Artist’s Foibles with Herr D- The Faux Fugitive

Hey guys, JR here. Sorry, no Top 10 List today. I’ve been very busy and haven’t had a chance to put one together yet. There may be one later on in the week, but I’m not promising anything. To make up for this, we’re going to try something new (I say that a lot) and have a guest post by long-time community member Herr D. Let us know in the comments if you want stuff like this to continue and I’ll endeavour to bring more of these posts as regularly as possible. But now I’ll leave you in the capable tentacles of Herr D.

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Character Design Challenge #190 – Just For The Record

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First off, due to Canadian Thanksgiving, I will be out of town from October 4th to October 12th. So this is…get ready for it…a 2 week Character Design Challenge. It will close at 9am on Sunday, October 16th.

And now to the fun part; using the Insignia – Standard – Square enlarged to at least 700 x 700 (larger if you prefer) , your challenge is to design an album cover for a fictional artist or group.

There is no limit on the number of entries. Please read the contest rules before entering, have fun and good luck.

Rules for posts, contests, and challenges: Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters, no characters based on RPG’s or other games. The characters must be your own design and not based on any character that might be copyrighted in any way. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warning. Only post characters that you have either created for this contest specifically or you know for certain have never been entered to a contest before. If you aren’t certain, don’t enter it, because I’m not going to go back through all of the contests and check.

 

All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like the HeroMachine :,ImageShackPhotoBucket, or whatever);

  • Entries must be made as a comment or comments to this post, containing a link directly to the image and the character name;
  • Please name your filesas [your name]-[character name].[file extension] before you upload it. 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).

 

Pop Quiz – Out of this World! – Results

Honorable mention this week goes to Atomic Punk for his vibrant and creative take.

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T|his week’s win goes to Cliff. The lighting effects are top notch and really helped set the scene.

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Just a quick note. There will be no Pop Quiz next weekend, but will return on October 15th.

Thanks to all who entered.

Hey, I Remember That! Rewatching Digimon: Digital Monsters

We all remember the TV shows we watched and loved as kids. As adults we grumble about the ‘quality of kids’ shows these days’, but what about the ones we remember so fondly?  They may hold a place in our hearts and in our nostalgias, but what happens when you re-watch some of those shows now? Well, thanks to DVD release and streaming options like Netflix, this task is simpler than ever. So, with that in mind, I thought I would go back and look at some of these and give my thoughts on how they’ve aged, or at least how they fare through adult eyes. So first up is the one that we’ve actually been watching a lot of lately, Digimon: Digital Monsters (or Digimon Adventure). I’m talking only about Season/Series 1 here, because that’s the one I remember watching. To be fair, it’s a season of 54 episodes, so there’s plenty to talk about.

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Character Design Challenge #189 – Nana Nana Nana NOT Batman! – Results

Honourable mention: Stardust by Yango

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The win this week goes to AMS for Iron Skull.

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Thanks to all who entered.

 

This is a Kaldath Health Update.

Well folks we have a good new bad news situation here, though mostly good news. I have been discharged from Hyperbaric treatments early because my foot has already healed up, and if it is still considered “healed” next week at my wound care appointment I will be discharged from wound care also. The Bad new is that my regular doctor thinks I have a bulging disc in my back and will be sending me to physical therapy to treat it. My back is causing me a great deal of pain, resulting from a fall I took right after being discharged from the hospital. In any event things are certainly looking up for me healthwise even if pain is still an issue at this point.

Pop Quiz – Out of this World!

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Your Pop Quiz challenge this week is to design an alien landscape.

You only get one entry so be creative, and above all else, have fun!

All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like the HeroMachine :,ImageShackPhotoBucket, or 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 must be new and designed specifically for the Pop Quiz;
  • No copyrighted characters please – they will be deleted.
  • Please name your filesas [your name]-[character name].[file extension] before you upload it. 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).

This contest will close at 6pm Eastern on Sunday, October 2nd.

Poll Position: Greatest Star Wars Character

Ok, guys, going to try something a bit different this week. I’m looking for ways to make my Tuesday List series a bit more interactive, so what I’m going to try out is bringing back the Poll Position series and have you guys vote on a category I’m planning to do in the future. I’ve included 20 answers already (the main characters throughout the entire Star Wars series) and I’ve left an option open for you guys to add your own answers. You can vote for as many as you like and I’ll take the 10 characters with the highest votes and use that as the basis for the list in 2 weeks time.

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To clarify, I’ve separated characters that are played by different actors between trilogies (Yoda doesn’t count here as he’s a puppet/ CGI).

Caption Contest #79

Ok guys, time for another caption contest, where you have to come up with the funniest replacement dialogue for a random comic panel of my choice. This week, you’re replacing the dialogue for this:

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Everyone can have a maximum of 3 entries, entries must be in by next Wednesday (5th Oct) and Must Be PG-13. Leave your replacement dialogue in the comments below.

The List: Top 10 Stan Lee Marvel Movie Cameos

We all know who Stan Lee is right? He’s that guy who is executive producer for pretty much all Marvel’s movies and who can’t stop inserting himself into the film with random cameos. Oh and he might have written some comics once.

But considering his fame as a Marvel Movie Where’s Waldo, we might as well take some time to count down his greatest achievements in the realm of the silver screen. Here’s my list of Stan Lee’s top 10 greatest cinematic performances…. or just the best cameos he makes in Marvel movies. The first one sounds better though.

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