the piece without making things too "noisy". I'll definitely add you to my follow list! This is fantastic 3D pixel art!

BRTNH responds:

Thank you so much!

[commission work to myths and legends part 2]

These have a great sense of atmosphere and large-scale pixel art aesthetic. Well done!

[Abandoned village]

This is some of the best pixel art I've ever seen and the rustic autumnal theme and sense of aliveness in it is masterful. Definitely will follow you. 😎