HRg #25 score: 8 out of 10

Mongi:
As most other packs this month, there wasn't anything really exciting. Having that said, the pack was definitely not bad. Overall it was an excellent pack, just that nothing really excelled (that applies to all packs this month).

I'll get off with the best at once. Shere Khan's pic is an exception, it's marvellous. Designing the intertwining and make the bodies fit and melt together is almost genius! And their shaping a heart in the middle to boot. The one pushing the other up shaping the heart looks strained. I think the meaning of the pic might be representing the difficulties and emotional strains love can bring sometimes.

Diamond's pic of the trees in perspective is nice. The way they shrink in a path looking like the positive side of a squareroot function (yeah, I'm an engineer..) sets an interesting view on it all, and it really gives the feeling of infinity.

YoYo is just getting better all the time. She already has the imagination and ideas, all she needs is some refining of her painting technique, and in this pack her pics are more detailed than ever. 2507yoyo.jpg is one of her pest pieces so far. It represents so much. Being prisoner in a "deep" prison (your small shitty life), and then climbing the ladder to get a better view (trying to get a better life), just to discover you have barred windows that stops you from reaching out (your life is really miserable, duh!). Graphically it really good too, the lighting and shading, the sense of depth and all those little bricks (or rather big ones)!

I really hope Sprocket doesn't quit the scene, that would be a big loss for us. He's being more pic orientated nowadays, and they're just as imaginative and well designed as his logos. The Son of Typography is neat, with the bookcase hanging over the guys head.

The packs only joint pic is pretty neat too. Combining YoYo's and Sprockets styles can't go wrong. Both of them have really great ideas, and very refined styles.

Bon's ink(?) work doesn't appeal to me at all. They're not really simplistic, and not really detailed either. They're something in between and look quit empty. There isn't really any unique style either, just pictures.

The rest of the pack was pretty good too, just not much to comment. The HellRaiser group brings the artscene to new levels (read Root88's intro).

score 7.5

Root88:
HRG had an outstanding pack this month. Almost every image was an excellent piece of artwork, not just someone trying to show off what a computer can do. The work in this pack seemed as if careful planning was used in each image to achieve an aesthetic result. A major problem with artists new to the digital canvas is that they just play with all the buttons and features in an application until they come across something that looks "neat". While these "neat" pics might impress your mom or classmates, digital art vets like the artists in HRG can see right though them. If you a new to the seen and want to know want makes an image great, head right for hrg-25.zip.

2502SK.GIF was impressive. The positions of the bodies and the way they interlocked was elegant and lewd at the same time. Fascinating.

2507YOYO.JPG is my favorite pic from YoYo yet. All her other pics were great, I especially liked her joint with Theater. It was definitely a great month for YoYo in every respect, she really seems to have reached another level in her work.

2509LICE.JPG from God Among Lice very well done. He chose a good pose to work from and I think it turned out well, much nicer than what we saw from him last month.

I also enjoyed 2512SPRO.JPG, his work is always interesting and well done. Sprocket mentioned quitting the scene, the .NFO in the pack touched on this, but did not give a definite answer. I hope we can all enjoy his artwork for years, or at least months to come.

score: 8.5