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Category Archives: Recipes
Sunset recipe by Nick Hentschel
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
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Face!
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
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Sunset recipe
Many thanks to unknownblackpaper for providing this nifty recipe for making a sunset in HeroMachine 3:
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Fire Recipe by Me, Myself, and I
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
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Size matters
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.
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Female wall-crawler
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
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How to make Portals in Hero Machine 3… by Mashlagoo
(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
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Framed Background recipe
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
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