Some people don't think that I can fairly review my own groups releases and that I may unfairly judge other groups than mine. So, I will attempt to review my own work, and you can decide if I review it fairly or not.
dm-summn - i hate 3D stuff but this one is perfect..
hm I have to disagree with sprocket on this. THe Ice vga this month was kinda disappointing. I mean it had some good stuff but maybe some stuff shoulda gotten qc'ed. I know I'm not one to talk being as I'm not as well endowed yet as some of the artist in there but damn it I have a opinion. Also 3d guys from going to phenominal to predictable I dunno after seeing this pack im not inspired ever to try 3d stuff again even though i prolly will nothing inspired me for it was all mere too predicatable. Once again the compression on vga's coulda been handled better. A mov file in the pack didnt work on anything I had and um let's just say this pack was lacking. Hopefully this isnt a trend for ice vga.
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Root88 released 2 images this month, they can be found in ice1298b.zip
The first 88-bagld.jpg is a picture of a bag lady. It's an ok idea. It looks as if he is attempting to show how dirty, confused and sad another walk of life may be. He almost pulled it off. Technically I didn't think this piece was the greatest. The background was sloppily done and I didn't like it at all. It was done in a totally different style than the rest of the pic and didn't really seem to fit in. Consistancy is a very important part of a work. The use of complimentaly colors was a bit interesting. Overall the image can hold the attention of the viewer for at least short time, so it was worth doing.
The second image 88-EMANN.JPG looks as if he copied it straight out of a comic book, but I doubt he did that. The idea behind this pic didn't seem to have an ounce of soul in it at all. Techincally this isn't one of his better works either. The first thing I think when I see a picture of a person that has the hands and feet covered is that the artist just isn't good at drawing them and is trying to hide the fact. From viewing some of Root88's other works, I don't think that is the case though. It looks as if it was about 8 o'clock on New Year's Eve, he wanted to go out and get drunk and just felt like he had to release something. So he covered the hands and feet, slopped up a background and went out. The face could have used more detail and shading. The torso and right leg looked good but really aren't enough to carry the rest of the poorly done pic.
By Sprocket HRG on Tuesday, January 5, 1999 - 04:13 am:
hf-vally - very attractive..
lo-boat - it has mood..
mi-ice1 - nice manner. develop it, it could be the whole world..
mt-ernst - HOLY SHIT, IT'S THE BEST ONE!!! I admire..
sd-magic - shouldnt be unmentioned..
sq2-* - use your own fonts, and it's 100% times more interesting..
tr-fairy - oh, it touches my heart..
xt-* - great design, i should learn from this pictures how to shape..
others were silly or uninteresting..
please dont be pissed off, it's only my opinion, i liked this pack more then any other previous icepacks..
By Blue Devil on Sunday, January 10, 1999 - 11:08 pm: