(Advertisement in “Amazing Man” number 25, 1941.)
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I still have a much better artist working on a female blank body template for you all, but in the meantime (since I seem to be on a body-drawing binge) I wanted to get your feedback on this:
The current Zombie body (not intended for prime time, but it was there, so …) is on the right, the proposed new one on the left.
As for what I am working on now, I’m honestly taking this week and week-end to sort of play around with some ideas (like the toon body) that I’ve been thinking about. So in other words, no real item sets are being worked on at the moment, I’m tinkering. Which doesn’t always yield results, but is still a necessary part of the creative process. There’s also some behind-the-scenes corporate paperwork type stuff I am having to get together. Dull, but needful.
Next week is a short one for me as I have to go to Fort Worth to help my wife with a big event, but I’ll probably be posting something on Monday giving the set I will work on so you can make requests. I don’t want to clutter up this feedback thread with that, though.
So yeah, anyway — let me know what you think of this basic template illo in general.
Posted in HeroMachine 3
(From “Amazing Man” number 25, 1941. Note that I avoided the easy “getting at seamen gives him pleasure?” joke. Look at me grow!)
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So I took an hour this morning to draw up an “animated style” male body template for the HM3 Alpha, and wanted to get your feedback. Here’s a sample character made with the new body:
Clearly there are problems with the hands, I’d need to introduce at least one pair of regular looking ones that would match the body. Ditto with the feet.
To get to the new body, go to Body – MaleToon. You have to move the hands into place and scale them, and the same with the other items, since the proportions are so different. And not all the items really fit, particularly the Tops and the Legwear.
Given all those limits, is this sort of alternate body worth doing? It takes about a day to put together the whole set of stuff that has to go with it, from all the pieces in the actual item set “MaleToon” to the special hands and feet, etc.
Also, I only did the first, full body, the rest of the items in that set are still the old Standard ones, so just ignore them.
Posted in HeroMachine 3
(From “Amazing Man” number 24, 1941.)
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(From “Amazing Man” number 24, 1941.)
Posted in Daily Random Panel
We’re all familiar with the way characters are “revamped” from time to time, with their original costumes and character backgrounds being radically revised to suit a more modern audience. The most classic cases came when DC took its stable of pre-existing “Golden Age” characters and ushered in a new “Silver Age”:
Your challenge for this week — and it is going to be a challenge, I readily admit that — will to be the same. Give us two designs for the same character concept, one that was (supposedly) introduced in the Golden Age and then its modern reinterpretation. You can either post the images separately, or put them together like I did above.
You have one week, starting today and ending next Tuesday. All entries must be left as links to an image or images in the comments to this post, and all images must be 100% HeroMachine-generated. The winner will get to choose either any item he or she wants, or their caricature, put into HeroMachine 3 for all to see and love.
Good luck everyone, I look forward to seeing what you come up with!
Posted in Challenges
I am happy to announce that the winner of Caption Contest 60 is … Niall Mor!
The other entries that I thought were particularly good this week were:
Those were all original and good takes that I’d not have thought of, so hats off to you guys. Extra bonus points (not currently redeemable for anything) go to Ben Trafford for “Best Comic Book In-Joke”. I also really liked Halloween Jack’s version of the lubricant joke, but didn’t think it was appropriate for the space. Funny, though!
As the winner, Niall gets to pick either any one item or a caricature of his face to be part of HeroMachine 3’s final release, so congratulations to him!
I’ll also take this opportunity to note that if there’s a pistol you really really wanted to go in (say, the Desert Eagle, which I still don’t see making a separate slot for since there’s something very very close already), winning a contest is the best way to go. So start thinkin’!
Thanks to all our entrants, and good luck with the next one, which should be posted shortly.
Posted in Challenge Favorites, Challenges
The Poll Position for this week is pretty straightforward:
Discussion to follow …
Posted in Versus
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!
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