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Happy Egg Robo day!

&Knuckles.

#Sonic #sonic the hedgehog #sonic & knuckles #sonic and knuckles #knuckles #knuckles the echidna #sth #sega

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It March

#sonic #jet the hawk #wave the swallow #storm the albatross #miles tails prower #knuckles the echidna #sth #sonic the hedgehog #sonic riders

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#Sonic #amy #sonamy #sonamy trash #probably? #i mean why not eh #sth #sega #sonic the hedgehog

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Sonic the Hedgehog #65 Preview Page

Relic Robbing Rumble (Part 1) Writer: Ian Flynn Pencils: Mauro Fonseca Inks: Rik Mack Colors: Reggie Graham Letters: Shawn Lee

also featured in the issue is the back-up strip Dinner at Cream's (Part 1) Writer: Evan Stanley Line Art: Adam Bryce Thomas Colors: Valentina Pinto Letters: Shawn Lee

#i worked on dis #fang #sonic the hedgehog #idw sonic

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Sonic the Hedgehog: Fang the Hunter #2 Preview Page

Writer: Ian Flynn Pencils: Thomas Rothlisberger Inks: Rik Mack (@rikdraws) Colors: Valentina Pinto Letters: Shawn Lee

#i don't know why I'm the only one tagged #but I love you too IDWSonicNews #<3

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C’est chouette! Tres Bien/super génial!

Hier c'était l'anniversaire de Knuckles !

Sonic: @maxlefou Knuckles: joy.lord Auteur: @rikdraws

#sorry #I can't speak french very well #my apologies #It sounds great though! #sonic #knuckles #sonic & knuckles #sth #sega

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A Wild 'Rik's OC' appears!

Secret Santa for @RikDraws! His OC is super cute!

#her name is #Ring the Raccoon #star of IDW Sonic #because two very nice and talented artists gave her background cameos #she is indeed a trash panda

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Holiday Scrapniks!! Fun fact, I actually drew most of these last year, but decided not to post because the scrapnik island miniseries hadn't finished yet. We wanted to keep people in suspense with whether or not things were going to be okay in the end! A mean little lie for a happy ending >:^)

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Sonic the Hedgehog: Fang the Hunter #1 Preview Page

Writer: Ian Flynn Pencils: Mauro Fonseca (@maurofonseca) Inks: Rik Mack (@rikdraws) Colors: Valentina Pinto Letters: Shawn Lee

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Sketcheeeeez

#amy rose #sonic the hedgehog #bunnie rabbot #bunnie d'coolette #mina mongoose #sth

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Bugg

#jewel the beetle #sonic #idwsonic #sega #sonic comics #idw

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That last line tho.

a comic about different types of storytellers

#chef kiss #perfect #no notes #lets tell stories

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Also out recently was Sonic the Hedgehog #64, where I drew the backup story. I've been seeing people be very happy about it, and I'm glad! It was a more challenging story than usual for me lol. I've not really attempted regularly to draw Silver, and I'm generally uninterested in him and Blaze as a character duo, so when I was asked if I was interested in this story I took it as a challenge. And the fans enjoyed this story, so I hope I met said challenge.

This was the story I got most notes on so far in terms of art corrections- my brain struggled to understand how to draw Silver. The reason I bring this up is, I didn't get corrections on Blaze! This means I know how to draw her lol. After all this wouldn't mind drawing more stories with them, though hopefully not too many- they're both characters that to me are best done fairly stoically, which is part of their appeal, but can also feel stifling to draw to me. I'm from a much cartoonier background lol.

Although! I got to do a very vague pose reference to an old cartoon! It's a bit uncharacteristic of Blaze I think, but that was the point- that Silver's joke broke through her posture for a moment.

I also had fun with picking BG characters from previous stories and bringing them back. Glad everyone's enjoying Pink Big here, first brought to us by Aaron in issue 48- even if I did accidentally make him more Big-like than Aaron had lol. I'll keep it in mind next time!

As before, shoutouts to Rik for being a wonderful inker who puts up with my nonsense, and Reggie for the wonderful colours that really got the sunset mood I felt the script called for.

Here's the thumbnails for the bit you guys have been enjoying a lot! You can see from this how the Silver I'm used to drawing is a fan design based on his concept art, hence the "palm" leaning back in a streamlined shape lol. Had to shake that off.

(Quick last note I probably shouldn't do- I saw some people lament that a nominally "Silvaze" story was assigned to someone who isn't into that pairing. Guys, I promise shipping isn't so important to me that I'd give it a warning to editors like "don't give me this ship story!". I got offered a job to do because I was available for it, I took it, and did my best of it)

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Sonic the Hedgehog's 900th Adventure is out, and I got to draw the story written by Sonic the Comic's Nigel Kitching! Me and Rik and Reggie worked together to try and do a nice story that's a heartfelt pastiche of the vibes of Sonic the Comic.

Some thoughts after the cut

I got a bunch of pages as reference, not just for stuff like poses, but also how did the Metallix get shaded, how did the mechanical design of locations look, how did effects look, how did panelling work.

I didn't do a perfect job of pastiche-ing Elson, but I think it worked well enough.

Here's some location planning, the small lab, on multiple angles, so I know where all props are, etc. Normally I prefer more "logical" mechanical design, so the very Jack Kirby-esque tech stuff here was directly referenced from multiple StC bits.

I also did some studies of poses from Elson's stories but with modern Sonic models. (ignore the Umineko joke Amy and Tails drawing where Amy's holding a sketched hammer but most people interpret it as a syringe lol)

BTW 2nd time I got to homage this panel from StC Issue 147 (not a Kitching story but an Elson one)

Mr. Kitching was a wonder to work with, nice script, very descriptive but also leaving space for leeway in interpretation, etc.

Would enjoy working with again! And I hope you guys enjoy reading it.

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KNOCK KNOCK

#knuckles #knuckles the echidna #sonic #sega #sth

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Sheeeeeeeeep

#lanolin #lanolin the sheep #sonic #sth #sega #idw sonic

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Sunday Sketches

#sonic #sonic the hedgehog #amy rose #bunnie d'coolette #bunnie rabbot #mina mongoose #dr starline #sally acorn #tails