NickJam's art Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[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

[The McFamily]

I feel like I like these more than the official ones. They're more distinct and recognizable as individuals while still maintaining a similar clown aesthetic and color scheme. I also like that there's sort of elements of McDonald's food items in there. Unsure if you tried it but Donna's hair reminds me of a burger bun, Molly's reminds me of french fries, and Ronnie's looks like McNuggets.

MunchJrGames responds:

I was gunning for Molly's hair to look like fries. I wanted to make them yellow as well, but I wanted the children to have the opposite hair of their parents.

Nice theory about the hair shapes, I'm gonna run with that if I draw these guys again. By that logic I assume Ronald's hair would look like a patty. I had a pretty hard time trying to come up with clowny hairstyles. Donna ended up having hair that looked kind of like the Golden Arches, so I ran with that by giving her a little fringe for the point.