Character Design Challenge #311 – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Your challenge this week is to create a character you might find in a classic western movie.
Sheriff, bandit, bartender, undertaker – anything that saddles your horse.
Please follow the instructions below for naming your files.
This contest will close on Sunday, March 5th at 9:00am Eastern.
31 Responses to Character Design Challenge #311 – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
How did you do the background?
Can you believe it's been about two years since I entered a challenge? I can't.
This will probably draw a lot of ire, but I hate Westerns. I truly undeniably legitimately hate them. They bore me to almost literal tears. That being said I'll just skip this CDC and watch y'all duke it out. Very nice creations thus far!
Here's my character, "Blue Boy", a former Jayhawker, then Union cavalry soldier, turned shootist, and self appointed vigilante engaged in a personal campaign against Southern Bushwackers turned outlaws.
The background is not HM.
Question: "Only post characters that have been created solely using Hero Machine". Does that mean absolutely nothing in the image whatsoever can be non-HM? e.g. filters, shading, lighting, highlights, shadows, actions, brushes, backgrounds, etc etc? If the character itself is all HM, but then a filter is applied (as in my entry) does that disqualify it?
I think that the tradition has been not to allow the use of other programs or features in contest entries. The point of the challenges is not "look what I can do", but rather "look what I can do with HeroMachine". Perhaps JR could speak to this since I am still a bit of a newbie.
djuby: I think that the tradition has been not to allow the use of other programs or features in contest entries. The point of the challenges is not "look what I can do", but rather "look what I can do with HeroMachine". Perhaps JR could speak to this since I am still a bit of a newbie.
Ok. In my opinion, I don't think non-Heromachine elements should be allowed in a contest, seen as the whole idea is based around skill with the tools provided within the program and only using heromachine gives somewhat of an even playing field, as everyone has access to Heromachine, whilst not everyone has photoshop or other image editing software. If I were still running the contests, I wouldn't allow that entry unfortunately.
JR19759: Ok. In my opinion, I don't think non-Heromachine elements should be allowed in a contest, seen as the whole idea is based around skill with the tools provided within the program and only using heromachine gives somewhat of an even playing field, as everyone has access to Heromachine, whilst not everyone has photoshop or other image editing software. If I were still running the contests, I wouldn't allow that entry unfortunately.
Thanks for the clarification JR.
Coolio – entry withdrawn, and gracias for clarifying.
Even blazing saddles. Literally the only western I like is The Magnificent Seven (the ORIGINAL one with Yul Brenner. All of the sequel's and reboots and remakes are just poo.) So beyond the Magnificent Seven no Westerns for me.
Here's my entry! Had some fun with poses in this one.
The Pinkerton detective was about to scream. Five of the seven of the old Madsen gang were dead, shot to pieces as they'd tried to gallop out of town with the bank bags. The sixth was in irons, awaiting trial, only because he'd forgotten to load his guns.
Little Jimmy raised his hand.
The Pinkerton detective spun on his heel, slapped the sheriff right across his face, and ran out of the building. The penny he'd thrown into the air landed at Jimmy's feet.
I've reworked Blue Boy a bit. He's still at the same URL, but the image has changed. If you downloaded a copy, djuby, could you re-fetch it, and go with the new version? Thanks.
"Blue Boy" is a former Jayhawker, then Union cavalry soldier, turned shootist, and self-appointed vigilante engaged in a personal campaign against Southern Bushwackers turned outlaws.
Here's my character, "Blue Boy", a former Jayhawker, then Union cavalry soldier, turned shootist, and self appointed vigilante engaged in a personal campaign against Southern Bushwackers turned outlaws. He's a sometime bounty hunter, but sometime just plain vigilante.
She has finished her bath and is headed to get her clothes, which are behind the hill. She will use her colt to hide her modesty.