Author Archives: Damien Stadler

About Damien Stadler

What's to say? I'm formerly 2-years military with several almost Associate's degrees in Electronics and Graphic Design. I'm on my second marriage, have a puppy, and love screwing around with any version of Hero Machine.

DamienBlog-Hiatus!

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Damien Stadler

Well, I’m afraid to say it, but circumstances in my life are forcing me to go on hiatus for an unknown amount of time. It’s a number of things and personal issues that I have to deal with. I’ll still … Continue reading →

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Mechanics of Creation 4: “Females ONLY!” Poses Post

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Damien Stadler

Sorry I’m so late today! As promised last week, here’s is the follow-up to my Super-Sizer Poses Post. I have to say, I felt kinda dumb neglecting the larger and more detailed problem of creating females. Oh, and just so … Continue reading →

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Create a Character 4: Basic Humans

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Damien Stadler

The one thing I wish I’d done at the beginning of this would be to give a basic art instruction course on the human form. I’m not terrific at drawing a human form, mind you, but I remember enough from … Continue reading →

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Hammerknight’s Recipes, Vol. 1

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Damien Stadler

(Hi everyone! Damien here. Hammerknight is going to be doing a bit of this from now on, and this is his first post! These are some of the how-to’s he’s been posting on the forums, and he’ll be joining me … Continue reading →

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META: State of my Union? You tell me!

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Damien Stadler

This is Damien, back from my “vacation” at the inlaws, and I decided to ask a very important question. How am I doing in my job here? I know there are people who like my stuff  and my efforts on … Continue reading →

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Mechanics of Creation 3: Super-Sizer Poses Post!

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Damien Stadler

Damien here with the super-giant post on how to make the head-on views of HeroMachine 3 work in your favor! (Or at least not hold you back too much.) So give a big hand to Violodion for suggesting this…almost a … Continue reading →

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Create A Character 3: It’s Not Stealing PER SE…

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Damien Stadler

Sorry to make this one so much shorter, but I’ve had a busy week, done a whole other new Masking tutorial (see right, over…no, up now…there ya go, Quick Links! Check it out and let me know if I missed … Continue reading →

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“The Official Masking Tutorial Work-In-Progress”

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Damien Stadler

Damien here! All right, apparently we still haven’t gathered all the relevant information into one blog post. So I’ll give you, right here, a comprehensive list of the abilities and faults concerning Masking. Mostly, it will be a reiteration of … Continue reading →

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Mechanics of Creation BONUS!!! A DamienBlog

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Damien Stadler

That’s right, today is a BONUS Mechanics of Creation, requested by Whit and seconded by RSC5 within literal seconds of each other. So any brain damage or seizures should be blamed on them. I don’t know if they have a … Continue reading →

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Mechanics of Creation 2: “What You See”

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Damien Stadler

Time for the latest DamienBlog! Today we’re going to look at the idea of “What you see isn’t what you get.” Now, for many of you who’ve been with this site for awhile (especially you contest finalists!) there’s a certain … Continue reading →

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