kotaou

(Back to Tumblr after a long time away) Hi! 👋 I'm kotaou! I like doodling and writing when the mood strikes me. My current fixation is Sonic the Hedgehog. [Not currently taking suggestions or commissions, I am drawing at my own pace.]

[kotaou]

Hollo, I just finished reading your AU "I Wonder Which One You Came From," which I'd been waiting to read for a while, and I loved it! Seriously, it's so exciting, you made me hate GUN even more, congratulations! And if you had included Director Rockwell, I would have smashed my pillow! I'm looking forward to more. I have a question about the relationship between humans and Mobians. Is there segregation between the two species on both sides, or is it only on the part of humans? What does GUN do in this world, besides thinking they're the ultimate authority?

Omgosh thank you it makes me so happy to hear that 😭 Ideally, the relationship between them is a little touch and go. They're live in mixed communities in some places and GUN was founded to institute protections and monitor Mobians so they don't present a threat against people, since Mobians are spread out and not as contained to their own isolated areas anymore and have powers and abilities humans don't have. Since Shadow's capture, though, the organization has intensified their operations and biases. It's all stuff I really hope to expand on as I continue working on it.

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Batch of Twilight Jester Sonic acrobatic pose practice

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Rough concepts for an art project I've been working on--Twilight Jesters Sonic and Rouge! They're mid-20s in this story. Sonic is an acrobatic and Rouge assists him, performing floor and ring work, amd other tricks.

[shu0696]

Sonadow vs OCs in a nutshell im really struggling with sonadow art cuz im having a sever case of OC brainrot LMAO

[kotaou]

RIP sonic and Shadow hahaha

[kotaou]

Been busy planning an art project, but had to draw this. My friend's design for jester Shadow and my design for a jester Sonic.

I leaned more towards the acrobatic element of jesters for Sonic.

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AU work from a prompt a friend suggested. Contains mpreg, so avoid if it isn't your thing.

In this AU, Shadow is intersex and usually doesn't require sleep, but given the drain on his energy, he sleeps more regularly while pregnant. He also prefers to be bare-pawed (no gear) since he was never forced to wear them, and since they are in a relationship by this point, Sonic is more comfortable being vulnerable to shed this gear, too. They are in their 20s here.

Still working on Cas and Lux, but bare-bone intro included.

[kotaou]

I love your drawings! I discovered your fanfic through one of your artworks on X, and I'm loving following the story. It's the first time I've seen a fanfic accompanied by digital art, and I think it's all incredible! Seriously, your drawings are perfect and help me better imagine the scenes written in the story. I also see your dedication to researching the universe of movies and games to develop the story; that's admirable in a writer. I'm from Brazil, and I use a translator to read your fanfic, but even so, I'm loving it. Please continue writing more about Sonic the Hedgehog! 💙🖤❤️

P.S. By the way, what was the line from the Sonic 3 movie that inspired you to write this story? I'm curious and want to watch the movie again just to find out 🤭

Omg thank you! The research was important to me to make the story go the way I wanted. I wanted to try to draw out portions of it for better visual representation and I'm glad you like it. I plan to draw more of them very soon! I'm also still working on the fic, just had a bit of life getting in the way.

P.S. yes that line from Maria is 100% what inspired me. I really liked it a lot ❤️

[nitrousoxide90]

As you wish.

[kotaou]

I didn't really have a plan for this but I liked th pe new Shadow skin for rumble, so I tried.

[hesperidiae]

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Silvyyyy, the Galahad looks sick!

[ghostie-juice]

A glimpse into the past

[kotaou]

OMG HE SO SMOL 😍

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Time-lapse for my last Sonadow post. Over 220 hours went into the project, so exporting this took half a day.

Designs for Shadow and Sonic come from my AU. They're both over 18 here.

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This was meant to be for Valentines Day but it turned into a bigger project than it was supposed to. This version is from my AU for Sonic and Shadow. They are aged up over 18.

***EDIT*** Added individual slides under the cut

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End Card 💙🖤

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This was meant to be for Valentines Day but it turned into a bigger project than it was supposed to. This version is from my AU for Sonic and Shadow. They are aged up over 18.

***EDIT*** Added individual slides under the cut

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Drawn for a friend's Sonic Prime AU! I love their Shadow and wanted to do him justice.

x.com/Becci_D_Artist

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First work of 2026. SSS Neon Suits. Its an older sketch but I really wanted to finish it.

Added time-lapse for the chaos my thought process took to finish this.

[kotaou]

Ohhhh wow just found your art and your fic. I can’t wait it actually sit down and read it. The way my eyes dilated when I went to the first chapter and it said “2220, the future.” It’s going to be so good I just know it. You way with shapes and shadows make your art so satisfying to look at is really inspiring wow. 👁️👁️

Aw thank you so much 💓 I'm glad you like it, I try my best