Character Creation # 72 : America, F*** Yeah!

I'm surprised this hasn't been done already...

This contest is pretty simple: make a American patriotic superhero.

The character can have any power or appearance you see fit to give them, but they need to give off a sense of American pride visually.

Deadline is 11/14 @ midnight (eastern)

* No limit on number of entries per person, but as always the single submission with the most votes will win; no cumulative. So knock out as many as you'd like!

Some creative inspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States-themed_superheroes

Best of luck everyone!

@shatterstar - Could you please pin this for me?

oh, why not! it gave me a chance to experiment with half-tones.

@wildcats25: That rocks. Nice job.

@redscare: Great idea.

Just gonna observe this one. Awesome theme though. Already looks like it'll be a lot of fun :)

@marvinthemartian said:

Corpulent America :)

@marvinthemartian said:

Weaknesses - acid reflux, diabeetus, Michael Bay movies

Powers- Super-Hubris, Self-Absorption, Voodoo Economic Manipulation

Amarica color

@frischdvh: Awesome. Love the costume design as well as the name.

VALOR

The Ladies need to be represented as well!

@frischdvh: Right on. I like this one A LOT, nicely done.

@smitty309: How did you create this?

@Decept-O: This pic was created using Heromachine 3. A very amazing program that lets you create many different characters or images. Check it out! http://www.heromachine.com/

The problem with using these sorts of programs in these contests is you're competing against people actually making the art by hand either on paper or a tablet. Correct me if i'm wrong but it seems like this provides a template and you pick/choose what aspects to add to the character? It sort of seems like cheating when the other artists entering are having to come up with that template themselves out of their own creativity.

@shatterstar - No disrespect intended to the art or the artist entered in this contest. I read the description as "make" an American hero and that is what I did. It may be a template structured form of media I used to express my characters, but it was my creativity that shaped them into the pic you see. If you think it is simple cut and paste to make images with the Heromachine program, then by all means go to the site and recreate my character exactly as you see it if you can. If I had missed a rule that said this had to be a hand drawn pic, then I apologize and will withdraw my image. Peace!

@frischdvh: Love both of your entries, especially Maiden America!

Maiden America might be one of the best super hero names ever.