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Although it runs the risk of stepping on the star-spangled coat-tails of the Patriot Contest, I wanted to honor the upcoming United States “Independence Day” holiday. So if you come up with the best character illustration centered on anything related to July 4, you’ll win either a caricature of your head OR any one item, either of which will be included in the final release of HeroMachine 3! You could go for your classic American-themed character like Cap or Uncle Sam, or you might do something centered on fireworks, or a guy named “The Revolutionary”, or a Colonial era concept, or heck even The Human Barbeque as a nod to what most people actually do on that day.

The rules are simple:

1. You must use a HeroMachine version (preferably the 3.0 alpha, but any one is fine);
2. All entries must be made as comments to this post containing a link to an image file on a publicly accessible web server somewhere (UGO Forums, ImageShack, PicasaWeb, whatever);
3. No PhotoShopping or other after-HeroMachine image software manipulation allowed except for basic cropping and maybe adding a name.

I prefer new stuff that you haven’t entered before, but sufficient awesomeness of the image will overcome a myriad of sins.

Note that if you’ve never entered one of these before, it’s really easy. Just use the built-in “Save as JPG/PNG” buttons in HeroMachine 3 to get an image file of your character. Then post it to the web using either your own web server if you have one, or one of the free image hosting sites like PicasaWeb.com, ImageShack.com, PhotoBucket.com, or even Facebook (just make sure the album is set to Public). Then cut and paste the HTTP:// address for your image into a comment to this post and you’re done. It’s that easy!

Good luck everyone, and have a great long weekend if you’re one of the lucky Americans celebrating the holiday with a day off.