Power User Profile – JR19759

Posted on September 17, 2013 by | Comments Off on Power User Profile – JR19759

When I joined Heromachine and started perusing the forum pages, JR's was one of the first I landed on. Since that time I have been a regular visitor watching this amazing young person's work evolve into the glorious work they are creating today. Their singular, angular style, mastery of colour, and the complexity in their detail and shading makes them one of the most original creators on Heromachine . When I read their profile, the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that they are only 20 years old, and while I am impressed with their brilliant artwork and concepts, I must also make mention of the thoughtful and insightful comments and critiques they post as part of their regular Blog contributions. Congratulations JR...this is long overdue.

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Character Design Contest ♯41- Fashion Show

Posted on September 16, 2013 by | Comments Off on Character Design Contest ♯41- Fashion Show

Ok guys, for this weeks contest, I want you to create the best costume you possibly can. I'm not looking for amazing poses, intricate backgrounds, lots of powers on display, I just want to see a good costume. You can do a superhero costume, or you could focus on doing everyday clothes, formal wear, period costume, fantasy. And remember it doesn't have to be amazingly intricate and complicated, a well done little black dress can be just as effective as a fantasy ball gown.

Please make sure you have read the rules before entering. As usual, no limit on entries, so have fun and good luck. And as an extra incentive, I will do a redesign of one of the winners characters as a prize if they so wish.

Rules for posts, contests, and challenges that I am hosting: 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 warnings. 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.

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Screen Spotlight- Bat TV

Posted on September 16, 2013 by | Comments Off on Screen Spotlight- Bat TV

Earlier this week, I was watching some older episodes of Smallville and as soon as Green Arrow showed up it got me thinking, how come Superman and Green Arrow both currently have live action TV Series yet Batman doesn't. Batman is arguably DC's most popular hero, so it would make a lot of sense.

Because of the fact for the most part the entire Bat Family and the majority of their villains are unpowered, it would probably be easier to make than a Superman live action TV series and you could probably get more for the money because of it. This would be the same sort of argument for the Green Arrow series, but because Batman is so much more popular there would be a bigger return. So why has Batman been stuck in cartoon land since the 70's?

Of course, Batman did make a small appearance in the 2002 Birds Of Prey series but that didn't focus on him, and there's my point. Even Birds Of Prey can get a series, al-be-it a very short lived one. So why hasn't Batman?

Not that I have anything against the Batman cartoons, some of them are the best in the medium. But considering how Batman has always been a more realistic superhero and cartoons are always best at showing the unrealistic (such as a man who can fly, shoot lasers from his eyes and restart a planet by flying counter-rotationally around it), why is his only TV representation still only on Saturday mornings?

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Character Design Contest ♯39 (Colour Coordination) Winner

Posted on September 15, 2013 by | Comments Off on Character Design Contest ♯39 (Colour Coordination) Winner

The winner of this week poll was prswirve for Crimson-1881. Well done prs and great work from everyone who entered.

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Poll Position: The Results!

Posted on September 13, 2013 by | Comments Off on Poll Position: The Results!

 

Every week I put up a new Poll Position post yet I never tell you all the results of the previous Poll, I am going to try and fix that oversight! Either in the new Poll position post, or in the comments ( in the event I write and schedule the poll before the previous one closes ) I will try to remember to post the results of the last poll. Right now I am going to give the results of the last five closed polls that I have posted:

Captain my Caption Winner: Malcolm Reynolds

Sexist Garb Edition Winner: Starfire

SuperGirl Fashion Winner:  The New 52 Supergirl 

Electro vs Static Winner:  Static 

Future Superhero Movies Winner:   Wonder Woman

 

So those are the winners are per your votes of MY last 5 polls!

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I’m Podcasted!

Posted on September 12, 2013 by | Comments Off on I’m Podcasted!

ep110I had my first ever audio interview with the great folks at "Creative Commoners", in an episode airing today. We talked about all things HeroMachine, with featured shout-outs to Kaldath, Hammerknight, DiCicatriz, MSchute, and more. I hope you check it out and if you do, please let me know what you think. It turns out talking about yourself for an hour is pretty intimidating, but luckily the hosts were all funny, kind, and professional and I ended up having a really good time.

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Kaldath’s Caption Contest #11

Posted on September 11, 2013 by | Comments Off on Kaldath’s Caption Contest #11

It is once again Caption Contest time and so without further ado I give you the image I want your best/funniest replacement dialog for.

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The normal rules apply, you are limited to Three (3) entries per person, and all entries need to be in by Noon Eastern time next Tuesday September 17th. Remember that this is a family friendly website while crafting your entries and keep things clean! Good Luck everyone!!

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Anime Talk: Manga vs Anime

Posted on September 11, 2013 by | Comments Off on Anime Talk: Manga vs Anime

It has been a couple weeks since I last wrote an Anime Talk post, and I wanted to thank you all for your patience. So now that I have managed to pull myself together and set down to write I have decided to take a look how Manga heavily inspires Anime. Here in the west we do see many tv shows and cartoons that have been inspired by comics, but Anime seems to be  much MUCH more influenced by the Japanese version of comics, "Manga".

Myself I am not a huge fan of Manga as I have mentioned before on the blog but I have to admit that a great deal of my favorite Anime shows were originally Manga titles though often times the show has only a passing resemblance to the source material. So all this being said, our topic of discussion is simply, do you prefer reading Manga, or watching Anime ? A simple question, but one I do not think will be easily answered by most but I could be wrong. Myself as I said I don't care for manga and much prefer Anime which is odd as I tend to prefer reading any a book then watching the movie based on that book ( or book based on the movie ) as the written format usually is more detailed and thus more enjoyable for me, just not in this case.

So what are your thoughts on the subject ? Let us know in the comments below and hopefully we can get a good discussion going.

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Power User Profiles: prswirve

Posted on September 10, 2013 by | Comments Off on Power User Profiles: prswirve

With Heromachine, some creators are great pose makers, some are great shaders and some do great costumes. This weeks Power User can easily fit into all these categories. So, please give a big hand for; prswirve.

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Poll Position: The Jokes On You!

Posted on September 10, 2013 by | Comments Off on Poll Position: The Jokes On You!

Hello Heromachiners, this week on "Poll Positition" I ask you the poignant question. Which Joker is  YOUR favorite ? For the purpose of this poll let us stick to Jokers we have seen either in the Movies or on Television and not the various interruptions of the Joker all the different writers and illustrators at DC comics have devised over the years. So with those parameters in please your choices are as follow:

CESAR ROMERO JOKER

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JACK NICHOLSON JOKER

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BATMAN: TAS  JOKER ( Mark Hamill )

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THE BATMAN JOKER ( Kevin Michael Richardson )

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HEATH LEDGER JOKER

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Other: I am certain there are many other voice actors from various animated movies or very old tv shows I have not listed here, so if one of those is your favorite that you can add it in as your vote!

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Me, I am torn between Hamill and Ledger and just can't seem to pick one over the other however maybe you can pick just one! Leave your vote in the poll above and your comment below letting us all know your choice.

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