Coloring contest: With mp prizes!

 Well, it's that time again, grab those finger paints, crayons, and Microsoft Paint....yes it's time for another coloring contest. Yes, I am calling it a contest, not just event. This time, there will be winners and prizes for winning. But, more on that later. 

As always, I am providing pencil sketches by me (Dan Peyton) that I have used for various power cards and/or raid bosses. The base image is often very simple, a figure drawing of a model. This is why some of the sketches look nearly naked, (no giggling...I heard you, Angela). You may also note that there are sketches that have been part of coloring events I've already held. I want to give you a lot of options since there will be a contest. However, do not simply repost old art you already submitted to a former event. It all needs to be new. 

Now, about the contest: First things first, EVERYONE who enters will get a 10mp card per entry, up to six. So, if you feel you can't compete, you can still enter something. How the contest will run...I will select my favorite images I feel are the best. Then, I will put them up for a vote. The top three winners will be turned into power cards. Each winner will also be given a copy of their power card and 120mp. (Note: If you decide to add outside images onto the sketches, if those images are licensed they cannot be made into power cards and thus will be disqualified from the contest.)

• Select a picture from the posted images below. Color it however you wish. You can print it off and add color physically. You can use digital programs like Adobe, Procreate, Painter, and/or Microsoft Paint to add color. 
• PG-13 or better, keep it family friendly.
• Post the finished pics under the main thread on the Heroes Rising Players page.
• Post your PLAYER ID# with every picture you submit. Do not assume we know your number.
• You will earn a 'good job' power card worth 10mp for each of the first 6 images you submit. Any past 6 will not count.
• Please turn them in on or before May 31st.

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Art Post: Geo-Kinesis

The rocks obey your very thoughts. With one swift idea, boulders crush your enemies. A simple notion and you save miners from a cave in. It's when you got that headache that the north half of San Francisco lost power and...well, just stay away from big fault lines in the future.

Geo-Kinesis was a fun card to make. Nick had been asking me about doing more close-up images of the heroes in action. This left me with a bit of a problem, how many different powers can you display via a face? I had to stretch myself a little and I realized that I could play around with the background a bit more. Longer, body shots of heroes tend to lead art toward a forward power, showing energy shooting from their hands or eyes, or bullets bouncing off their chest. But, close up, you can see more what's going on behind them.

For this art I had a few things I wanted to approach. Not only was I looking at the close up face of the hero, but I wanted to change from the norm. Instead of a handsome, young hero, I went with a distinguished older hero. Perhaps not the standard person you expect to see in the comic book world. I want to remind the viewer of the art that the story of Heroes Rising is that people are suddenly being given powers, and not just handsome, strong youths, anyone. (Which is why an old lady is blasting lasers from her eyes at the villain in my own fiction.) I also attempted something unique for me, hard coloring and shading, which lends itself to comic book style of art. Finally, I love motion in art, especially for an action based story. The rock in the background is his weapon, it has to be in motion. The shadow beneath gives it lift while the generic background actually shows motion through color variation, size of pattern, and fading. This should look like the moment just before you are blindsided by a ten ton chunk of sandstone.

All in all, I hope you appreciate the various levels this art gives to the power that will grace your own hero in the game.

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