JakBaronKing's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Red Baron]

Pretty sweet dude!

A traditional Manga-isk look for our infamous Red Baron.

The Red Baron's majestic cape!

His spiked helmet and armor pads.

But my only thing I was hoping for....

Was the Victorian Crest Cross on his cheek.

Bravo Dude!

redminus responds:

Aaaaaaaaaaand there it is! Though I'd thought it was perhaps a bit too small a detail to add at this scale, it seems to sit fine now. Thoughts?

[Portal Bot Posse]

Okay! I think I got this figured out.

P-Bot is inspired from VINCENT.
I-Bot is inspired from Johnny 5.
G-Bot is inspired from ELECTRO.
M-Bot is inspired from your own series of ALLOY.
And both F-Bot and A-Bot are Transformers inspirations (Soundwave & Arcee)

This is a pretty kick-ass group picture.

P=Portal
I=Image
G=Gold
M=Moderator
A=Audio
F=Flash

MindChamber responds:

nailed it, no wait, close! G-Bot is inspired from Rosie of the jetsons,

and as a whole the groups' shapes and colors were inspired by Mighty Orbots.

[I-Bot]

Neat *Takes picture

The Goggle Eyes is one of the best ways for a robot to appear "shy and nervous".

Or in cases like Johnny 5, an eccentric robot pop cultured filled bookworm with a love for show-tunes.

He's like a little nervous museum curator.

HEY - Wouldn't it be funny if his neck stretched upward like a PEZ candy dispenser and a spray can of paint shoots out?

The whole cannon arm things has been done to death with almost all kinds of robots. Granted it IS almost traditional.

*I especially love the new group picture of all the robots. That deserves to be a poster.

MindChamber responds:

you're on the money with the Johnny 5 reference, infact P-Bot was inspired by Vincent from Blackhole, so I tried to follow that tradition and have each bot slightly reference a robot from the good ol days of film. (with the exception of M-Bot, hes referenced from Alloy)

[Portal Protectors]

Considering that I-Bot's character isn't known yet

This is a pretty good interpretation of an "ARTIST- BOT"

Though to avoid the concept of everything looking like a B-Rated anime knock off.

Having P-Bot look more heroic wasn't really necessary to the portrayal of his character.

Anyone for example, can draw ANY kind of mech and add a letter "P" on his breastplate and call it P-Bot.

Same could go for A-Bot.

The original interpretations are just fine and although the reinterpretation is "cool", I don't see them becoming replacements.

Cause come on, A-Bot looks like a big Boom Box, (though similar to Soundwave) still portrays his character well.

I just don't see the portrayal in P-Bot and A-Bot to be all that representative to what they do.

I dunno, it's just my opinion.

However I-Bots character has not been intrepreted even by the staff and his is a pretty good look.

The stylish backwards cap, the spray can cannon arm, almost as if a college art student was a robot.

Manuel-Dangelo responds:

My I-bot Reinterpretation is a design baced on a very litle tips MindChamber gived as feed back for my first "interpretation" of I-bot (you can check the original reinterpretation here -->http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/manuel-dangelo/i-bot-rinterpretation <--). Mind chamber has already made an small sample of I bot on the art he shows at his last News post, the white robot on the left.

about A and P. I made them look as I feel they are, not as I think they should be and I don want my art to be a replacement of the original ones. you can call it a side view, interpretation or even fanArt (even if I dislike the term) but it's not just a any robot with the P or the A in the chest.

In general, the idea of a reinterpretation is to keep the basic structure or characteristec elements of the charapter and still give it the look of what you feel about them.

Thanks you very much for such a complete feed back and hope you to like my onther Reinterpretations as I'm working on the whole Bot-Crew.

[retro robot day poster]

NO WAY! This is totally Tezuka inspired!

I never thought of you as a fan of Tezuka's work.

Usually his art style turns off modern media viewers.

But if you look past the child-like features, he really was the God of Manga. His stories are incredible! Buddha, Metropolis, Kimba, etc.

I really dig the remakes of Astro Boy, I have yet to check out Phoenix.

Who else to pay homage to when celebrating Robot Day than something Astro Boy inspired.

Seriously though, if you never read Tezuka's Buddha, it's really good.

jouste responds:

yeah i'm a huge fan of tezuka. i only have the first 3 buddah books but they are amazing. i just revently finished MW and man alive was that intense. a very very dark side of him.

and yes! astroboy was and always will be the king of robots!

glad you like it pal! always good to hear from you.

*highfives*

[MindChamber the begining]

AH the story begins to unfold....

I can't wait till it's completion.

I love how you positioned the professor's head in the center of the robot's chest.

Kinda telling me that his mind and the robot...."Mindchamber" as it is because of how it once was....

The prof looks desolated or in deep thought.

Questioning or calculation the results of his actions.

A masterpiece of philosophy, life, and choices is soon to be unfolded.

MindChamber responds:

thanks! very deep review!

[Viking Dad n' Me]

Too cool dude!

You know...its always been a question to me what exactly Dad is....

And in this depiction, he appears more monster/ogre than a killer in a purple jump suit.

You have this nice touch to all your illustrations in character design.

There's that sense of "Bad-Ass-Ery".

The style is cartoony yet intense.

I know this may sound cruel....but it would be funny and almost fit his style perfectly if his other hand was holding the decapitated head of Tom Fulp.

Just saying...since the picture emulates that particular vision in my mind.

Dad's just that kind of guy. Almost the mirror image to Tom Fulp. Like...if Tom had a dark side...it would be Dad.

jouste responds:

haha thanks dude! i gotta say i think having tom fulp's decapitated head would be one of the more endearing things i've seen people depict of that guy ;P

great observations and i'm stoked you like the image!

*highfives*

[kitty war sneak peak]

Something Epic no doubt

I can't wait till it's finished.

Awesome Work dudes.

Nothin' but all the violence, sex, and bloody gore intact that gives the reason why artists make "graphic" novels.

A post apocalyptic world, sexy babes, and bad-asses badder than Chuck Norris.

Bad Shit is Going Down....

And luckily a kick-ass hero is here to save our pathetic lives!

dommi-fresh responds:

ha ha ha thats what i live for.