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Character Design Contest ♯101 (Snowmen) Poll
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Character Design Contest ♯100 (HM3 Redesigns)- Winner
That's right, singular this week. We actually had an outright winner this time…. I know, amazing isn't it. Two people did run away with this poll from the start, between them accumulating 70% of the votes between them. But our winner was always in a clear lead and it was obvious who was going to win from when the votes started coming in. And I'm ok with that, because it gives me a chance to say something that hasn't been said in a couple of years. And isn't it ironic that, to round of the triumvirate of version challenges, the person who wins the HM3 challenge is none other than Zyp, for his redesign of Melmo44's Phaeya. congratulations Zyp, please speak to dblade about your prize, and well done to everyone else who entered, not just this challenge but all three of the version challenges, it's been great fun.
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Kaldath’s Corner: Suicide Squad Casting
The Casting for the DC Comics Movie Suicide Squad has been announced and I figured I'd share this news with you all ! The biggest surprise in my opinion is the casting of Will Smith as Deadshot.
Read about it Here
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That’s One Harsh Friend-Zone
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Character Of The Week: Candruth- Alien Woman Portrait
It's funny, I always try to feature different people for CotW, just so I'm not repeating myself. However, I'm spectacularly bad at it, as I'm sure those of you who remember the original run will know. But it seems there is one person who I just can't stop featuring, as this will be their 3rd or 4th time getting CotW.
Ok, I will say straight off, this isn't as good as the last of Candruths works we featured on CotW, but that one was a masterpiece. But I have to feature it, simply for the same exact reason I always feature Candruths art, the flipping' attention to detail on the shading and highlighting. If I could just draw your attention to the wrinkles around the nose and the mouth. Look at that lighting, really properly look. You have the base purple skin colour, then you have a slightly lighter violet colour, then that cream colour for highlights. Add the black shadow shading and then you have another purple to accentuate the contrast in colour (though this could be a mixture of the lighter purple and the black, but it looks to me like another colour). Most people just have base colour, highlight colour, shade colour, done. But obviously not Candruth. And then you have those eyes. Not only are they superbly creepy, but they also seem to have at least 5 different colours in there for shading and highlighting (green, cream, pink, very light purple, white and a darker purple) added onto the base colours. Honestly, Candruth does more shading on her characters eyes than I do on my whole characters. And that's saying something. And just when I think I can stop going on about the shading, I see the neck. And the shadows on the hood, making it melt seamlessly into the background. God, so good.
Oh, and does anyone else think Star Wars when they see this picture, or is it just me?
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Open Critique Day #6
Alright! It's time for another Open Critique Day!
As for how this goes, you post a work of yours, finished or WIP (aka work in process, for those who are new to abbreviations), and then others give you critiques on your work. I do not mind if you post the occasional non-HM picture or piece of writing, but keep in mind that, though there are some, not all of us here are writers or do art outside of HeroMachine. All I ask is that you only post pictures that are your own design and not any that copyrighted or based off of copyrighted characters. As for pieces of writing, I’m not sure about whether fan fiction is allowed, but for right now, just in case, don’t post fan fiction either.
Also, again, if you post a work, it is highly recommended that you also give someone else a critique.
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Geek Quiz ♯1
So, I'm gonna try something different this week. I can't think of any decent questions for the Big Question, so instead I'm going to bring one of my old forum topics over to replace it (ironic really, as the Big Question started out as a forum topic as well).
The idea is simple, there's ten questions on a variety of "geeky" subjects, ranging from Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comics, Movies, TV, Anime and Games. The person with the most correct answers wins, probably a no-prize, in true Marvel style. If you guys like this idea then I will try to keep it going as the Thursday blog post (it's something different). Anyway, without further ado, lets jump in.
1. Name the original line up of the Justice Society as they appeared in All Star Comics ♯3 Winter 1940? (1 Point per member= 8 Points)
2. How many TV episodes of Doctor Who have the Zygons appeared in? (1 Point)
3. Which of these anime series didn't have its origin in a manga published in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine? (1 Point)
a) Naruto
b) One Piece
c) Fairy Tail
d) Bleach
4. In what century is Star Trek: The Original Series set in? (1 Point)
5. How many episodes of Firefly aired in its original run? (1 Point)
6. Who was the first member of the Brotherhood of Mutants encountered by the X-Men (excluding Magneto)? (1 Point)
7. Name the actress set to play Wonder Woman in the up-coming Batman vs. Superman film. (1 Point)
8. Who was the composer responsible for the score of the Star Wars movies? (2 Points)
9. What is the opening line of J.R.R Tolkiens book The Hobbit (1 Point)
Bonus Point: Which Dwarf arrives at Bilbo's home first? (1 Point)
10. In which game did Mario first appear in? (1 Point)
Bonus Point: What name was he given in said game? (1 Point)
Answers below the jump. No peaking now, that would be cheating.
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Kaldath’s Caption Contest #53: Results
Last week I asked you fine people to give me your best dialogue for the following image:
After going through all the entries, these are the 5 I like the most:
*****
Stop trying to circle fade on me.
*****
*****
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“Sci-Fi Angel” By CantDraw
Nominated By Kaldath
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