WraithGlade's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Solitude]

Wow! The reflection looks so real! One seldom sees such realistically rendered pixel art that still somehow feels like pixel art!

[Lonely winter evening]

The animation here really does a lot with a little! The snow is just single color fading blocks of greyscale and yet looks so convincing and enlivens the scene.

The way the individual snow particles fade also creates a sense of depth and layering and thus the snowfall has a sense of depth and "distance fog" that many other snow animation scenes I've seen over the years subtly overlook.

Very skillful and compelling work! I will definitely follow you now!

aleha84 responds:

thank you!

[matcha garden]

I love the clever metaphor embodied by this art: the way it is like a spilt teacup of green matcha tea that has now been transformed into a little tea garden by the gnome!

This is a wonderful composition and idea!

[a cold path]

There's something about snow scenes and cityscapes that often make me feel more contemplative when I look at them. Perhaps that has to do with the similarly contemplative mood or circumstances of winter itself compared to other seasons, since winter creates barriers that force us to slow down in some ways and hence perhaps thereby amply the more contemplative side of our senses. Anyway, wonderful purple-green color mix and lighting!

[a cozy mausoleum]

The cleanness of the lines is really exemplary in this one and the colors work well together here as well. 🍁🍂

[Azalea bushes]

The colors really pop in this piece and it has a bold illustrative style! 🌹🏡

[firey]

Very evocative scene and it really exudes warmth of color and interesting forms! 🔥

I'm definitely going to follow you now. 🎨😀

[Reflections]

The glowing speckles along the waterline and the yellow radiance of the sunset really seem to go well together here, perhaps in part because blue and yellow are complementary colors. 🎨🌅

[Touchedgrass]

I feel like I've walked along a road like this before and the low-color pixel art style only enhances the nostalgic feeling even more. 😎🗼

[Nightfall at Plaza]

This artwork has some of the best use of dithering I've seen and the cityscape has a sense of aliveness and warmth that pulls me in! 🎨🌆