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[monoex]

[Post-Shadow Generations]

He's fiiiine...

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god I love this AU design... had to draw her!! The Sonic AfterRiders AU (and this design) are by the wonderful bulletstations on Twitter & Twitch!!

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Can Ven have a gun? Does the Sol Dimension even have

Hell yeah she can 😼

It's probably not something I'd use a lot buuuuut... RULE OF COOL BABYYYY

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pew pew pew... (wip)

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chao practice cuz I need to get better at 'em

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LOVE your new Sonic AU piece. If you dont mind my asking whatsss the dynamic between Blaze and your OC I presume?? Gorgeous art btw keep it up uwu

Ahh tysm anon!! Tbh I've been hoping someone would ask! And yes, that OC is Vendetta! :)

In Sol Dimension Expanded, Vendetta is the Shadow rival-type character to Blaze.

HUGE Loredump incoming lol

Their dynamic is... complex, but their rivalry is fundamentally driven by veeery different worldviews on how the Sol Empire (slash their world in general) should be run.

Blaze was raised by the empire, for the empire - it's a matriarchy that's only ever been run by her family. It's the only system she's ever known. Sure, Blaze is a kind and fair leader... but at the end of the day, it's an empire. I don't want to get TOO into spoilers but basically, even as the empire's ruler, Blaze doesn't know everything. History books are written by those with the power to do so, after all. She doesn't know the extent of what her ancestors did to form the empire, or the conditions for some of her people... and she especially doesn't know about what some of the koalas do behind the scenes.

Vendetta's not royalty - hell, she probably doesn't even have a birth certificate. Locked under Blaze's own castle in cryostasis after an entire prequel's worth of events, Vendetta doesn't even know who Blaze is at first. However, she has no belief in the Empire. She is of the opinion that Blaze can't rule well enough, no matter how hard she tries. Blaze's ignorance of certain things the common people see much more clearly is the exact reason the Empire deserves to be torn apart from the inside out. This sentiment isn't helped by Vendetta's knowledge of what exactly was going on under the castle all those years ago.

But Vendetta also knows that Blaze stepping down would only cause chaos, and destroy the lives of her people. So, they're left at an impasse - their relationship tends to be rocky, but not so full of hatred to the point where they can't work together. And in a way, they're good for each other, always keeping the other in check.

Obviously, they're the Sol Dimension's Sonic and Shadow, so it's fairly easy to make the comparison. But I wanted to add more of an in-depth explanation to this because I think Blaze's role opens up a lot of interesting possibilities for rival dynamics that haven't been explored in actual Sonic media :)

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🎶 Scream your dreams as you dare to fight, dare to fight 🎶

mfw my 2 dumb elementally powered cats start fighting over their vastly different worldviews (one is weakened thanks to several years locked under the palace and doesn't even know who the fuck is beating her ass right now)

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YEAAAAHH OH MY GOSH THIS IS ADORABLE TYSM KITTEH RAAAAH so obsessed with how you gave Darkrai some of Vendetta's features too ooooo!! Kicking my feet and giggling at this fanart rn fr 🫶

@monoex sorry if it looks rushed or bad! I'm burnt out but I still wanted to draw fanart!

Thank you so much for your streams! they're super fun and make my day better!!!

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🎶 I am the fire, I am burning brighter

Roaring like a storm

And I am the one I've been waiting for

Screaming like a siren, alive and burning brighter

I am the fire 🎶

("I Am the Fire" - Halestorm)

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oh by the way I redesigned my AU Blaze lol.

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I love your verglas au I need to know more about Bronze she’s so CUUUUUUTE

Hii!! Oh gosh I haven't done anything with that character in a while I'm sorry anon 😭

Bronze is a young cat with superhealing abilities from the Sol Dimension's future! She serves as the Sol Dimension variant of Silver. Since I'm currently reworking & and still coming up with a lot of Sol Dimension Expanded's lore (new name for the Verglas AU), she's in a bit of a limbo state.

I'm sorta split as to whether she'll show up in the main story, or if she'll get an individual spinoff slash side story. She basically has the same issues as Silver lol, it's a matter of figuring out when and/or why she'll appear. Time travel is a really tricky thing to tackle, and I want to make sure I do it right - we're not having a repeat of Sonic 06 in this AU, lol. I do want to give her an outfit redesign though, since I've improved a lot since last time I drew her.

Actually, now that I think about it... maybe I should work on fixing her up next lol. I'm sorry that I don't have a lot of info right now anon, but I'll try to update her lore and design ASAP!

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Heya!! love your art and oc! i wanted to ask if you by any chance know any sonic oc friendly community to join? ive been looking for a place like this for a long time, like a discord server or something? i thought that you might know?

Thank you!! :)

Also I'm sorry, I'm not the best person for this 😭 I don't use Discord much anymore. In big servers, I'm a lurker, or I chat in invite-only servers/closed communities

Although for public communities, the Sonic Afterriders server (run by moot bulletstations on Twitter) is pretty solid! Although it is centered around his Sonic Riders AU, it's a Sonic server in general - has RP channels and stuff too if that's your jam. I mostly stick to the art channels & lurk, but it's very active, full of sweet people in my experience.

If that sounds up your alley, this is the server link >

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LMAOO I AM OBSESSED ALSO I LOVE YOUR DESIGN SO MUCH.. THANK YOU FOR TUNING INTO THE STREAM!! YOUR ART IS SO COOOOOL

This dumbass celebi from @monoex ‘s PMD Explorers of Sky randomizer stream

I couldn’t stay for the whole thing but the celebi + darkrai duo was so fun to watch

Bonus doodle of Chat in the pink bow they got before I left

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U have rlly cool ocs and art btw

Thank you anon!! <33

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Navette from the new video thumbnail!

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Getting festive with Vendetta!

(Inspired by Evan Stanley's festive winter outfits for the Sonic cast!)

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YAY SHE'S DONE

After countless revisions, I'm settling on this design for Sol Dimension Expanded (AU) Marine!

It always seemed like Marine had an odd affinity for water, but everyone - even Blaze - figured it was merely a coincidence, or just a funny quirk of the hyperactive raccoon. Until one day, Marine felt a pull towards the Sol Emeralds in Blaze's palace... With Blaze's permission, she touched each one, until she came across the blue Sol Emerald.

In a near instant, Blaze had been swept away by a massive wave. Annoyed but understanding, Blaze promised to help Marine control her newfound abilities. Once Marine was no longer at risk of accidentally summoning typhoons into Imperial City, she finished her studies under Cordelia, a hydrokinesis master and the princess of an allied kingdom.

Since then, Marine's grown up a bit - not a ton, but she's learned a lot. Marine's still the same adventurous, chaotic person, but she's also a kind captain who looks out for her crew. Marine lost her eye and her leg defending her crew, and she's nothing less than proud of it. Although these events may have devastated other people, Marine took it in stride, being happy that it made her look more like a real pirate.

Thanks to her hydrokinesis and her tendency to stay out on the seas, Marine was chosen as the guardian of the blue Sol Emerald during their separation. Blaze's logic was that she'd be very difficult to track down. Even if Marine were to be found by a bad actor, she had an entire crew of seasoned pirates to back her up, after all.

Due to her occupation, Marine isn't seen very often in SDE. Blaze has to admit that she misses the raccoon, but she's also glad that Marine figured out what she wanted to do with her life. They still meet up here and there, and of course, Marine's always down for a new adventure.

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I know you don't do art requests but do u do art trades? Because I think I would be cool- you know

Hiya anon! Sorry for the late reply - but yeah, I do art trades! Mostly with friends, moots, and folks I'm already somewhat familiar with.

I get a little hesitant/nervous to do them with strangers since I've heard a loooot of horror stories from folks in my circles lol