May 12 2008Is This What A Real Sonic Would Look Like?
From the same artist that brought us the realistic Bowser painting, comes this one of Sonic The Hedgehog. He even included a little pixelated version of what a more realisitc hedgehog would have looked like in game.
The biggest challenge about this one was, that the original Sonic looks everything but realistic. He is so stylized, that it's hard to tell if he is a hedgehog at all. This made it hard to find a middle course between the initial design and the look of a real hedgehog.
In the end I decided to give him a color-pattern that resembles a West European Hedgehog but facial proportions that stick to Sonic himself. His white gloves and the red shoes he kept as another link to the original, but the shoes underwent a little redesign. In addition his body looks like that of a runner, making it more believable that he can run at such high speeds.
So, what do you think? Good, bad, or ugly? I can't really judge since I was caught soliciting my vote in return for "inappropriate" favors during a bikini contest. So yeah, banned from judging.
sonic the real hedgehog [essenmitsosse]
Thanks to Tal, who is not only faster than Sonic, but has more gold rings
Reader Comments
1. growingtiredofthese - May 12, 2008 3:16 PM
no wonder that doctor wanted him stopped ,
the things you see when you don't have a gun
2. lem - May 12, 2008 3:19 PM
nah, i think the original blue sonic was way more fierce looking. this one looks like a hunchback.
3. damn luddites - May 12, 2008 3:26 PM
his eyebrows look weird
4. beefytee - May 12, 2008 3:56 PM
I'd rather see a realistic Heavenly sword woman, but what-ev...
5. Fumus - May 12, 2008 4:20 PM
Um, yea Sonic was blue! WTF!?
http://pressthebuttons.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/classicsonic.jpg
6. SmokingGirl - May 12, 2008 6:31 PM
Raptor: What the hell is that?
Raptor2: It looks like, um...I dunno, a hedgehog of some sort.
Raptor: The douche is wearing sneakers...
Raptor2: Let's eat him.
Raptor: Why did you interrupt me?
Raptor2: Because I knew where you were going with that an...
Raptor: BOO!
Raptor2: Dude, not cool.
Raptor: Alright, let's go ea...
Raptor2: Him!
Raptor: I'm going to cut off your balls, I swear.
*The two raptors stalk, pounce, and further mutilate their prey.
Covered in blood, they discuss the meal.*
Raptor2: I didn't like the quills.
Raptor: You wanted the back, dumbass.
Raptor2: I know; I thought there might be more meat hiding under the quills.
Raptor: Because you're a dumbass, I just said that.
Raptor2: We don't talk anymore. All we do is fight.
Raptor: Not now...
Raptor2: No! We need to talk no...
*Raptor one dismembers his friend.
He then becomes philosophical.*
Raptor: Why did that taste familiar? Have I done this already? Wait...I feel weird.
*Raptor explodes because he ate his only true friend...who also had a bad case of gas when he was attacked without warning.*
The End
7. JAB_au - May 12, 2008 11:01 PM
I've got to say it looks pretty good, I like the massive steroid looking legs. That's what you would expect on a hedgehog that can run fast. He should have put some veins on the legs.
8. Alche - May 13, 2008 1:30 AM
"his body looks like that of a runner"?!?!? runners are thin, ever see a cheetah, slender as hell. That sonic looks like a weight lifter, no way those bulky muscles could move that fast.
9. Scott - May 13, 2008 10:23 AM
He frightens me.....Someone hold me please.
10. Sarah - May 13, 2008 10:47 AM
ah man, this Sonic makes me sad. I hope he's not going to do Tails too. If he turns out like this, I'm gonna freak out.
11. jesse - May 13, 2008 11:07 AM
Alright, I didn't mind Bowser. That was actually kind of bad ass.
But this is pretty fucking stupid. Especially since it looks like he put quite a few hours of his life into this thing.
Seems like the kind of person that sits and bitches about anything in movies and games that is remotely fantasy based.
12. Genghis Khunt - May 13, 2008 10:58 PM
Crap. This guy has spent entirely too much time as a basement dweller to even comprehend what realistic looks like, let alone render it.
13. p1mpu4lif3 - May 14, 2008 8:17 AM
WTF is that??? does anyone kno?he looks like a blue sonic that fell in one (or more) great big piles of shit.....
14. Mvivanc - July 31, 2008 11:51 AM
Very stupid...