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Sonic the Hedgehog Moon

3 years ago

3rd W.I.P screenshot of the Sonic Moon airbrushed art. I'll explain a bit about how I came to this design below:


I wanted a fairly minimalist key art akin to the Sonic 1 (SMS and MD) box arts. I also needed to make it so it would work well both wide and cropped (full-screen for regular use, cropped for SMS box-art mock-ups).

I figured it would be important to include Sonic, Sailor Moon, a chaos emerald, Dr. Eggman and a pink/purple comet (secretly represents the Chaos Goblin, the final boss and true villain). All of these elements are key to the game.

I also wanted Sonic and Sailor Moon to be drawn in their correct heights. Since Sailor Moon would be incredibly tall and I wanted to include both comfortably, I decided to have her lie down in a loop. That way she could be drawn next to Sonic in a good size. Plus it's also a nice way of making use of a Sonic trademark.

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