Character Contest #H08 “Atlantis Revealed” Winner

There were a lot of great entries this week. Seeing what other people think about a subject like Atlantis is very cool. Everyone looks through a different window in life, it is hard to picture what others see, until you you are able to see the picture they have in their minds. And I believe that HM allows us to do just that. I narrowed it down to the top six this week. Here they are in no particular order.

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Kellkin- Is becoming one of the fast rising stars here in HM. This is a wonderful design. Great colors for the character, they make her standout. Very nicely designed background.

 

 

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Jr19759-This is a very strong character. A very well put together design.

 

 

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Djuby- What can I say, your character made me hungry for some crab legs. lol  Great job with the legs and the transition from the legs to the body.

 

 

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Headlessgeneral- Characters like this make me wonder about the designs you could come up with if you had a head. Great work. He looks like he is ready to take on anything that would come his way.

 

 

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Scatman- Wow, she is great, one of the better tail designs I’ve seen on HM.

 

 

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Scatman- You are making a habit of having more than one of your characters hit the top list. Great colors and design.

 

 

The winner for this week is Scatman. Great work.

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I would like to thank my wife for helping me judge these contest. Everyone’s characters were great. I would love to have the time to set down and do a write up on each character, but at this time I do not have the time. Just because your character was not included in the top list doesn’t mean that I did not like it.

 

 

 

 

Character Contest #H09 “Horror Movie”

This week you need to design the main character of your very own Horror Movie. Scare us with the scariest character out there. You have to make us want to go out and get a loan so we can see the movie.

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How to have you character disqualified:

#1-Not naming the file correctly. Have your name first and then your character’s name (just like the picture included shows), in the file’s name.

#2-Unable to right click and save. If the site you have your character on will not allow me to right click and save your character, I will not enter it in the contest.

Please follow these rules there are to many wonderful characters that may lose out.

Quick and Easy Challenge #6 “Smart Phone” Winner

All of the entries were great. It was hard to narrow it down to just one winner. But there was one that I had to keep going back to look at. It was one of those that stood out. With the smart phones today there is nothing out there safe from cameras anymore, and I could so see this one sweeping the Internet. Great job everyone. This week’s winner is Luc.

Luc entry

Weekend Open Critique Day #H9

Another open critique day is under way. Show us what you have been working on all week. Ask for help and guidance. We are here for you.

Quick and Easy Challenge #6 “Smart Phone”

Happy Saturday morning everyone. Today’s challenge is to us the smart phone in the picture below as a frame for your art work. The phone is maxed out at 999×999, and that is what yours needs to be also. The biggest part of you image needs to fit within the screen of the phone. As you can see I let the companion’s hand come off of the screen to make her look as if she was coming out of the phone (at least that is what I was hoping for). It doesn’t matter what you design as long more then 90% stays within the screen of the phone.

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Have fun and remember to keep it clean.

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Open Critique Day #H8

Here is your chance to show every one what you have been working on. Be it HM designs or any other forms on art you may have. So post what you have and there will be a lot of happy people willing to tell you what they think about it. Keep it clean this is a family site. I might add that it is one of the best sites out there, it is the friendliest and family setting on the internet. Voted number one internet site out there by, Jeff, Kaldath, and Me.

Color My Character Challenge #5 Winner

This is a hard challenge to judge, because the characters are all the same so it is up to the color scheme to get the win. The winner this week is “headlessgeneral” with a wonderful color scheme. Good work and great choice of colors. Great work everyone.headlessgenreal color my character winner

Wednesday Night Special Anime/Manga Challenge #3 “Vampire”

This week challenge will be for you to make the best “Anime/Manga Vampire” you can. Remember you now have a whole week to design. Please include your name within the files name to make it easier for me to set things up. Have fun.

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Wednesday Night Specials will be Anime / Manga challenges. It will run from Wednesday night through Tuesday. I will post a poll for everyone to vote on the winner, it will run from Wednesday morning until noon on the next Wednesday. Winner will be posted with the new challenge on Wednesday night.

Kept it “PG” this is a family site.

Once again I have to say that this is a challenge so there will be no prizes offered at this time. (But I am working on something, but it will take some time before it is ready.) No limit, so have fun creating.

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Wednesday Night Special Anime/Manga Challenge #2 “Archer” Poll

Here is the poll for last weeks challenge. I have decided to change the challenge so that you will have more time to create. It will be Wednesday to Wednesday, so for now on I will post the poll for the week before on Wednesday morning and then post the new challenge Wednesday night. The winner of the poll will be posted with the new challenge, giving you almost a full week to vote.

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Belting out the bad costumes!

This week for your mocking pleasure I present to you Citizen V.

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I have never heard of this character before and  only came across him while reseaching this weeks Bad costume. That being said I honestly can’t tell you anything about him except what you can see with your own eyes. So now lets start the critique with his Shoulder pads. While I have no objection to a stars and stripes theme for a character I do not think it is being pulled off here as well as it could be. I think my main objection to them is the fact that the  Stars and the white stripes are raised from the rest of the shoulder pads which just looks odd to me.

 

Next is his mask. I am not sure what about it bothers me so much as I have seen other similarly designed masks that have worked well, but something about it here is just off putting. And lastly, we have in the past pointed out the overuse of belts and straps in costumes but this fellow must have gotten a great discount on a mass purchase of belts!! Not only does he have his belt wrapped 6 or 7 times about his waist, he also has his feet and forearms completely wrapped in them as well.

 

All in all I think the character design had some potential but it failed to deliver upon it in the end!!

 

Those are my thoughts on Citizen V, I’d be interested in hearing yours! Leave a comment below tell me what you think of this costume. Is it as bad as I think or am I way off on this one ?