#shadow the headgehog games

[slasherrrbabe]

One of my favourite sonic prime shadow quotes

[sylveonechidna]

Jeff Fowler shared the first concept art with Maria and Shadow. And he is so fascinatingly beautiful that there are no words.

[sunmooncups]

9) Long distance

[moonziies]

Unfinished: Shadow + Sonic Doodles

A redraw of my favorite screenshot <3

I dont even remember where I was going with these 2 💀

[andromedalupus]

Had an idea on Shadow The Hedgehog riding on a Thanator from Avatar for a few days, now I give you this masterpiece. It’s basically a story I’m going to make which is literally just Shadow The Hedgehog the video game but tweaked with my own ADHD flair and added oc’s and such. Please Disney don’t hunt me for sport for doing this lmao.

[tacorerooster]

So with two new Sonic Movie 3 toy leaks, I’m like 95% sure is Amy Rose is not in the movie in any meaningful way besides like a teaser at the which I’m also pretty sure is not going either

I’m also pretty sure now, no one at paramount or Sega care Amy or see her as a main character.

Thank you Shadow and purely Shadow fans for again taking away any spotlight that Amy can ever get.

If Amy doesn’t appear in the 3rd Sonic Movie, these line are gonna ring extra hollow. Makes it more of a very late April Fools joke on Amy fans.

You had her finally be playable in a mainline game after 17 years with Sonic Frontiers, her finally getting to be Playable in the Classic games, then be part of the main cast in Sonic Superstars. Making it seem like Sega finally see her as important as Tails and Knuckles, the whole year of Amy, only for it to get overshadowed multiple times. She gets a Stand Alone idw comic that’s 1 issue. Fang the hunter a obscure side character, gets a whole 4 part mini series, which Amy isn’t even in. Amy gets a game about her birthday, with arguably the best writing for a Sonic game. Shadow gets a whole ass rerelease with a full ass DLC just for him with his name in the title.

And people just don’t seem to care about Amy if she is in the movie or not. I’ve seen more people asking about Rouge at this point.

It’s just so weird feeling to do this whole push for her then go nowhere with it.

[j-inky]

Finally, I conquered my fears and drew my favorite hedgy

[gee-arid]

Gamer- the first one- redesign! A screen cap redraw kinda.

Honestly, i really struggled with Gamer, he doesnt have alot going for him in canon, bar some stripes and a flat head?? So i gave him wire dreads, a VR headset and controls- connected direct to him. And for lack of other inspiration i gave him Shadow the Headgehog lookin shoes.

His wires connect from his wrist controls to his arms to his back, and from his headset to his chest. His hair-wires connect him to his mech in gamer 1.0. But are just decor in Gamer 2.0 really.

Gamer 2.0 just gives him the ability to summon UIs and control his game, having like the digital 'glove' things shown on the right when hes using the UI.

Heres my original sketch too cus im realllly happy with like the b/w shading:

And finally, the screen cap i used:

[veo-queenofcards]

A REVIEW OF PROJECT SHADOW and its a little all over but it is a Positive review overall like my opinion of it.

⚠️SPOILERS FOR THE PROJECT SHADOW SHORT FILM⚠️

(Cw brief references to body horror (not being in control I mean, nothing graphic) and a breif biblical reference)

It is on YouTube though so go watch it.

I just watched the project shadow short film

AND OH MY GOODNESS!!! SHADOWS CHARACTER IS! SO! GOOD! At this point in time he's not tramatisied so it makes sense he's more childish since he's younger here. I love that he has a room with easter eggs like the motorcycle which is adorable.

Though there was one misstep in my opinion, in which I do Not like when he says coward and when he point the gun at the soldier. It doesn't feel like it belongs and like I said he hasn't seen maria die yet, which is why he acts the way he does in the games.

OH AND his relationship with Maria is so wholesome 💕 we got our siblings comforting each other! It's just so nice!!! THE PROMISE WAS SO WELL DONE and MARIA'S DEATH FELT SO POWERFUL 💔

Shadow also feeling the effects of his chaos energy was so realistic too. It makes sense he would since he is just a headgehog. I liked they showed how shadow would react to not knowing what his body is doing.

Now. About the line about the guide and protect like a shadow,(which a biblical refrence apparently) Which is followed by Gerald saying shadow will destroy the world. And then the black doom cameo...

In which.. listen, you can interpret this how you wish, but i just think its simply just replacing light with shadow because, well, he was made to defend and heal humanity and those on earth, and that's his name and the projects name. and shadows aren't inherently bad, like how shadow acts in the games (he IS an anti hero at worst) so they just switched it.

and remember, shadow didn't want revenge himself, he wanted to fulfill his promise to maria, which Gerald tampered his memory so it seems like he wants revenge. But shadow does realize his tampering so he starts truly fulfilling his promise.

Other than that I truly love this fan film and how bitter sweet and tragic it is in hindsight. The despair shadow feels is so papable. What a fan film. 👏

[autism2009]

I thought your banner was in some way apart of the shadow the headgehog game help like I thought it was the guy who controls shadow or smthn

Hello

[lieutenantbiscute]

*Potential Sonic 3 Spoilers*

S. Sonic and S. Shadow about to fight Black Doom/ defeat the Eclipse Canon:

S. Sonic: Dude this is wild— Hey Siri play ‘Live and Learn’ by Crush 40.

S. Shadow: Are you serious right now?-

[slasherrrbabe]

A little shadow drawing

[sylveonechidna]

[sunmooncups]

31) all-nighter

Have a happy Halloween 💗💗💗

[galaxy-shapeshifter]

I was doing one of these sonic hunger games simulator, and while not everything here is in-character this might be the most perfect combo of events I'd get

[iobottle]

atissi

replied to your post

“it kinda makes me sad when artists giving out tutorials on character...”

oh could you talk more about this? :o

ABSOLUTELY thank u for enabling me to go off about designs i love this shit this may get a bit long so its going under a readmore (sorry if ur on mobile i hope it works)

gonna start this off with im no expert Nor have i taken any sort of official art class this is me just analyzing characters from what i found that makes them memorable to ppl (most of these examples are going to be from games sorry i got them on my mind)

ok so basically making a memorable revolves around personality and appearance now theres different ways to go about showing these things and i think from consuming media you like will help narrow down how you wanna go about it, basically thinking about your character inside and out!

SO shapes and hyperstylization is a good way to get a fun appearance across in a cartoon esp media and is often what a lot of artists stress on an example of using shapes and a good silhouette to make a memorable character is sonic!(specifically comic sonic)

(had to google idw sonic for a non...u know image)

but not only do they use lots of triangles for this hedgehog they also made him blue! you’d be more likely to remember a blue headgehog over a realistically colored one!(also almost all of the sonic characters have a combination of fun shape + unusual color to help you remember them! the designs werent afraid to use color to make a bold statement)(he’s also segas mascot so of course they put a lot of work in his design)

now sonics appearance is not the only reason why people like him or remember him so much he’s also got personality! he’s cocky, fast, always getting into trouble, “you’re too slow!”, accompanied by shitty butt rock and a cool guy persona ie he’s got personality! and they weren’t afraid to give him some weird interests(see the butt rock) and he’s not perfect( see arrogance) if youve ever played a sonic game you have almost always remembered the crush 40 theme that went with it

all in all to go with his unusual appearance he’s got some unusual traits! it helps make him believable! admittedly he’s not the most embarrassing of the sonic crew (see knuckles or shadow) but he’s definitely rounded and not boring from an objective standpoint(you can not like sonic or his games i dont care)

(another example of something that requires good shapes is pokemon altho they arent really like very depthy since there are 600+ and some only have like a pokedex entry worth of info but still they have good and memorable designs)

NOW something that doesnt have the most “good shapes” design off the top of my head is link

now in the most recent zelda game his most memoriable physical attribute is that he’s on the androgynous side w his longer hair and smaller build but in his older designs he looked something like this

(art for a loz:link to the past)

not really that much of a striking silhouette, but what do we look at and kinda leaves an impression on us? his hair and hat! its very silly to see someone in such a big green hat with that big of bangs/mullet, the hat at least became so ridiculous of a look that in botw nintendo didnt include his hat in links main outfit bc it was too hard to make look good, its silly! thats good! its fine to have a normal human looking characters because sometimes stories are about humans, but if you want us to remember them include something that will strike us as strange for them

also probably a good thing to note is the noises link makes when he swings his sword, jumps, pushes something, ie any action they have always been something that has stuck with me

(another example similar to this is in mgs solid snake in mgs is this cool super spy but is rocking a full on mullet which is considered a joke hairstyle. this leaves an impression on us. a spy with a mullet! how ridiculous! another example is raiden who was specifically made bc a woman wrote that she didnt want to play as an “old man” so the protagonist of the super spy game is a longer haired pretty boy (with a huge ass))

now ive explained a little on a character with good shapes and personality and a character with a more “boring” shape design that makes up for it with almost quirky design choices but i feel like theres another series thats what originally got me thinking about how even a memorable silhouette doesnt need hyperstylization

ace attorney! (which is out on switch now if u havent played it i would def recommend it)

if you dont know the protagonist is the guy in the blue suit(phoenix), which well he looks like just a guy...with ridiculously spikey hair enough so that in his silhouette you can recognize him but also his posture (the pointing) makes for a sticking recognizable image bc if you’ve played the games you can practically hear objection just from looking at phoenix’s silhouette

which is another thing id like to talk about! not only are a good shape a way to have a good silhouette but posture is also important! how the character holds themselves can say alot about them just from a glance! such as meekness, arrogance, confidence, sadness, anger, happiness its a very important too especially when you arent relying on stylization

now onto the characters of ace attorney ive gone over phoenix's design a bit but theres a few others id like to look at with some Weird style choices that make us remember them(just going to glance over them since this post is so long)

now, this woman, franziska von karma, she dresses kind of strange for a prosecutor but her outfit is not too out there and her silhouette is not striking

but you see that whip? remember how i said she was a prosecutor? yeah she will strike people in court for getting off topic and will even hit phoenix when he starts breaking down her witnesses testimonies, which what literally strikes up about her

another prosecutor, godot, now his hair could provide a somewhat memorable shape but what we first notice is the strange mask on his face which is weird, but not the Same weird as franziska bringing a whip to court thus having both of these prosecutors being Weirdly memorable for different things (another note is his liking of coffee that he does not give up even in court ha ha)

now onto the other protag for the aa games

apollo! who also has weirdly spikey hair, but even if you put a silhouette of him next to phoenix you could tell there some was a difference between the two! its showing a pattern with the protags while also keeping them distinct enough to be able to tell who is who! although you cant say the pointy haired guy from ace attorney and not get just One answer unlike saying the prosecutor who has a whip but still they are distinct to people who have little experience with the series

sorry i dont have any sort of conclusion on this this was just sort of me rambling on about character design, but my main point is if you are discouraged bc all your characters dont have wildly different silhouettes thats ok! there are other ways to establish a good memorable character! dont be afraid to make them a little weird! give your character pink hair in a medieval setting, have them be ridiculously in love with tigers they have a striped shirt and pants, let them love childrens tv shows and have them never miss an episode, give them wacky hair or an extreme love of gum, show us some personality!! but dont forget about how they act and their values and dont forget that posture can go a long way for establishing a first impression

there are also many other methods to making a good character! like colors and dress!

silly is the way to go! have fun with it!!

there isnt just one way to make a good character!! theres plenty of more series that have good character design that i didnt mention pay attention to why you like the characters you like! also watch this video bc its really good