Original DA Upload Date: June 24, 2021
Since Grunvale‘s art style was inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog, why not embrace it and draw some Grunvale art in the style of Sonic the Hedgehog?
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That was the mindset that led to this artwork. I wanted to do something different for this one, even more different than what most people do when it comes to Sonic and Sonic-style fanart. Most people go for the Adventure/Advance art style when drawing Sonic-style art, but I decided to do something different and try my hand at the art style of the boxart of the Genesis and Game Gear games. And after three hours, this was the result!
This artwork was inspired by that of a Twitter user who goes by ‘DocShoddy’, who has been doing art series of the Smash Bros. cast in different styles: ‘Ultimish’, the fighters of Ultimate in the art style of animated properties they appeared in or fit into the art style of, and ‘Meleeesque’, the fighters of Melee drawn in the art style of the first game they appeared in. Gilda didn’t first appear in the Sonic games (of course), but my art style is derived from Sonic‘s, so why not draw a Sonic-style Gilda? So was born the idea of this artwork.
Drawing this was a lot more difficult than you would probably think it to be. The Genesis-era Sonic boxart places very little emphasis on linework, and in some cases none at all. And I don’t think I’ve ever done outline-less art before. Ironically, thought, the first step of drawing this was, ironically, linework. Linework that would not be used in the final product, and instead be used to map out where all the colors and boundaries would be. I had to tweak Gilda’s design quite a bit to come up with something fitting for the Sonic universe. Aside from drastically altering her dimensions, there was also: placing her ears on top of her head instead of on the sides, turning her pigtails to bunches, removing the irises and pattern from her eyes and skirt respectively, and of course, giving her white gloves.
My main references for this were Tails, Sonic CD Amy, and Marine the Raccoon, even though the latter is a 3D-era character. Some of the artwork I took inspiration from included images from Sonic the Hedgehog the Screensaver for Windows 95 PCs. Most of my audience is probably too young to remember the images as screensavers, but I remember them as gallery unlockables on Sonic Gems Collection.
Overall, I think this turned out pretty good, and I may even do more of these if there’s enough demand. But until then, if the demand is real, take care.
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This artwork was made at a resolution of 2160×2160 (aspect ratio 1:1).
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