NickJam's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rampardos fossil]

I always thought the Gen 1 Fossil sprites looked way too good to be Gen 1. Well done matching that style in the smaller sprite, and the large one has a ton of awesome little details going on.

StrawPi responds:

Thank you, I was using those sprites for comparison while making these ones

[Sam Lake]

Strikingly Howard Hamlin-esque

[Kris GBC palette]

Kinda upsetting they forgot Kris existed when making HG/SS. Lyra is fine enough as a design, but Kris is the first time I feel they really went a bit "out there" with a protagonist design in a Pokemon game and I always thought she looked rad.

[jack brothers]

The only Persona game I ever played

[50 Bowser in Different Art Styles]

So much effort went into these. I don't recognize every game here, but all the ones I do seem pretty faithful. Idk if the colors match constraints for some of the NES sprites, but regardless the look is absolutely there.

[Mario Bros 1 Redraw]

The restrictions don't really end up met since most of the enemies/assets using the black pixels can appear above ground and would use the light blue in that spot. That being said, dig the style. The level of shading on a lot of the sprites is reminiscent of the all stars sprites, which I always enjoyed.

SuperPhil64 responds:

I kinda knew that going in. Figured it would be more fun having the extra black color than being accurate.

[Drawings from a canceled project]

It's canceled? Damn. Some of these are all-timers. Never understood how you got that wave looking so real.

LakenDaCoda responds:

Just looked at a real wave. I can't find what picture I used for reference, but it was likely this one:
https://monicacatherine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cl_02.jpeg

Also, only canceled in the sense that I've dropped this version of it. I may revisit the idea some time in the future.

[Mega Man Kart]

Love the style! Gotta give 5 starts for the iconic Guts Man's Ass pose.

[Versus Sectonia]

Immediate 5-star for looking really cool and factoring in NES palette and sprite limitations. Idk if it could actually display, but it sure looks accurate! Tenouttaten!

Tyrannee responds:

It's always fun coming up with ways to factor in the NES's limited capabilities against a more modern system such as making Sectonia's wings a solid colour. I ended up learning a lot about different expansion chips like the MMC5 allowing palettes to be per 8x8 tile instead of 16x16.

[Mario Running in the 90's]

No way, was that you that made that video?? That looks like the same door and everything. I watched that as a kid and you just unlocked the memory.

Joschurale responds:

I was not the person who made that video though yeah it's also an early memory for me lol