[87th]

The bottom of Sonic's arm is weirdly huge, but otherwise, it's a lovely image.

[Vincent]

That's a quick fix.
however, I't just an edit from Yarharhar's example, so credits goes to him.

[Yuski]

YarHarHar's way is the best. But you can make with all Sonic details like fingers on his hand. If

And that one I made was just an example, mine it's horrible that Sonic with chin. =P

[ICEknight]

Wow, Yarharhar's Sonic has really proven his point. It really retains the game's style, and even resembles the Sonic at the title screen. Great job, dude!


Being a work in progress, here's my few suggestions:
-I'd just make his arm a bit less angular and more even
-add some visible fingers
-Shoes: add the buckles, the familiar round bright shine and a bit of black for his soles (as seen in all the Mega Drive Sonics)
-I'd stress the shine in his head (because it's almost non-visible here)
-add a few shiny bits in his eyes and nose to give him some life
-even the light and shadows a little, since the left sock seems to be a little bright, and his right glove is a bit too dark.

Something like this:



EDIT: really big version here.

This post has been edited by ICEknight: 14 March 2008 - 11:39 AM

[Jayextee]

[P.P.A.]

[Phoebius]

Don't you think Sonic looks more like the Sonic 2 one without the mouth?
















Or maybe like that, I don't know...

This post has been edited by Phoebius: 14 March 2008 - 12:27 PM

[ICEknight]

I must say that, while Yarharhar's method works wonders with characters when done correctly, since they're supposed to be kind of cartoony (or "spritey", whatever), on the other hand, the levels themselves were always supposed to look hi-tech-like, filled with polygonal elements (palmtrees in Green Hill), CG stuff (corkscrew EHZ thingies, barrels, plants in Chaotix), and even holographic things (translucent plants in Star Light and palm leaves in EHZ, squared globe bushes in Emerald Hill) so, at least for backgrounds or objects in general, I'd go with CG. Also, alpha blending would be needed to achieve some of the original effects (for example, the cylinders in Marble just need some transparencies).

Badniks might be considered as "alive" (from the many expressions they've shown in specific moments, and the way they look in the manuals), so I'd go for the cartoony look for them too... although this might also depend on each game, since Sonic 3's look more CG-like, but we're talking about Sonic 2 here anyway.



By the way, here's just a pic of how would the previous Sonic character look in a smoother setting. I've just taken an hqx4 pic and cleaned up some of the dithering, with the inbetween colors that can be seen in Kega's TV mode, but you get the idea. =P

This post has been edited by ICEknight: 14 March 2008 - 03:30 PM

[Overlord]

ICEknight, on Mar 13 2008, 10:46 PM, said:

Sik the hedgehog, on Mar 13 2008, 04:57 PM, said:

Er, I don't think it'll be needed to redraw stuff from scratch completely ignoring the old graphics... I would scale them up, and then take them as a base for the new graphics.

Speaking of this, how many times do you need to upscale an old MegaDrive sprite to make it HD?

x2? x4?

I suppose at the end of the day it depends what HD resolution you're drawing for - 720p or 1080p...

EDIT: That HD Sonic looks BEAUTIFUL. Kudos, man!

This post has been edited by Overlord: 14 March 2008 - 02:48 PM

[ICEknight]

[Vincent]

That's it, concept art than Adobe Illustrator CS2 for vector paint.

[Tweaker]

Whoa, that's pretty awesome! What I'd suggest is filling the color gaps better with some sort of gradient, and getting rid of that smile—Super Sonic looks badass, not cheery with a pedosmile.

[Puto]

Edited Vincent's sprite to remove the cheery smile.

[True Dude]

Now if only there was a way to add a glowing effect to him ingame, because I doubt that the glowing pallete will effect him.

This post has been edited by True_Dude: 18 March 2008 - 03:21 PM

[Vincent]