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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.
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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.
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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 999x999, 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.
Have fun and remember to keep it clean.
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I came across a good topic last night for share day. J.J. Abrams could be the director of the new Star Wars films by Disney. Can he do both Star Wars and Star Trek? He is a very good director and I think he can pull it off, but some people are asking the question. That is in the same realm as actors playing more then one comic book character. It has been done, not always on a good note but it has been done. I would love to talk to him about an idea that I have had for years, it deals with a cross over of the three great "Stars", Star Wars, Star Trek, and Battlestar Galactica . I would love to see that one hit the big screen, but back to the question at hand. What do you think, can he pull it off? Some rumors are that the new Star Wars will start with an older Luke running a Jedi Academy, and others say that it will be a complete new set of characters. I forgot the name of the book I read a long time ago, but it was about Han and Leia's twin's adventures when they were at the academy. That would be a cool way to go. Let us know what you think.
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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.
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Due to the beautiful weather we are having here in Texas and the fact it is time to garden, I am making a small change to the weekly post for a week or two.
Mondays, Character Design Contest.
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, are Kaldath's babies so no change there.
Wednesday Nights Specials, will be put on hold.
Thursdays, Will be the weekday Open Critique Day.
Fridays, Share Day.
Saturdays, Quick and Easy Challenge.
Sundays, will be weekend Open Critique Day.
Remember this is only for a short time, after I get the garden put in it will be back to the old weekly time line. This will also be a good time to make any suggestion that you may have about what you would like to see on the blog.
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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.
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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.
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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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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All I can say is wow. Forty-nine entries this week I believe that is the most entries for a contest since I took over for Jeff. They all were great and it was another hard one to judge, I like them all. When I judge a contest one of the things that I look for is how much the people pay attention to the description of the contest. For an example, the title of this contest was "The Nature of Wings", hence I was looking for wings that nature provides. Yes I am a true believer of "attention to detail" as a lot of you know already. I have picked out a top ten list and here they are in no particular order.
AMS, did a wonderful job as always. The pose and the color scheme are great. And the shading is above and beyond.
Blaq Aries, WOW, that pose is killer. And the background is a very cool design.
Dblade, you are out of the box with your use of items. Great color and shading as well.
Djuby, this is truly a jaw dropping character. WOW is the only way I can think of to describe it.
Kaldath, great character design and a stellar background.
Kellkin, simple but very impressive.
Kellkin, you did a wonderful job with the character in her arms. Great.
Skybandit, what can I say, you have been entering some down right wonderful characters.
Tool, great work on bringing together the armor and the wings.
Tool, another great character, it has a wonderful native feel to it.
But as they say, there can be only one. And this weeks winner is Blaq Aries. Your gargoyle is great and the background makes the character jump off the screen at you. Great job everyone. I'm looking forward to seeing more characters from every Hero Machiner out there.
P.S. Sorry for the short sweet post, I was working outside today and ended up getting blisters on a couple of my fingers and the skin came off. So fingers are raw and it's hard to work the mouse. I'll post all the entries by the end of the week.
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