Heromachine Two Point Oh....

I've always been drawing. It started as simple spirals when I was about six, which I would explain to relatives as being space warps. As I got older I progressed to drawing Transformers. Soon, the margins of my notebooks were littered with superheroes, many of whom were my own bad creations. I began studying all the comics I was reading, and imitating artists like Byrne, Lee, Romita(senior and junior), and Buscema.

Heromachine is an application I discovered about a year ago(possibly longer given my grasp of time). It consists of all the basic elements of a hero, heroine or creature. Eyes, ears, nose, mask, cape, skin, accessories and more can be combined in a variety of ways to create your own character, or one similar to existing ones. Curt the Happy Husband shared the existence of the newest 2.0 version with me and some other coworkers the other day(possibly last week given my grasp of time). I was messing with it this evening, and came up with an idealized version of what this “Mysterious Cloaked Figure” might look like. To see it, simply visit the page, click the button in the upper right hand corner with the icon of a folder and an arrow, and paste the gibberish at the end of this article. Click load, and there I'll be. And if anyone would like to leave their own creations in the comments section, I'd love to see them.

2.0u*m1*Character Name*Hair:Standard,fraBlank,000000,000000,100,100,23,
Eyebrows:Standard,eyebrows1,000000,FFFFFF,100,100,21,
Eyes:Standard,newplain,000000,5A3410,100,100,20,
Nose:Standard,fraBlank,F8B684,FFFFFF,100,100,27,
Mouth:Standard,smirk,F8B684,F8B684,100,100,18,
Beard:Standard,fraBlank,FFFFFF,FFFFFF,100,100,26,
Ears:Standard,fraBlank,F8B684,F8B684,100,100,19,
Skin:Standard,fraBlank,FFD08C,F8B684,100,100,6,
Mask:Standard,fraBlank,182863,000000,100,100,22,
Headgear:Standard,cowl,182863,182863,100,100,29,
Undershirt:Standard,fraBlank,FFFFFF,FFFFFF,100,100,7,
Overshirt:Standard,sweatshirt,000000,000000,100,100,8,
Coat:Standard,cloak,210552,182863,100,100,25,
RightGlove:Standard,fraBlank,FFFFFF,FFFFFF,100,100,17,
LeftGlove:Standard,fraBlank,FFFFFF,FFFFFF,100,100,16,
Insignia:Standard,fraBlank,FFFFFF,FFFFFF,100,100,9,
Neckwear:Standard,fraBlank,FFFFFF,FFFFFF,100,100,24,
Belt:Standard,supes,182863,182863,100,100,15,
Leggings:Standard,fraBlank,FFFFFF,FFFFFF,100,100,10,
Overleggings:Standard,fraBlank,FFFFFF,FFFFFF,100,100,11,
Pants:Standard,slacks,210552,182863,100,100,14,
RightFoot:Standard,supes,000000,000000,100,100,13,
LeftFoot:Standard,supes,000000,000000,100,100,12,
Back:Standard,longcape,180439,182863,100,100,3,
Wings:Standard,fraBlank,FFFFFF,FFFFFF,100,100,4,
Tail:Standard,fraBlank,FFFFFF,FFFFFF,100,100,5,
Aura:Standard,spacedots,FFF700,7A7500,100,100,2,
Companion:Standard,cat,070707,070707,100,100,31,
Background:Standard,diamond,434343,210552,100,100,1,
RightHand:Standard,lightning,734901,FFF700,100,100,30,
LeftHand:Standard,fraBlank,FFFFFF,FFFFFF,100,100,28,#