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Lead artist for SEGA of America's Sonic Lore Team, and lead writer for IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog comics.. I also made the Sonic fan comic "Ghosts of the Future". This is my personal blog-- I like to post my sketches and fan art, and anything fun or interesting I come by!

[zeelatunes]

how come nobody raps about the master emerald anymore

[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

[spiritsonic]

Follow up to https://www.tumblr.com/spiritsonic/818421770248912896/im-a-big-fan-of-the-sonic-comics-idw-and Other than being whatever animal they're based on, do the anthros have a species name? I know older western media used "Mobian" back when they were aliens but I'm curious if we've gotten an updated term with the push to unite the comics with the games more.

We don't have a dedicated term. I usually use "animal people/person" or just refer to them by their species.

[spiritsonic]

Hello Ms Stanley! I got a question regarding the Chaotix Casefiles, dunno how to ask it. I have this friend who thinks the main villain of the podcast was rewritten to how he was originally in the games. Could you give us some clue to what Sonic Team said about the usage of said character and how he was meant to be written?

Chaotix Casefiles was reviewed by Sonic Team, and I don't think they had very many notes on how Infinite was handled. Nothing big springs to mind. Infinite's role in Forces left a lot of questions about his characterization open, and I suppose they were fine with how Casefiles answered those questions.

[spiritsonic]

I'm a big fan of the Sonic comics (IDW and Archie), and I've read quite a few of them (I have quite a good physical library of both the Archie and IDW comics too).

But there's something I've been curious about for quite a while. In the IDW comics, does Sonic's world have a name? I know in the old Archie comics it was called "Mobius". Is it still called that in the IDW comics? Does it have a different name, or is it just referred to as "Sonic's world"?

It's called Earth now, in both IDW and the games! It's not OUR Earth, clearly, but it's AN Earth.

[spiritsonic]

We see Motobud as early as issue 12; did you already think of Belle by then, or was it just fortuitous circumstances?

Motobud was originally just a random Motobug just there for the hedge-trimming gag. I don't know the exact timeline, but I'm almost certain I hadn't come up with the idea for Belle yet. If memory serves, Belle was originally conceived as part of a pitch for the 2020 annual. The theme of that annual was "untold stories of the Zombot crisis", and her big inciting incident was getting kicked out of Windmill Village after the crisis because the villagers didn't trust anything even slightly connected to Eggman. It would have been an open-ended "well this character's out there now, wanna see more?" sort of thing, instead of jumping right into making her a plot thread through a whole arc. But editorial wanted to use her as the connective through-line of the disparate stories from #33 to #50.

[artmagine]

The beautiful art of Thomas Blackshear II

[kingfucko]

i went to his website and saw even more great art! sharing some more which i particularly appreciated

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[nattousan]

birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr

[nattousan]

*melts into goo*

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)

[nattousan]

in other news, I am losing my mind hairline

[nattousan]

SHE'S DONE!!

Bird number 9: Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis

my chains are broken i am FREE. although i did have a great deal of fun with this, the barring on the wings itself took me like four days and i am READY to move on

this was a week and a half of continuous work so please excuse me for getting a little emotional in the bg 🙏

[nattousan]

*does a little jig*

BIRD NUMBER 10!!! The Male Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos

the male and female ones are gonna be posted separately bc they're taking a lot longer lol but yea! super happy i was able to capture the iridescent green of the head, i found metallic green and blue paint at a craft store that really made his head POP. it looks better in person i promise

ALSO!! As this is the 10th one, BIG announcement. The end is in sight!!!!! I plan to finish within the next 3 weeks and there will be a small dedication ceremony/ unveiling happening at the library to commemorate its completion on the 16th of May. If you live in the Western New York region and want to check it out for yourself shoot me a dm!

Also thank you everyone for your kind words and support throughout this whole process, it's been a genuine treat thinking there are potentially thousands of you out there cheering me on while I paint this 🥹

[nattousan]

aaaand another one bites the duck,

we're movin right along with bird numero 11!! The lady Mallard!! Anas platyrhyncos

the 16th is looming in the distance so i'm trying to get thru these as quickly as i can so i can have as much time for the GBH as possible. i still need to do the names next to all of them so i've got about a week and a half to finish everything which is GREAT because i have adhd and nothing gets my ass in gear like a fuckin deadline, let me tell you

[nattousan]

power couple that they are, here's bird number 12 and 13,

the Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis

and NOW that they are complete, ITS GO TIME, in the next five days (library's closed for mother's day 😭😭) i need to have the GBH fully rendered, the names of the birds vectored, weeded, masked, applied to the wall, and then painted, plus additional cattails throughout. I may be able to get away with just getting the GBH done in time for the unveiling and then just have the names and cattails added later, but i'm gonna really try to get it all done in time. BUT, i have a plan. Part of why i take so long on these is because i really am just figuring it out as I do it lmao. there have been many a time where i am sitting on top of the ladder googling "how to paint birds" but I think if i take the time tomorro to do all that figuring out how to approach it beforehand, this will go a lot faster. I may also recruit some of my artist friends to help with the placing of the names... hrmm we'll see.

Anyways, shout out to the librarian who tracked down exactly the thing i needed so i could figure out where to place the highlights in my birds eyes, ur the real mvp

[nattousan]

thanks for the reminder, kid

[nattousan]

at long last, we've reached the end...

Bird number 14 out of 14,

The Great blue heron, Ardea herodius

thank you to everyone who reached out or got excited about this project, it genuinely gave me the fuel i needed to keep going. In total, the 480+ total hrs it took me to cover this wall pales in comparison to how long its expected to spend on there, hopefully imparting a sense of beauty and love for the natural world to the next generation and here's hoping i'm only getting started with these.

i'll see y'all soon :')

[spiribia]

why does sequential art require you to make multiple images? does anybody understand this?

[atmosphere-af]

[notlikingbestgirl]

Out of Touch

[hustlerose]

Out of Touch Thursday

[arbyscurlyfries666-deactivated2]

OUT OF TOUCH THURSDAY

[snuv]

but im out of my head when you’re not around…

[rockmilkshake]

happy birthday.

[saltwatersweets]

this is the only out of touch thursday you can reblog this

[sonichedgeblog]

Concept artwork of the Night Palace exterior, from ‘Sonic & The Secret Rings’. The entry in the game reads: “An Arabian-style palace floating against the night sky. This is close to the final version.”

[idwsonicnews]

Sonic the Hedgehog: The IDW Collection, Vol. 6 is available now!

Collects issues 51-56, the 2022 Annual, the 2022 FCBD special, and the Scrapnik Island mini-series.

$59.99 USD

Cover art by Evan Stanley (@spiritsonic/@evanstanleyportfolio)

[disorientation]

Having a "stupider people have done this" attitude about the things you want to do can open so many doors

[sapphia]

i needed this because i find doors very difficult sometimes

[faketype]

hedgehog stew

[zeroblogshere]

HEDGEHOG STEWSDAY

[vintagepromotions]

'wAAyfarer - The total youth travel experience'

American Airlines travel poster (c. 1970).

[sonicthehedgehog]

Flickies are mysterious birds, but it's no mystery what great friends they make. Enjoy a Blast from the past and glide onwards to your next adventure. 🎨: @spiritsonic

[dogpuppy]