HeroMachine Character Portrait Creator

This urban pirate was a c-list bad guy at best for years. He would continually rob banks and attempt to flee in his stolen ant-grav "ship" only to be repeatedly foiled by various heroes. Most people on the street didn't even know who Corsair was until he rose to prominence in the public eye when a channel 6 news team captured him apparently killing Mercury in cold blood on camera. He had grown tired of the constant meddling of so-called heroes and decided to go down a far more brutal route with the latest one.

Mercury only appeared to die and was rescued from the brink of death by Trauma (who almost died himself in the process) while a rage filled Apollo battled Corsair. Apollo would probably have killed Corsair if Mercury hadn't shown up in time to stop him.

Mercury's apparent resurrection lent a lot of credence to the claims of the Mortal Gods that they were in fact the ancient gods of Greek and Roman myth. The truth about Trauma's involvement was kept from the public. More-so at Trauma's request than anyone else's but Juno was quick to jump on the the Mercury story to boost the public image of the gods.

A lot of people truly began believing in the Mortal Gods after this incident and their "worshippers" grew significantly with a large number of those worshippers very vocally  voicing their hatred of Corsair for his attempted killing of a god.

Corsair's reputation tanked even further and he faded into the shadows, only occasionally being heard from for a number of years.

Meanwhile, the Mortal Gods continued on with their mission to aid the people of the world. Some, like Aphrodite and Mercury, took full advantage of their celebrity godhood while others like Apollo and Eros attempted to stay out of the spotlight. Regardless of their own opinion on the matter though, all of the gods ended up being worshipped to various degrees by the general public and they built a lot of good will.

During the second Terminus invasion when the extra-dimensional despot Omega attempted to conquer the Earth, the Mortal Gods leader Jupiter sacrificed himself to destroy the tyrant's flagship. It was a tragic blow to both the Mortal Gods and the world as a whole but Athena and Apollo rallied the reeling gods to continue the mission. Jupiter's death was kept from the public and it was claimed he was simply taking a backseat in the activities of the Mortal Gods.

Several months after the invasion was repelled though, Corsair reappeared. Transmitting on a pirate TV broadcast, he claimed that the supposed gods had been misleading everyone for years. He told the world that Jupiter was dead and the gods claims that they could return after death were lies. If they weren't, where was Jupiter? He demanded that the elder god show himself or the Mortal Gods would be branded liars in front of everyone who trusted them. This was impossible of course as Jupiter had died.

Corsair had put Athena, the gods operational leader and Jupiter's daughter, in an unwinnable  situation. She couldn't show the world Jupiter as they knew him. That Jupiter was gone. But the Mortal Gods leader had been reborn. He was just an infant, barely a couple of months old. Athena decided it was finally time to be honest with the people and informed everyone that Jupiter had been reborn but as he was still an infant rather than an adult, she refused to allow him to be exposed to a media circus and dangers like Corsair.

Unfortunately, years of bending the truth and a refusal to show any kind of proof resulted in a loss of faith from many of the Mortal Gods followers and the general public opinion of the group plummeted.

Corsair had struck a blow against the gods and he knew it. He had no intention of stopping there though. He intended to destroy the gods completely and knew exactly where to start. If Athena's claims of Jupiter's rebirth were true, he would find that boy and use him to crush the rest of those obnoxious gods.

The Mortal Gods now must protect the infant god from the machinations of a madman.

Sasha? First of all, I would suggest taking one of the many shapes in 'Background' and making it your sand color. You could mask a texture to it, translucent beiges would be my guess, once or multiple layers of more of the same shape turned transparent. (alpha = 0) Shape it or shade it as you like. Put a deep blue background under it for the water and make some seafoam probably out of near-translucent layers of hair in white for the edges. Layer it on. Good luck.

I'm glad you like it! And take your time! If you need anything, you know where to find me! Been there with the motivation thing.

Also, I wanted to share this. I played around with Storm Crow in the app called "Werble". This is the result.

How do you make a decent shoreline?

Judging from the gallery, you can get a lot more mileage out of HM than I can figure out. Specifically, at the moment, I'm trying to make a background for my D&D portrait, and since she's from an island I'd like to have her standing on a dock or at a beach that curves behind her. So far I have... some awkward shapes that look like they came out of MS Paint.

Neat! I dig how you modernized the faux-70s aesthetic into a true modern superhero costume. I can dig it. Great work with the pose and the background as well!

I'm currently having some time and motivation issues, but I will get back to you with my half of the art trade eventually, it will just take me a long while before I can get back to it. Sorry to make you wait.