Diosoth's Sonic Fanfic Characters

O O O Diosoth's Sonic-verse Fan-characters O O O

My friend Diosoth writes a lot of fanfic in the setting(s) of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog, and he asked me to draw some of the characters from his multi-generational saga. No, I'm not a Sonic fan myself, but Dion points out that it can be difficult to get fans to draw what he wants, since his characters can violate the One True Pairings of the artist's view (i.e. "That character can't exist, his parents don't hook up!"). But since I don't have a 'ship in this regatta, I was perfectly willing to give it a shot at whoever he specified. Unless otherwise specified, all work done in November and December 2009.

Echidnas

Karen the Echidna: A boxer who ended up marrying Knuckles. Together they had several children, including Slate and Striker below. Pencils, inked.
Teal, Slate and Striker: Teal is one of the bats below, she ends up marrying Karen's son Slate. In this piece, Striker is dragging Slate to the airport so they don't miss their flight back to the echidna island, as Slate's date with Teal went a little too long. Pencils, inked.
Cytheria and Shadow: Shadow was retconned to be an alien hybrid, and Cytheria is a similar experiment using an echidna rather than a hedgehog. Being immortal and prone to excess like Shadow, Cytheria ended up marrying Shadow. This piece was a little too large for my scanner, so I ended up trying several different ways to tweak the raw scan to reduce the effects of edge-shadowing. The main one is the version I'm happiest with, but here's severe contrast tweaking, untweaked, significant fills. Rough blocking, pencils, inked (error on Shadow's arm that I fixed in coloring).

Bats

Marron: Sort of the matriarch of the bat clan, she mainly appeared in the canon as a ghost, this is Diosoth's interpretation of how she was in life: slovenly, slatternly, an absentee mother who did nothing positive with her life. Shown here in her natural environment, a bar (specifically, the Silver Dollar), wearing a filthy waitressing uniform that was once cheerful leaf green and tree trunk brown. In addition to Rouge, she has one other daughter with the same father (miraculously) several years later, June. Pencils, inked.
Rouge and Marron in the afterlife: Enjoying some juice at a seaside cafe. The dead get bodies based on how they were in their prime, mother and daughter reconciled after death. Pencilled art step 1, step 2, step 3. Inked line art, Partially colored. May 2010.
Teal sketch: See above for final Teal piece. I did Teal first as a test to see if I could manage the art style in the first place. A lot of elements were incorrect, and the first try had the wrong wings (I used a reference that was non-standard).
June and Tiff: June is Marron's youngest daughter and Rouge's sister, about the same age as her niece Teal. She's more of a dress-down sort (unlike her sister), and her mom's not exactly thrilled by the fact she's a lesbian. Tiff is from a different family of bats and spends less time out in the daytime, hence her paler skin. Rough pose, full pencils, inked.
Tiff, head of G.U.N.: After she grew up a bit, Tiff joined G.U.N., your basic global threat response organization in the Sonic canon. By the time she was in late middle age (seen in this pic) she was running the show. Pencils, inked. February 14, 2010.
Rose and Violette: Twin daughters of Rouge, they inherited the businesses from Rouge when she died. Rose is sort of an Oscar Madison, and Violette is Felix Unger. Seen here repainting the club after inheriting it. Pencils, inked.

Others

Herbert Westwood: A human paranormal investigator, described to me as a cross between Columbo, Kolchak and Clint Eastwood. He had an accident while cutting wood and sliced his leg, hence needing a cane. Pencils. March 13, 2010.