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Each week, dblade has a poll to decide which items he’ll create for HM3. This week’s poll is Headgear from the artist Skywarp.

Skywarp is an artist that you can find on deviantart in the following places:

http://skywarp-2.deviantart.com/

and

http://capitalcomicsstudios.deviantart.com/

Stop by and leave some comments! As you can see his drawing style is perfect for HeroMachine. He has a lot of cool designs that would be awesome to add to the ole asset bucket.

Now’s your chance to decide what artwork dblade will work on next. Whatever wins the vote will be completed the following week. This doesn’t mean he won’t work on other pieces. The winning piece will just be guaranteed his attention.

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I just updated the Simple Press forums here to add the following functionality:

• Uploads Viewer: The new Viewer gives you visual access to all of your previous uploaded images, media and files when editing or creating a new post – complete with automatic drop into your post content.
• Post Preview: Allows you to preview your posts before you save them – as they will be displayed when published in the forum.

Holler if you have any problems with these.

This is your last day to get your submissions for the Super Omega Deathbattle Warzone Apocalypse Contest! The winners will get their characters painted in full color in a promotional piece for this new awesome game by professional artist Livio Ramondelli of “Transformers: Autocracy” and “DC Universe Online” fame.

Again, a perfectly valid strategy here is to pick out the nine most outstanding characters you’ve ever designed with HeroMachine and send them in as your entry. You’re not limited to new characters only, folks, so go with your best. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!

And as Woody the Judge says, you don’t need crazy backgrounds or super amazing manipulations, all they are looking for is the character design itself.

Finally, remember to peruse the official rules before committing.

PS: If you sent yours in, you should have gotten an email back from me acknowledging their receipt. If you didn’t get that reply but you sent yours in, please email me (afdstudios@gmail.com) ASAP.

Don’t forget, you only have till Sunday night/crack of dawn Monday to get your submissions for the Super Omega Deathbattle Warzone Apocalypse Contest! The winners will get their characters painted in full color in a promotional piece for this new awesome game by professional artist Livio Ramondelli of “Transformers: Autocracy” and “DC Universe Online” fame.

Again, a perfectly valid strategy here is to pick out the nine most outstanding characters you’ve ever designed with HeroMachine and send them in as your entry. You’re not limited to new characters only, folks, so go with your best. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!

And please, remember to peruse the official rules before committing.

PS: If you sent yours in, you should have gotten an email back from me acknowledging their receipt. If you didn’t get that reply but you sent yours in, please email me (afdstudios@gmail.com) ASAP.

Google Ads has become a non-insignificant contributor to the bottom line here at HeroMachine Central. As of yet I haven’t put any ads in the actual apps themselves (the big blank white box in the upper right corner). The only way I can figure out how to place them there means that the ad is still present when you go to “widescreen” mode.

So my question is, how irritating would that be? You’d still be able to output the image in widescreen format without the ad being there, but online it would be present.

If you’ve been enjoying the “Zombocalypse Now” adventures, author Matt Youngmark‘s latest adult “Chooseomatic” adventure features super-heroes and the awesome title “Thrusts of Justice“! Today’s the release date and they’re trying to bomb the Amazon store with orders, so if you’re considering a purchase, this is the time to do it.

Here’s a quick overview of the book:

You’re just an unemployed reporter until a cryptic warning and an explosion outside your favorite bar send you down the road to becoming one of three superpowered heroes (or, potentially, villains – we’re not here to judge). Dark vigilante? Armored space ­cop? Wisecracking mutant? Whichever path you choose, ­you’d better get busy, because a mysterious plot is afoot and – like it or not – you’re the only thing standing ­between the forces of evil and ­utter annihilation.

Thrusts of Justice is an action/comedy ­reimagining of the choose-your-own-path books you grew up with. There are 90 possible endings (81 of which result in your ­humiliating death).

Humiliating death, people, what could be better?! Get out there and buy yours today!

Tonight I added two slightly nifty features to the ol’ blog. First, I added a “current contest” widget in the right side bar that will (duh) show you whatever contest is the current one. I bet you could not have figured that out had I not said it so forthrightly.

Second, the “Sketch of the Day” category now shows you the actual images instead of just the list of headlines. It’s the same thing I did for the “Hall of Fame” category a few days ago.