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(From "Target Comics" number 11, 1940.)
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Your challenge this week is to come up with the best replacement dialog for this comics panel:
The best entry (as judged by yours truly) wins the author's choice of either any item they like or any portrait to be included in HeroMachine 3′s final release, or a custom black and white “Sketch of the Day” style illustration (you pick the subject, I draw it however I like).
All entries must be left as a comment (or comments) to this post. Keep ‘em clean (appropriate for a late-night broadcast TV show), but most importantly, keep ‘em funny!
No limit to entries, but please, self-edit and only put up ones you genuinely think are good!
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I was stunned to find 159 entries waiting for me from Character Contest 90 -- you all outdid yourselves. They were universally high in quality as well, which pleased me greatly.
Furthermore, we had quite a few first-time entrants. Welcome to you all! I'm humbled and grateful to anyone who is willing to share his or her creativity with the world.
I do want to say a quick word about the point of these contests in light of so many new folks joining us. The selection process is just one guy -- usually me -- and his opinion of what looks neat. If you're not among the finalists it doesn't mean your work is bad or unappreciated, it just means on that day it didn't happen to beat out a few other entries in my own personal opinion. If you see these weekly contests as a chance to flex your creative muscles and to have fun, you're already a winner before you even start. The rest is just for fun.
Since everyone did such a great job this week, though, I wanted to put up a gallery with one illustration from every person who entered. For those who had multiple entries, I picked the one that I thought was the best. And if you sent some in but don't see one here, please let me know and I'll correct the oversight.
Ladies and gentlemen, your Character Design Contest 90 entrants!
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(From "Target Comics" number 11, 1940.)
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Many thanks to everyone who took the time to enter our Mother's Day Pop Quiz! We had some fun entries that really gave me a chuckle. Without further ado, here they are:
I had a hard time picking a winner. I liked LogosGal's book cover very much, but I thought it was more super-girlfriend related than super-mom. Similarly, I liked Myro's and LoneWolf6155's jokes a LOT but I had a hard time working through the arrangement of the word balloons. JohnnyGear's Rose Galaxy was sweet, but didn't quite have the visual impact I was hoping for. Mad Doctor's entry, like Skybandit's, was great but a little dark. Cliff's was probably the most cohesive and "Mother's Day" like of all, but I got more "Princess" than "Super" from it.
I liked Atomic Punk's entry, especially the pink bow on the rocket launcher and the funky background. The concept of both Shiboreth's and Gene's was good but I didn't feel like I'd "get" them from just the images. Herr D's was cute but it looked more like they were all just dudes standing around rather than a basket of severed heads.
Kytana's was adorable, particularly the combination of the mask with the PJs.
ManiacMick's entry was solid but the perspective on the book bothered me a little, and I felt like too much space was taken up with the table.
Which sort of left me with NHA247's:
It was thiiiis close to falling into the Gene/Shiboreth category of not quite getting it purely from the visual, but I thought the floating flowers gave it an edge. And I laughed at the idea of a super-powered guy giving his mom dirty laundry to do on Mother's Day.
So congratulations to NHA247, and another sincere thanks to everyone who participated.
Happy Mother's Day everyone!
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Tomorrow is Mother's Day in the US of A -- wait, is it Mother's Day in other countries, too? I'm so parochial! -- so your one-day slightly-more-complicated-than-usual quick-fire challenge is:
My mind boggles at the possibilities. Also, just because my mind is generally in a boggle-ish state.
You only get one entry -- that's right, just one! So make it your best. Most of the other rules are the same as for a regular contest, but instead of a whole week I'll announce the winner either tonight or first thing in the morning.
The winner will receive their choice of either one item or one portrait to be included in the final HeroMachine 3 release, or one Sketch of the Day style drawing where you pick the subject and I draw it how I like.
Good luck!
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When my laptop got stolen a few months ago, it had some updated HeroMachine source files on it, containing things like a bunch of headgear and boots and tops from dblade that were not backed up. Restoring files from my Durango desktop meant that I got old versions of those files without the new items in them. So when I later went and added yet more new stuff (like the hoodies) and put the resulting file on the server, it was missing all the previous additions.
The good news is, all of the fantastic dblade items I lost when I overwrote the Headgear-Modern set with the new hoodies have been restored (if you don't see them, clear your browser cache). The bad news is, they're not in the same order as they used to be, so you might notice some weirdness when loading old saves. I apologize for that. The missing dblade fantasy boot also is up now.
Having finally figuring out how to decipher which other items were out of date on my local system but not on the server, I have updated the Eyes-Standard and Tops-Male-Tech sets as well. So if I have to do any updates for those going forward, we'll be set and you won't lose anything. Hopefully.
Speaking of dblade, I've finished two of dblade's outstanding prize requests, portraits of him and his adorable daughter Amelia, available now in Head-Winners:
And finally, I want to once again thank dblade publicly for all of his great work adding items to HeroMachine 3. He's made a huge impact on the program, all on a volunteer basis. We're beyond lucky to have someone with that much talent giving of it so generously. Thank you, dblade, you rock!
Edited to Add: Dang, I forgot that I also put in two "face-kicking shoe bottoms" in FootRight-Standard as well as the prize for Fuzztone's Pop Quiz win!
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(From "Target Comics" number 11, 1940.)
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Judge Woody from "Super Omega Deathbattle Warzone Apocalypse" has announced the winners of the big contest on the game's Facebook page. These nine winners will have their characters fully illustrated in an awesome pose within a promo poster by Livio Ramondelli of "Transformers: Autocracy" and "DC Universe Online" fame.
I'd like to take a moment to thank Woody for his thorough, thoughtful, and insightful commentary on all of the contest entries. He took so much time in his judging, it was really an honor and a pleasure to collaborate with him. Plus, for once I didn't have to agonize over anything, someone else had to!
And now, your winners, along with commentary by the fantastic Woody, who chose all of these on his own with no input from me.
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Three middle-aged nerds (including yours truly!) review all of the MCU movies in chronological order. Short, funny, and full of good vibes, check it out and let us know what you think!
Nerdmudgeon.com
