Next up in our Seven Deadly Sins series of character design contests is Slothfulness!
Your design challenge for this week is to create a character or characters based on something related to the idea of "slothfulness".
You could do people just laying around listlessly, or you could do an actual tree sloth, or you could do a wizard casing a sleep spell, or you could do this:
Let's face it, everything is cooler as a robot. Even sloths.
The rules are the same as usual:
- All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like ImageShack, PhotoBucket, the UGO Forums, whatever);
- Entries must be made as a comment or comments to this post, containing a link directly to the image and the character name;
- The image cannot have been used in any previous HeroMachine character design contest;
- Please name your files as [your name]-[character name].[file extension]. So DiCicatriz, for instance, would save his "Bayou Belle" character image as DiCicatriz-BayouBelle.png.
- Please make the link go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this). If you see "preview" or "rotate" somewhere in the link you're probably doing it wrong.
- All entries must be in by next Monday, when I'll choose a winner.
The person with the winning entry as selected by our expert panel (i.e. me) will win their choice of a) a portrait to go in HeroMachine 3, b) an item to go in HeroMachine 3, or c) a custom black and white "Sketch of the Day" style drawing (also by me).
No limit again this week, knock yourselves out.
Good luck, everyone!
I thought I would have a lil fun with this one first so here it is
http://s1180.photobucket.com/albums/x406/blaq_aries/slothhead.png
http://s1180.photobucket.com/albums/x406/blaq_aries/sloth.png
it would be really funny if no one put up their pictures till the last minute. Because you know, they worked really slowly.
🙂
Really.
Funny.
Here is my entry for Sloth. You’ll have to enlarge the image to get the full effect.
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/065/2/0/sloth___for_contest_by_heinz57xc-d4rzg0d.png
good idea sir! I’m in! 😆
Did you intentionally have a black area so it looks like it’s loading, or was it really loading slowly?
Actually, it’s the outline of an old-school TV set, with the rabbit ear antenna.
Okay, here’s the updated version, complete with cable box, blu-ray/dvd player and sound system. http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/066/2/8/mcknight57_sloth_by_heinz57xc-d4rzg0d.png
Hallucinagenic…
http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af309/skybandit/Skybandit-MolochsSloth.jpg
On a lighter note…
http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af309/skybandit/Skybandit-SuperSloth.jpg
After seeing that picture up there, my new mission in life is now to create a sloth-bot…
He he he i don’t know what means the word Slothfulness, i want to see in google translator and no match 😀
It means excessive laziness, basically. From Dictionary.com:
My thanks. Now only idea needed. (I think this is the most hardest in the seven sins.)
Take this http://browse.dict.cc/english-hungarian/
I think you came from hungary(my neighbor), so i have search for this, but there have also other languages. German – English or so.
And i have a fix idea for next day.
Ty ty, yeap looks better this translator.
(Now i know the word meaning, but how the hack i shown a lazy or shlot character :D) I think about something in manga style 😀
the reason Castro is still alive LMAO!!!!
http://s1180.photobucket.com/albums/x406/blaq_aries/sloth2.png
i knew at least one person would do sloth from the goonies
Entry 1
The Human Sloth
In the city crime runs wild but luckily a new hero has emerged, one that has the ability to climb any structure and leap over great heights, who is this dynamo of the modern age? Its the Human Sloth. His only weakness is the need to sleep 15 to 18 hours each day to charge up his powers! Protecting the innocent 6/7, that’s six hours a day, seven days of the week…
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/watson_kaboos/humansloth2.png
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/watson_kaboos/humanslothface.png
Here’s my entry.
Sloth:
Decided to make an actual sloth. Having never tried making something like this before, I probably didn’t use the best parts for the job.
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy175/borntobealoser/borntobealoser_-_Sloth.png
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
http://s1180.photobucket.com/albums/x406/blaq_aries/slothfulness1.png
Okay, I just have to say this: CUTE!
Hmm i think hard to make picture for this theme, but i required by myself.
So my first entry.
La(zzz)y
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=82621&d=1331077386
http://s1152.photobucket.com/albums/p498/MaDPac2/?action=view¤t=Asthecityfalls.jpg
Sleepy Bones
http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae99/dhabirunner/sleepybones.png
Rip Van Winkle:
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/066/2/5/rip_van_winkle_by_karzykyle-d4s2jqx.png
the way lazy people takes the dog for a walk!!!
http://s1180.photobucket.com/albums/x406/blaq_aries/lazyrider.png
This would also work with Jedi…
http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af309/skybandit/Skybandit-SuperSloth2.jpg
Kyle, I think you need to crop this a bit as the edges look kind of weird.
MaDPac, you need to use the direct link for your picture, or Jeff might ignore it, which would be a shame.
On the right hand side of the page the link currently goes to, there’s a box saying “Links”. The second one down says “Direct link”. This is the one you want. Click on the text to copy it. OK? 🙂
For this theme, I wanted to represent the kings of old. Kings who commanded hordes of servant.
I used the lion as a pet because he is an animal that spends his time napping while the lionesses will hunt.
http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o468/tolkienhiste/Kinglion.jpg
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r434/sache6644/slothbysache6644.jpg
My angle is the girl is too lazy to even play with her pet properly and is using a laser light to do the work. Anyone who knows cats know that they do what they want when they want. Also, her homework lays untouched.
Rip Van Winkle:
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/067/9/6/rip_van_winkle_by_karzykyle-d4s47vl.jpg
entry 2
Smart Tortoise
don’t know if this works as slothfulness, but thought it was fun anyway.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/watson_kaboos/smarttortoise.png
Also, don’t forget that sloth is also the name of an animal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth
Ty. I know that.
There is a hungarian proverb
Lusta mint a lajhár. – Lazy as a sloth 😀
What’s a guy gotta do to get a comment on one of these. Seriously, I changed the tv set and now I’ve had absolutely 0 comments about this one, either positive or negative. Very disheartening.
Personally I’d prefer to keep comments on submissions to an absolute minimum. It makes it a lot easier for me to collate these each week if each comment is an entry and I don’t have to wade through lots of side-conversations.
This one needs no introduction, though you may wonder how Slothman here could really be a superhero at all:
http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx88/jzelger/SlothMan.png
Thank you very much for the tip, Kaylin88100!
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p498/MaDPac2/Asthecityfalls.jpg
Thanks for your help!
http://i1152.photobucket.com/albums/p498/MaDPac2/Bytheheat.jpg
Too much truth in this one…
http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af309/skybandit/Skybandit-NationalSloth.jpg
Thought I might get this call to arms out before it’s too late.
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv217/Myrowire/Hero%20Machine%20Contest%20Entries/myro-little_help_here.png
Yeah, so if anyone wants to help out here, just let me know. I’ll try to keep up with any responses in a timely manner, but, you know – Skyrim.
I had a few ideas but a few people took them already -_- but I was able to come up with one thats a little different for me, I hope you like.
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee363/cameron_stanley_84/Contest%20Characters/TOOL-Sloth.png
http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o433/nha247/NHA247-MrSlothPNG.png
This is my entry! Introducing Mr. Sloth! The worlds most boring superhero!
He will save the city….. some day!
-NHA247
Two pics, one for the animal, one for the sin:
Slothishness (It’s a word! Because I said so!)
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/7097/quillslothishness.png
Apathy
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8577/quillapathy.png
I’m ashamed to say that I am very well acquainted with the apathy aspect of slothfulness. You can get me charged up about a cause or something for about… an hour, maybe? And then it ceases to be worth the emotional expenditure, and I go numb my brain in the Interwebs.
A lazy princess who won’t wake up from her nap, even for Prince Charming-
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nEGUfCBJ5aI/T1odTiCsVkI/AAAAAAAAAVo/XYKiF6buUKU/s608/Phatchick-napping%2520princess.png
Here is my pic for this week. I went with a lazy, poor hygienic looking character who has the power of magnetism. Oh, and of course, his name is METALHEAD!
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/ams/2012/03/ams-METALHEAD-sloth.png
Will this do? 🙂
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-k24a0NRH-xM/T1pRGd1pubI/AAAAAAAAAV0/ovHJZS4Fms0/s603/Phatchick-forMyro.png
Hilarious. I’m surprised anyone even took me up on my request, even to produce something basic. Thank you.
i love the song reference!
http://trooperstorm.deviantart.com/#/d4sc6o9
should say can some one pass the ammo. I’ll probally update.
Yeah, that’s loads better, kyle!
No prob 🙂
Here’s my first entry for this week…I’ve been dragging my feet on this one.
http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/h464/Kaylin88100/Kaylin88100-Teenage_Sloth.png
Might get another one in, might not.
Entry #1:
It’s been a while since I’ve entered a robot in a contest, but as you said Jeff, everything is cooler as a robot. Even sloths. And so I present- Robot Sloth!
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/trekkie/2012/03/Trekkie-Robot_Sloth.png
Based on this picture from Wikipedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Bradypus.jpg
Sloth Contest Entry
I almost missed this contest. I have had a cold and been fairly busy.
This is the only one I’ve done for sloth. Forgive me it is yet another of my Satyrs.
But I thought a Satyr could be a good prepresentation of a Slothful person.
This reminds me of a kid just in college, away from parents and rules and has just become a bit ol’ slobby couch patato. He hasn’t got a hair cut, hasn’t shaved, hasn’t done laundry … and obviously not picked up after himself.
http://s795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_Sloth001a.jpg
Face:
http://s795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_Sloth001b.jpg
Here you go Myro
I did one for you. But was too lazy to put any thought into it, so I just made what I saw 😀
http://s795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_Sloth002.jpg
Here is an actual screencap of it on my computer screen
http://s795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_Sloth002a.jpg
Letter Sinner: Sloth
Previous Letter Sinners: Wrath, Pride, Greed, Lust
Ironic that this week’s Contest is “Sloth” since I’ve been incredibly busy this week.
The Lazin’ Cajun (Beauregard Chabelais): Those who wear the voodoo broach transform into the Swamp Lord with power over all its creatures. After some grub and a nap, of course.
The Lazin’ Cajun
Close-up
Here a comistrip:
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/7585/kytsloth.png
Title: Ego-Sleeper
In “The Inferno,” Dante lists the punishment for sloth is the sinner being tossed into a pit of snakes.
http://freethespam.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/atomicpunk-thepit.png
Entry #1(and probably my only entry)
Sloth was a young telepath/telekinetic with the potential to be the most powerful being on the planet. Luckily she would rather spend her time sleeping than destroy the world.
She wasn’t so much as recruited by Sin as just taken without putting up a fight. She was taken for the sole purpose of being a power battery for Gluttony, who is a power siphon.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=82680&d=1331515100
Kikimora: Slavonic goddess who punished lazy mothers by tormenting their children.
Second entry:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6871/kytsloth2.png
Title: dino sleeper
(record: worked under one hour… oh i am too lazy)
back after a long hiatus with something funny, quick and simple:
Sloth Sluggish Sleeping Cyber Snail:
http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab175/KingSlaughter/Kingslaughter_Sloth_Sluggish_Sleeping_Cyber_Snail.png