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My painting: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/LRPJlv
“Open Your Heart” Sonic Adventure theme and Sonic Generations version:
By Crush 40:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJluTzc1HAcuYabQq_77Gg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fo__Sh0nIg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gb_42k30YE
Rain effect by:
https://www.youtube.com/@AleksEffects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyYbTgucQrw&list=LL&index=1
I fʊcking adore that song!
The only two mixes I found only had the vocals synced, so I decided to craft my own mix, and with the new and improved audacity, it was more satisfying than I though! XD
As a kid, I played Sonic Adventure and absolutely adored Open Your Heart and the final boss Perfect Chaos, I would put the song on repeat on my Dreamcast for hours! XD
But I disliked the designs of the characters besides perfect Chaos’s for being too cartoony for my tastes, which brings me to when the first more “realistic” design for that Sonic movie.
It looked like a halfling in a costume, XD and I made up the rule that Sonic’s head and legs must not be humanoid!
Experimenting a bit, I found out that his face realistically looks like that of a bear’s with a short muzzle, so there I went! XD
He actually looks kinda like a teddy bear, pretty cute!
Humanoid torso and arms for him worked, so for his legs, at first I thought of ostrich legs but that looked ridiculous, and I quickly moved away to something else.
Until today, or more exactly, yesterday I think, when I was sketching this new artwork and I remembered the maned wolf!
With elongated digits and a longer tail for balance, as well as an avian pelvis to avoid giving him a mammalian arse or a glaring nothing, XD and we’ve transcended the species of hedgehog! XD
Lastly, a realistic Sonic would not be blue or azur or whatever spectrum , so I coloured him a dark grey and had his spines reflect blue light from the sun like a blue macaw! XD
But realism is awful without any fantastical elements, so Sonic wields lightning and can conjure a glaive of lightning!
He can also only perform short bursts of near-sound speeds with lightning, but otherwise, I’d say realistic Sonic can reach the top speed of a cheetah.
And he would have a proper name, and I already made up one, Kairinazumi, combining the Japanese words for hedgehog and wind, meanwhile, “Sonic” would be his nickname.
And he’d have a healthy diet, whilst a mix of his Japanese and American personalities could work!
Otherwise, for some reason I liked the idea of Chaos having babirusa fangs! XD
Somehow, white glowing pupils over a saturated iris really brings out the madness in a being!
I imagine after Sonic pommels the madness out of Chaos, the both of them become good friends, XD which makes sense, considering Chaos wasn’t himself and wasn’t giving Sonic any other choice.
Chaos would be able to take on his titanic serpent form at will, with black pupils and a more floral green energy than radioactive one.
