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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Character Design Contest ♯37- Opposites Attract
This week I want you to create a picture that represents a duality, two opposites interacting. This can be through two characters, one character in two halves (split down the middle if you will), a split screen, any way you can think of so long as it shows two opposites in one picture. You can do any opposites you choose (if you are unsure of what I mean by opposites, think Male/ Female, Good/ Evil, Life/ Death, Night/ Day, Angels/ Demons, Land/ Sea, that sort of thing, it shouldn't be to hard to think of a good theme).
I know that there are some people out there that will really be able to make this theme their own, so everyone needs to be on the top of their games here.
Please make sure you have read the rules before entering. As usual, no limit on entries, so have fun and good luck.
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- Pegg, Frost & Wright
Today, I feel the need to talk, at length (so what else is new?), about a certain collaboration between some huge geeks.
What I personally love about these three is that every film/ tv show they make ends up being one huge nerd-out. Spaced- Sci-fi, Shaun Of The Dead- zombie movies, Hot Fuzz- American Cop Movies, Don't- Hammer Horror films, World's End (al-be-it to a lesser extent and without the massive references seen in their previous works)- disaster movies, all bundled up with a healthy does of British life and British comedy.
Even when separated they can't hold back those impulses, so we get things like Paul (Pegg & Frost, which is epic), Star Trek/ Star Trek Into Darkness (Pegg, less epic but still he's good i.m.o), Adventures Of Tintin (Pegg & Frost, with Wright being a writer but not director), Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Wright), The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (Wright), Doctor Who/ Doctor Who Confidential Series 1 (Pegg), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Pegg), Death & Return Of Superman parody short (Pegg), Spider-Plant Man parody (Pegg & Frost) and of course the upcoming Ant-Man film (Wright, which will hopefully be good as he's directing it.)
So guys, over to you. What's your opinion on Pegg, Frost & Wright? Favourite film? Best bits?
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Posted in Movies and TV
Character Design Contest ♯36 Poll (Reviving The Brand)
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Link to contest page- http://www.heromachine.com/2013/08/12/character-design-contest-♯36-reviving-the-brand/
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Posted in Challenge Favorites
Character Design Contest ♯35 Winner (Pubic Domain Literature)
The winner of this weeks poll was djuby for his interpretation of Aladdin. Well done sir and well done to everyone who entered.
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Character Of The Week- 17th August
When looking for a subject to cover in character of the week I always try to find something different, someone who I haven't covered before or even recently. However, this week it seems I have been unable to do so, due to the fact Jeimuzu exists and is doing stuff like this on a constant basis.
There are lots of things that caught my eye about this creation in particular, starting with the costume, which is kooky to say the least. I love the hat and the leaves coming out of the sleeves, which both tie in with the characters name; Dandelion. She certainly has a unique style, much like her creator.
The colours used enhance the character brilliantly, only needing three (major) colours for the costume and two for the body/ hair. The costume colours were well chosen to tie in with the name and costume, with the main focus being on the yellow, which alongside the green of the leaves and leggings and the orange of her hair, gives the character a very vibrant feel.
The face was the next thing to catch my eye. Very nicely understated and quite pretty, she looks like the kind of girl you could expect to see dressed in that fashion at some sort of anime convention. She doesn't look aggressive or overtly sexual (which seem to be the two main categories for super heroines), she looks relaxed, which would certainly be unnerving and strange for anyone facing her.
Finally the pose, which has a very nice movement to it. The fact that she is not really running, but more skipping towards her next adventure adds to the quirkiness of the design. Again, it gives the impression of relaxation around the character, that she's not really worried about having to do all the super heroics, which I think is a nice way to look at it.
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Make It Sew – The Costume Blog – YaYa Han
I had heard of cosplay, and while I knew that at Comic Book and SciFi conventions there were leagues of fan boys and girls that would spend countless hours and dollars recreating the images of their favourite characters, until recently I had little exposure to it. Space Network in Canada began airing a new series this week “Heroes of Cosplay” which follows a small group of these fan/creators as they travel to and compete in costume contests at conventions. Most fascinating of this group – to me anyway – was Yaya Han, a young woman who has become the undisputed queen of cosplay.
Yaya Han is a costume designer, model and cosplay entertainer with 13 years of experience. She runs her business out of her home, where she and a lone employee - her boyfriend - create costumes, props, and the marketing materials (calendars, trading cards, convention merchandise) that have contributed to her success.
To this day Yaya has made 200 (and counting) costumes in the genres of anime/manga, comic books, video games, sci-fi and of course from her own original designs. Her intricate and lavish creations have won many awards and much acclaim world wide, and Yaya has been featured in a myriad of magazines, websites, and television programming.
Commercially, Yaya’s image has been drawn, painted and sculpted by a number of noted professional artists and she enjoys modeling and collaborating with photographers and artists. Additionally, Yaya has taught a multitude of panels on costume craftsmanship, presentation, makeup, wigs and more; and judged as well as hosted countless costume contests and performed in front of many peers and fans alike on stage.
She has recreated some of the most classic characters from Catwoman to Jessica Rabbit, and has done so with a sense of humour and deep admiration for the original artists.
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Costume Bits and Pieces
Michele Carragher is a Britain based needlework and embroidery artist. Check out her amazing work at the link below.
http://www.michelecarragherembroidery.com/Game-of-Thrones-Gallery(2829575).htm
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Big Question ♯14
This week I want to touch on a subject I've touched on recently in "What Were They Thinking", sexism in the superhero genre. Now, I am aware that, despite it not being the 1940's any more, comics are still aimed mainly at teenage boys, so therefore they must be filled with busty super-heroines in overly revealing costumes (even Pepper Potts' Rescue armour accentuates her chest, but that might be Tony Stark being Tony Stark). But is it really necessary? I will concede that some of the more ridiculous heroine costumes have been changed in recent years (unless you are Star-fire in which case it's got worse) but still. And, with the exception of Wonder Woman, there seems to still be a deficit of major league Super heroines who weren't an add on to a major heroes mythos (Bat-Girl, Super-Girl/ Power-Girl, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel). Why is this still the case? Or is it, I'd be very interested to hear your opinions on this subject.
Plus this topic does give me an opportunity to post this illustration of sexism in the Avengers film.
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Posted in Bad Super Costumes
