Category Archives: Meta

Open Help Thread – Critique Day!

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

I’ve been too busy drawing and re-drawing armor to come up with something clever for today’s Help Topic, so consider this an open thread to talk about whatever you like. Or ask a question about HeroMachine or drawing stuff too, … Continue reading →

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META: Blog update

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

I’ve updated the WordPress installation running this site to 2.9 and installed the new template for look and feel. If you’re seeing weirdness, try CTRL-Refresh to reload the page. If the weirdness persists, try clearing your cache and reloading. And … Continue reading →

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META: New blog look test

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

I spent the last couple of days implementing the last blog layout change we discussed a few weeks ago. I’ve got it running on a test server if you want to take a look via this link and let me … Continue reading →

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How to Draw Batman in a Bar

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

I did a plain text version of this once, but I thought a video would be easier to follow. If you ever wanted to draw Batman in a bar using nothing but letter shapes (and who among us has NOT … Continue reading →

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META: Artists

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

As you can tell, UGO has become interested in what more they can do to get people excited about HeroMachine, which is great in all kinds of ways. One of the ideas we’re floating (still very much just an idea … Continue reading →

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META: Show me the money

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

If it turned out that I had a (very!) modest amount of money available via the nice folks at UGO to award as prizes for the weekly contests, would you be interested in that? And if so, what sorts of … Continue reading →

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META: Site problems

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

We’ve been having trouble since last night with the site going up and down. DreamHost is looking into it, my apologies for the frustration.

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Dick Giordano dies at 77

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

Very sad news for any of us old-time comics fans, as comics titan Dick Giordano died yesterday at the age of 77. Check the Comic Book Resources link for more info on Mr. Giordano’s career, but suffice it to say … Continue reading →

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META: Out for most of the day

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

We’ve got a sick equine out here at the ranch and need to take him to the vet way off in the other middle of nowhere, so I won’t be back till this afternoon at the earliest. Play nice and … Continue reading →

Posted in Meta, Open threads | 22 Comments

HeroMachine 2 new layout

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

I’ve been asked by UGO to redesign the page for HeroMachine 2.5, which still gets the bulk of the visits. Obviously the whole UGO.com site has been redesigned, and the old comic-booky type feel just doesn’t work any more. And … Continue reading →

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