Yeah! Uekawa's work has to be my favorite artstyle. It's always so dynamic and expressive and so iconic.

JPN Classic is just really iconic and captures the totally rad vibes of the 90s, but Adventure & Boost has Endless Possibilities (ha) for Character Design to go off of the Base Modern Model. I really hope I made sense it's 1am 😅

My favourite sonic art is the sonic Japanese box art for sonic 1 2 3&knuckles

I like greg martin's and ukeawa's style just something about their style i love so much

I grew up with Mega Collection and Gems Collection and I loved looking in those art galleries so I've loved pretty much all Sonic art. I generally like the JP art slightly more than the American art just cause I'm not a fan of the mohawk look but they're all great.

Agreed

That’s why I hold the adventure era so close to my heart.

Toei and SA1 are the best in design both classic and modern hybrid!!!

Sonic Schoolhouse Realistically It would be jp classic sonic 1991-1996

Same. I wish they kept the art style

it's so cool and the background art is pretty nice

*Sonic OVA has entered the chat*

@@finnbai but that one was made from the same people that made Naruto lol Kinda funny that the people that worked on Dragon Ball and Naruto share a character they also worked on haha

@@finnbai lol

@@secoTheSonicFan Well done on the research, as far as I can tell, this is completely true

There is one already. Sonic movie from 1999.

Yeah I love the sonic battle design

i wasn't a fan at first but the art has grown on me

its garbage

@@spritesensation you're*

@@Persac7 its*

Yeah! Stanley’s style has had a lot of development over the years. From the first page of Ghosts of The Future to the latest issues of IDW Sonic. 2009 had a sort of 06 feel to it and really worked for the era of Sonic. The colouring and shading style (and the way she draws characters) was probably the best it was in 2013- 2015. Her later works in IDW feel a lot like the adventure style (in terms of dynamics and positions) combined with the modern model (appearance)

what a lucky fella

now that you introduced me to evan stanley's artwork I'm on the same boat as you lol

Agreed

They need to bring back the sonic jam art style

@@RealAGuy they really do and sonic r and the cd toei style

@@yoinki4679 Imagine those designs in a 3D cell shaded world, It could be a great sonic reboot, I feel the modern sonic design is getting pretty stale in my opinion and a new design will generate interest in sonic again, the adventure fans will get pissed off because CLaSsiC SoNiC design. The classic sonic in generations and forces looks more like a half assed attempt next to the OG design, they made him fat and cute and that makes him lose his cool edge that he had in the 90s.

I like the american art of the classics.

Yeees! He’s my favorite sonic artist

I grew up modeling my style after Tracy Yardley and it shows lol That being said, I want to see Chaomix's embarrassing Sonic OCs from the past... 👀

He's definitely one of my favourite says well also Stephen Butler is one of my favourite too

I came here to say just that! Spaz was sooooo influential to me in my younger years. I would always doodle sonic with super expressive hands like he did. The "Death Egg Saga" was the first issue I got and they will always have a special place in my heart :)

Ayo nice pfp

1000% agree! I miss the 2D art SO BAD. Glad you enjoyed the video. 😁

I, strongly disagree with you

lol it's you

i mean modern sonic is adventure sonic just different art styles

You’re into sonic? Very cool

Yes it is

Same here! XD I love his and Yuji Uekawa's art styles >♡

Lol

Personally, I consider Sonic Heroes as SA3

Not possible but possible

You mean sonic 06?

in all honesty i really hope they don't do an SA3 they can only fuck it up

YES !!!!! A thousand times yes. I love love love that art style ! Also one of my favorites !

MY FAVORITE SONIC IS THE AMERCIAN SONIC THE ONE EVERYONE HATES FOR NO REASON

@@JaxTheEpicoh come on, he looks like a spike villain

Junio

@@secoTheSonicFan toei

@@0sharkyshakes126 pierrot

Masterpiece

@@0sharkyshakes126 Tonio

Fuck naw

Yooooo sonicsta

Aye

@SRG Productions If your a member, you can do that

“The best design is the American one” You mean the one with the stupid mohawk?

@@secoTheSonicFan damn ;-;

@@robertwyatt3912 Greg Martin was the freelance cartoonist that drew the american box art. he said sonic did not have a mohawk. he took the title screen art and posed sonic when making box art. in no circumstances was sonic supposed to shown from behind in his art just that classic side view. so that settles it. It was no mohawk it was just a drawn imitation on of the sonic 1 title screen.

i personally like the japanese design better. That mohawk just doesn't sit right with me

@Nobody comments are not funny you troglodyte ah yes, because opinions can be objective, fuck off dude

I dont like the render used on the SADX cover though, the rest are nice

@@secoTheSonicFan Yeah

I absolutely agree! Something about the 06 models not only for Sonic, but also Shadow and Silver that makes them look really cool and badass, especially when standing together.

Exactly what I'm doing as we speak

generations should have been the last game to use it

@@Ryze2803 well, Lost World was the last game to use that model, while Forces gave Sonic a new model with shorter quills and a lighter blue coloring

tbf At least up until the point Sonic Frontiers was released, Sonic Team didn’t really have the budget to make any radical changes to Sonic’s current design.

*and that’s when sonic prime appeared*

the sonic X also made a huge impact on how i draw, but that's also based on uekawa's work as said in the vid so...side effect?

sonoc

I like this model too, but I admit some renders look kinda lifeless

Me too

Didn't I see you the other day

Also might be in the minority here but I also really like the 3d render of the title screen for Sonic 3 idk I just think its charming and looks nice

Those old JP box art illustrations are so cool looking they ooze personality.

That's the KZfaq algorithm for ya

Definitely!

Sweet! Looking forward to watching them! 🤩😄

@@secoTheSonicFan Sonic characters have had a lot of age changes over the years. For example, in some cartoons and comics, Tails was 4, not 8. Amy also went from being 8 to being 12. Not to mention that there are at least five games in the series that act as time-skips. Sonic Adventure is clearly set a couple of years after the classic games. The classic games had TONS of spin-offs, canon or otherwise, that took place between the main series games. (Fighters, Knuckles' Chaotix, etc.) Also Amy is officially 12 in that game and went through a large redesign. The other characters were given older-looking redesigns as well as proper voices that reflected their new ages. This was a much needed change as their voices and appearance in TV shows made them sound very young. Sonic 4 is clearly meant to be a mid-quel in between the classic and adventure eras. No debate on that. Sonic Generations confirmed that the entire Adventure-06 arc was a year long (all of the games happen relatively close together and are linked together fairly well) making Sonic 16 and the rest of the cast a year older as well. Sonic Forces came out after a few other games were made and gives a time-skip of half a year, making Sonic around 17. Sonic Chronicles (whether you treat it as canon or not) takes place after a very long time-skip as well. For the character ages, I think it goes something like this: Classic Era Sonic: 11 Tails: 4 Amy: 8 Knuckles: 12 Classic spin-offs and Sonic 4 happen over time and are loosely connected to the main series. The characters aged over the course of the spin-offs and went through bits of puberty. Sonic Adventure Era Sonic: 15 Tails: 8 Amy: 12 Knuckles: 16 Sonic Adventure all the way up to Sonic 06 are all connected very well to each other, not leaving a lot of gaps in time. Sonic Generations/Modern Era Sonic: 16 Tails: 9 Amy: 13 Knuckles: 17 After a number of loosely-connected games Sonic Forces happens. Sonic: 17 Tails: 10 Amy: 14 Knuckles: 18 These age changes also reflect their personality changes and character arcs over the course of the series. The characters themselves definitely act like events are years apart from each other.

@@secoTheSonicFan IIRC, during the scene where Amy remembers Sonic CD (and other adventures) her model in the flashback is wearing her classic 'Rosy the Rascal' outfit. That might just be exclusive to the Director's Cut version. Also Tails is still a fairly young kid and they likely didn't want to make multiple models for characters if they didn't have to. Especially with time-constraints...

Thanks my dude!

Yes, I think the side mouth could work in cutscenes if they’re very bouncy and stylized, but in gameplay he should just have a normal one