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You might want to read this in reference as to what happened to your last picture.

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Sam
Age: 25 (as shown).
D.O.B- 20 August 2015
Height- 5.7 ft
Family: Dannielle “Danni” Dartford (Birth Mother), Lilith “Lili” Marcell (Mother), (?)
Occupation: Animator
Likes: Cartoons, Drawing, Art, Music, Green
Dislikes: Sour Tastes, Wasps
Favourite Movies: Star Wars (the third trilogy), Guardians Of The Galaxy 4, The Silmarillion: Quenta Silmarillion, The Colour Of Magic, The Movie Of My Life
Favourite Musical Artists/ Bands: Hostile Intent, The Shades, And She Went To Georgia, Fame Too Fast, Omega Red

Ok, guys, there are a few things that I’d like a bit of input on from you. Firstly, would you like to see me do ref sheets for any of my other characters, if so, who? Second, should I do any pictures of other members of Lili and Danni’s families? I’ve spoken about them numerous times, but never actually shown them. Also, sub-question to this, should I introduce Sam’s father? And finally, should Sam get any siblings? If so, brother or sister?

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@Herr D- As per usual, I only have a clue about half of what you’re saying and that’s the bit about the tribute contest. If (big If) we were to do that, we wouldn’t be touching anything outside of the heromachine community, because that could spell all kinds of trouble if someone  picks a character that they don’t know is copyrighted. And to do it with just HM creators we’d have to make sure everyone is ok with it. I’ve just been doing people I know will be fine with me messing around with their characters.

And on that note, I’ve been messing around with someone else’s characters. This time MadJack, because he’s a smartass (luv ya really MJ) 😉 he got all of the references in “I’m Ready”.

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@MadJack- Right on all counts.

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What you could try to do is just use the dragonfly aura and use multiples of it, each different sizes and layers, so you could have smaller ones at the back behind the skeleton and then larger auras at the front (to suggest they’re closer to the viewer) and to add interaction have some of those be in front of the skeleton (maybe even mask a single dragonfly onto a circle insignia and place it on the skeleton somewhere, just an idea) so it looks like he is actually trying to escape from the swarm rather than just being there in front of it. That way you minimise the masking you have to do and you could still include the clouds if you wanted as a background (maybe as a dusk cloud or something).

But that’s just my suggestion, someone else might have a better one.

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@Skoul- Let’s see;

-Linea & Jeimuzu (easy), AMS (correct), Anarchangel (correct), Stulte (incorrect, for that one), Vectorman (correct), Lull-carae (correct), Kaldath (correct), Nug (incorrect, for that one), MadJack (correct), CantDraw & yourself (both incorrect unfortunately, although I’m now rather annoyed because I had meant to do CantDraw and forgot). But you got 8 out of 14, so over half.

And as for the Star Wars thing, the rest of the set is behind her (otherwise the Wars and Complete wouldn’t be cut off).

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Another quick one, this time of Lull-Carae’s Lullasy

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@Viper- Oh, so you’re a lesbian couple from Milton Keynes as well 😉 Or where you thinking of something else?

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Welcome to the forums Edyus. And don’t worry, quite a few of our members don’t speak English as their first language so it’s not a problem.

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Lili
Age: 31
D.O.B- 22 June 1985
Height- 5.9 ft
Family: Dannielle “Danni” Dartford (Wife), Samantha Marcell (Daughter (by marriage)), William Marcell (Father, Deceased), Amanda Walker (formerly Marcell, Mother), Jason Marcell (Elder Brother), Katherine “Kate” Marcell (Sister-In-Law)
Occupation: Graphic Designer and freelance artist
Likes: Video Games, Drawing, Sci-Fi, Purple
Dislikes: Being Called Lilith, Being Called A Goth
Favourite Movies: Blade Runner, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Iron Man, Terminator 2, Cabin In The Woods
Favourite TV Shows: Breaking Bad, Doctor Who, The Flash/ Arrow, CSI: Las Vegas, Lost
Favourite Musical Artists/ Bands: Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Pierce The Veil
Favourite Games: Mario series, Zelda Series, COD series, Fallout series, Splatoon
Favourite Food: Pizza
Random Fact: The first tattoo Lili got was the one on her back. She got it when she was 19, around about the same time she started dying her hair purple. Her mum did not approve and, as their relationship was not in the best of shape at this time (due to Lili’s parents divorce), it started a huge row. However, when Lili went away to university a few weeks later, they made up as they realised how much they missed each other.

Danni
Age: 30
D.O.B- 7 October 1986
Height- 5.6 ft
Family: Lillith “Lili” Marcell (Wife), Samantha Marcell (Daughter), Thomas Dartford (Father), Samantha Dartford (Mother), Stacy White (Younger Sister, Twin of Zoe), Zoe Dartford (Younger Sister, Twin of Stacy), Matthew White (Brother-In-Law)
Occupation: Data Analyst (and unpublished novelist)
Likes: Reading, Anime/ Manga, Cats, People-Watching
Dislikes: Bugs (a lot)
Favourite Movies: Ghostbusters, The Lion King, The Lovely Bones, Lord Of The Ring- Fellowship Of The Ring, Spirited Away
Favourite TV Shows: Breaking Bad, Star Trek: Next Generation, Faulty Towers, Miranda, The Big Bang Theory
Favourite Musical Artists/ Bands: Earth Wind And Fire, Michael Jackson/ Jackson 5, Green Day, Blur, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Favourite Books:  To Kill A Mockingbird, The Lovely Bones, Harry Potter Series, Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Ranma 1/2 manga
Favourite Food: Stir Fry
Random Fact: Danni wears the hair on the right side of her face long to hide a scar on her right temple. She got it when she was 6 and she was out playing in her back garden, where she tripped and hit her head on a low wall. She had to have stitches and the scar is still quite visible to this day, something which Danni is quite conscious of.

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Awesome work.

Yeah, don’t edit the first post on your thread. It marks the thread as spam and puts it in moderation. I can restore it if you want.

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A little thing I did of Nug’s character Supermom

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So, Sam’s tattoos. The first one she got was the one on her left shoulder and upper arm. She wanted to get a tribal design like Lili, but her own style. Lili helped her design it and went along with her to the studio (Danni was there as well, but Lili had her sit out in the car because she wouldn’t stop fussing). The one on her left forearm is the three main characters (the third behind on her inner arm, so therefore out of view in this position) from the cartoon series which won her so far her first animation award (well, technically it was the team she was on who won the award, but it still counts right?). The red stars on her right shoulder are the logo of her favourite band, Hostile Intent, and winged demon was from her final year project at university, where she did an animation course (obviously). She also has a Storm Trooper on her left shin, being a massive Star Wars nerd (she got that from Lili as well, Danni’s a trekkie), and the heart on her right forearm she got done with her best friend on her last day of uni. They may or may not have been slightly inebriated when they decided to do it.
Also, there are a total of 14 different heromachiners referenced in this picture, a prize will be given to the first person to name all of them (and that’s just because some of them are quite hard to read and some of them you really have to know your stuff). I am particularly proud of the one on the bottom row far left (Sam’s right). Also, the Marvel box set contains every Marvel studios movie up to and including The Avengers 7 (the one where they fight Kang The Conquerer). Unfortunately it still doesn’t include a good Spider-Man film. The DC box set contains all of the films in DC’s Justice League series. They’re mostly underwhelming, and some are plain bad, but completionism right.

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Welcome to the forums.

With the upload error, it just seems to happen randomly. If you have an account with another image hosting site (deviantart or photo bucket for example) it might be an idea to upload your pictures there and then add them to the post by using the insert/ edit image function in the reply box (it’s the last button on the grey tool bar at the top of the reply box, the one with the mountains and sun in a square). That’s usually the best way to guarantee an image getting uploaded for the moment whilst we try to figure out what is going on with this upload error.

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So, finishing off the series of pictures showing Samantha Marcell through various stages of her life, we now have Sam at adulthood. Certainly less stroppy than she was during her teens, she now works as an animator for a large media company, working on various cartoon shows (both kids shows and adult-orientated animation) as well as animations for music videos and advertising. Hey having a mum who’s a cartoonist does help with somethings right, like learning how to draw. Sam sort-of turned into a mini-Lili by the time she hit 25, even down to a love of tattoos. Danni wasn’t best pleased with her getting any tattoos at first and went along to her first few appointments, but Lili and Sam managed to put her mind at rest. Danni still mothers Sam like crazy, even though she isn’t a kid anymore. Sam also tends to wear glasses while she works and reads, she developed slight myopia quite early on, something which she inherited from her maternal Grandfather (Danni’s father).
Oh and of course, she’s inherited a certain piece of jewellery from her mothers. A bit sappy I’ll agree, but Lili wanted her to have it.

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