Category Archives: Tips & Tricks

Advice and hints on how to create the perfect character illustration.

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Stuff You Didn’t Know Was Possible in HeroMachine

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

[Panner is not only a fantastic troubleshooter and critique-giver, but he's also an expert digital archaeologist, uncovering hidden gems of knowledge when using HeroMachine 3. He was nice enough to put together some of his findings here to share with … Continue reading →

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META: Save issues?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

I’ve heard disturbing reports from AMS, Hammerknight, and a couple of other folks that after a Flash update, they lost all their saved files and now can no longer save characters between sessions. Has anything like that happened to you? … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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Recipe: Captain Morgan

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

Many thanks to Imp for putting together this most excellent guide to posing a character in HM3 with the classic “one leg propped up” pose. Be sure to let him know in the comments if you find this helpful! (Click … Continue reading →

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Hammerknight’s Elven Recipes

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

My apologies for how long it took me to post these, but some time ago Hammerknight put out two recipe cards for making good elves in HM3, and I thought it was long past time to share them. Thanks HK!

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Scary HM3 Halloween Cemetery

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

With profound thanks to Me Myself and I (meaning the frequent contest entrant and commenter, not literally me, Jeff Hebert) for putting this together, I am happy to present what may be the most ambitious Recipe to date — MMI’s … Continue reading →

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