Category Archives: Recipes

Tutorials

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Jeff Hebert

We used to do a series of tutorials ’round these parts, which you can access here or here. Since this came up in the contest thread, I just want to point out that anyone at all is more than welcome … Continue reading →

Posted in Meta, Recipes, Tips & Tricks | 1 Comment

Sunset recipe by Nick Hentschel

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

Instead of the usual Power User Profile, we have a special treat today — Nick Hentschel has graciously put together a nifty how-to recipe for your own sunset backgrounds! I know he put a ton of work into this, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes, Tips & Tricks | 12 Comments

Face!

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

The always awesome Zyp has graciously put together a brief guide on how you can create incredible looking faces in HeroMachine 3 just like he does! I’ve always been impressed with the dimensionality and personality he gets into his characters, … Continue reading →

Posted in HeroMachine 3, Recipes, Tips & Tricks | 20 Comments

Sunset recipe

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

Many thanks to unknownblackpaper for providing this nifty recipe for making a sunset in HeroMachine 3:

Posted in HeroMachine 3, Recipes | 6 Comments

META: New home for custom items

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

I’ve just created a new forum on the UGO HeroMachine boards for the sharing of custom HM3 items along the lines of what Martian Blue proposed the other day. I’ve broken it down into several sub-folders so hopefully those searching … Continue reading →

Posted in HeroMachine 3, Meta, Recipes | 9 Comments

Fire Recipe by Me, Myself, and I

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

In response to Jeff’s (not so subtle ☺) suggestion that we could use a Recipe for making realistic fire with HeroMachine I have put this together. There are a few things I consider when producing fire imagery; It contrasts greatly … Continue reading →

Posted in HeroMachine 3, Recipes | 17 Comments

Size matters

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

Many thanks to Hammerknight for putting together the following handy guide to the physical size your character image translates to when using the Export option. Click on any one to see at a larger size.

Posted in HeroMachine 3, Recipes | 4 Comments

Female wall-crawler

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

Kaldath was nice enough to put together a recipe for how to make a wall-crawling female in HeroMachine 3 for us. Perhaps the producers of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” will notice and recast the lead … These are shown … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes | 7 Comments

How to make Portals in Hero Machine 3… by Mashlagoo

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

(Mashlagoo was kind enough to put together this nifty guide for how to make a portal effect in HeroMachine 3. It’s great stuff, I hope you enjoy it! — Jeff.) The intended purpose of this guide is to show how … Continue reading →

Posted in HeroMachine 3, Recipes, Tips & Tricks | 11 Comments

Framed Background recipe

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

Inspired by Lime’s contest-winning entry, I wanted to figure out how to create an illustration where the figure and its items would break the bounds of a frame surrounding the background elements. I am sure you all can think of … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes, Tips & Tricks | 5 Comments