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IT’S A NATIONAL HOLIDAY

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HELP FOR SONIC ARTISTS

I’m a piece of shit but I wanted to make this post in case there are more people out there who had the same problem as me. For those who needed a REAL reference of Sonic characters in order to learn how to draw them from different angles and know their anatomy well. I came across Sketchfab, here people upload 3D models online (some FanArt, other originals extracted from the games, one realizes when they see them or just read the description), including models of old games like Sonic R. And of course, not only Sonic, you can find 3D models of animals, monsters, people, armors, weapons, vehicles etc, so I think it is very useful for any artists!

Anyway, I leave the links to models that I personally liked the most.

In some models (like this one) you can change the animation/position here.

SONIC MODELS

-Modern Sonic

Lost World (+animation+poses)

Lost World T Pose - Eyes Closed  (Better Rotation)

Lost World IDLE Pose Eyes Open 

Unleashed T Pose Eyes Open 1 (Color Base)

Unleashed T Pose Eyes Open 2 (with shadows)  These last two have some subtle differences, I don’t know what the original is, but it still looks good

Forces T Pose Eyes Open 

2006 T Pose Eyes Open

Generations Cool Pose 1

Generations Cool Pose 2

Generations Statue Pose 

Adventure 1 (Dreamcast) T Pose

Adventure 1 (DX) T Pose

Adventure 2 

Adventure 2 Super Sonic 

Super Smash Bros Brawl T Pose

Super Smash Bros Brawl Pose 

Unknown Super Sonic T Pose Eyes Closed

Unknown Super Sonic Pose 

Unknown Super Sonic Pose (with Emeralds)

Unleashed Werehog T Pose 

Secret Rings Darkspine T Pose

-Classic Sonic

Generations Classic Sonic

Generations Classic Sonic T Pose

Generations Sonic Classic Pose 

Generations - Classic Sonic Statue Pose

Sonic the Fighters -T Pose 

Sonic The Fighters Super Sonic T Pose 

Sonic R - Classic Sonic - T Pose

Sega Saturn Style - Classic Sonic 

-Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom T Pose

Sonic Boom T Pose (Sonic Dash 2 Version)

Bonus: Excalibur Sword

SHADOW MODELS 

Shadow (with Sonic Gai Poses!) 

Super Shadow (with crazy feet!)

Generations - Shadow Statue Pose

Adventure 2 - T Pose

FanArt 3D Model Shadow

Bonus: Sir Lancelot Sword

I WILL KEEP UPLOADING LATER!

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gave toddbot a BIG update, most notably including giving him the ability to answer questions

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🖤 🖤  “Aww yeah baby! This makes us a team!”  🖤 🖤

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When you are an animator and you need to be Hiccstrid :D

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hewwo?

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I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED MY COLOR CHARTS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND I’VE SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS COMPLETELY REMAKING THEM FROM SCRATCH SO Y’ALL BETTER BELIEVE THERE ARE SONIC COMICS ON THE WAY FROM YA GIRL E-VAY

(The colors I choose for my drawings aren’t completely on model so these charts are just for my own personal reference to keep my comics consistent. So if you want to use them you can but just know they aren’t 100% accurate to the models)

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An illustration of Sonic and Sally chatting.

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He just wants a nap.

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For anyone who wants a free pose-able human reference for drawing

The other day I came across this awesome program by accident (I don’t even remember what I was actually searching for, but on the several times I’ve looked for a program like this I’ve had no luck). It’s cool enough that I wanted to share it.

It’s called DesignDoll (website here) and it’s a program that lets you shape and pose a human figure pretty much however you want.

There’s a trial version with no expiration date that can be downloaded for free, as well as the “pro license” version priced at $79. I’ve only had the free version for two days so far, so I’m not an expert and I haven’t figured out all of the features yet, but I’ve got the basics down. The website’s tutorials are actually pretty helpful for the basics, as well. 

Here’s the page for download, which has a list of the features available in both versions.

There are three features the free version doesn’t have:

Can’t save OBJ files for export

Can’t download models and poses from Doll Atelier (a sharing site for users; note that the site is in Japanese, though)

It can’t load saved files

The third one means that if you make a pose, save it, and close the program, you can’t load that pose/modified model later. You have to start with the default model. I found that out when I tried to load a file from the day before (this is why reading is important…). Whether saving your modifications (and downloading models and poses) is worth $80 is up to you. 

But, the default model is pretty nice and honestly if all you’re looking for is a basic pose reference it should work fairly well as it is. Here’s what it looks like:

There’s a pose tag that lets you drag each joint into place and rotate body parts. The torso and waist can be twisted separately, and it seems like everything pretty much follows the range of movement it would have on an actual human.

Even the entire shoulder area is actually movable along with the joint! See, like how the scapular area of the back raises with the arm:

The morphing tag is one of the coolest features, in my opinion. It lets you pick and choose from a library of pre-set forms for the head, chest, arms, legs, etc. It has some more realistic body shapes in addition to more anime-like ones. Don’t like the options there? Mix a few to get what you want! Each option has a slider that lets you blend as much or as little as you want into the design. 

So you, too, can create beautiful things like kawaii Muscle-chan!!

The scale tag lets you mess with the proportions and connection points of different joints. This feature combined with the morphing feature not only allows more body shape variations, but it also means that you can do things like make a more digitigrade model if you want. (The feet only have an ankle joint, but for regular human poses that’s all that you really need, so whatever.)

Or you can make a weird chubby alien-like thing with giant hands and balloon tiddies if that’s more your thing.

The ability to pose hands to the extent it allows is far more than I could have hoped for from a free program. Seriously, you can change the position of each finger joint individually, as well as how spread out the fingers are from each other. Each crease on the diagram below is a point of movement, and the circles are for spread between fingers. 

And to make it a bit more convenient, there’s a library of pre-set hand poses you can pick from as well, and then change the pose from that if you like. 

In both versions, you can also import OBJ files from other places for the model to hold, like if you wanted to have them hold a sword or something.

Basically, this program is awesome and free and you should totally check it out if you want a good program for creating pose references.

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What A Great Idea!

This billboard is made of 2,000 cheeseburgers that anyone can take for free.

This bag of chips has two perforations so you can open it more the further down you eat.

This pill bottle lid tells you when you last opened it.

This is a phone charging station where you can pedal to get power.

Trash bins in Copenhagen are angled so cyclists can toss their trash while biking.

This dressing room has labeled hooks to help you separate your clothes.

Choose a cup and let everyone know about your current status.

Doghouses near a supermarket in Copenhagen.

There’s a special place for your pet in this supermarket cart.

A cafe in Poland provides its guests with water for their pets. 

 These bananas are sorted by how ripe they are at the moment.

This pharmacy has a magnifying glass so people can read medicine labels more easily.

This pizza place has a display with all their pizza sizes and how large they are compared to each other.

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remembered this years-old sonic fanart and wanted to retouch it

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canigetta HOOYAH