Tails Anatomy Chart

This was just a teaser shot of what I was working on based on this post. But all the final charts of Tails will be posted on this entry. :) Still have to do a chart showing his clothes; which wont be hard seeing how he only wears shoes and gloves, haha...

12-9-11 :
Was going to do a back view of his clothes but they're not all that necessary due to the simplicity of their design. Either way; finished Tails reference! :D Now I have to finish Geoffrey. :B

Progress : Tails Body Chart

Super huge thanks to my friend, MITC for giving me some much needed crits along the way. They're a pro at anatomy.... don't believe me? Check out their art!

This is just showing the progress of what I like to call "tone it up, tone it down." TIU-TID for short. Which means I start off with a heavily detailed anatomical study of what I want the character the approximately look like; and slowly tone certain elements down without the hopes of loosing the main points learned from the original sketch.

I was going to work on Geoffrey fist but decided to go with Tails since he is the smallest and it would be interesting to see me draw a younger Mobian that adheres to some aspects of the official designs while taking my own twist on him. This is still a wip; so things like the weirdness going on in the legs will be fixed - haha...

Anatomical Differences

The anatomy is, of course, meant to represent character demeanor and species. So below are my more finalized concepts of the characters in that respect. These will be cleaned up with front and back references. :) Ignore out of character elements. These were doodled at work with out my typical references lol.

Tails:
He's the second youngest of the group and has a little buddah belly. Personally I think it makes him look more childlike as well as dorky for some unexplanable reason which is what I was going for. Plus he spends more time tinkering than going outside and having fun. ;) Also his hair, tails, and cheek tufts are poorly kept.

Geoffry:
As explained here, skunks are stocky animals. So therefore, stocky Geoffrey! This would get him in trouble since he has to be a silent sniper. but thankfully he has the longest shooting range of any Mobian. You'll notice that he's slightly curvacious as well which is atypical in most Mobian species save for rodents and feral cats. But is more common than what's seen in Overlander and human species.

Sally:
She's been problematic. I to want her to have a slight pudge but I also don't want people to mistake her as "fat." In the refined look she will have a smaller bust. And the legs will be fixed to have a slightly more feminine stance despite her tendency to slouch. But this is pretty much her look.

Antoine:
He's the thinnest considering his height and again, the tallest (unless you count his father who's a smidgen taller). His shoulder blades and ribs are also the most prominent close up and without clothes. Some might mistake him as anorexic, but he just has an extremely high metabolism.

Batty Foxes

Not sure what's going on here. All I know is that I wanted Rouge to look like an actual bat. Also, she may or may not have a brief appearance in my story. Depends.

Still don't have a wacom so more sketches via sketchbook! When it comes to anatomy I tend to tone up each character to figure out how everything would be placed or exaggerated then town down to match the other styles. Thus explaining the super detail going on with Rouge and Tails here.

Feet & Overlanders

Slightly older Jacque (18)and young Manic (11) as seen from here. They're not in the main story whatsoever and appear only in minor bits of side stories.

And some random studies on Mobian feet possibilities. Because they're humanoids in my universe they have several cross overs with human anatomy. Although these charts are not absolute so some elements can be broken because of it.

Robotnik and Nate Morgan. I tend to draw people more realistic then tone them down to match the more toonish style of the Mobians. Doing them this way helps me get the facial structure right though.

Robotnik needs a wider jaw so that his creepy as hell smile is more prominent and foreboding. It's what makes his character, so yea - need to work on that lol. You will also notice that most of the Overlanders in my universe are cybernetic to some extent.

FAQ

Q. What inspires the designs, development, and stories?
A. Mostly the real life aspects of certain species, personal experiences, and imagination! But some aspects are inspired by preexisting concepts seen in the Archie comics. For example, a color mistake (presumed) on Geoffrey's left hand in an older Archie issue made it into my design of him. :)

Q. That's cool! Mind if I use them?
A. Please don't. As evident of the existence of this blog, I spend a good deal of time fleshing out the stories and visuals of the characters and their universe. You wouldn't like it if I took an idea of yours, would you?

Q. Hey! Your ___ reminds me of ___'s ___! Were you inspired by them?
A. I do not read any of the current or most of the old issues of Archie or any other written element from the Sonic franchise, despite really wanting to. I only skim enough to get a good basis and personality of the characters and then add my own twist from there.

Q. Why don't you read ___?
A. I don't want to suffer what I call "writer's pollution" where I'm unintentionally inspired too much by a preexisting work both official and fan related. The only written work I do read that is sonic related are works by my friend's MITC and ES. Even then, we make sure that specific universe elements don't cross.

Q. Do you mind if I tell you my fan fiction?
A. For reasons explained above, I would prefer if you didn't. If I feel as though a comment is getting to in depth about your own personal work; I will mostly disregard it.

Sticky Doodles

Some more sticky note doodles done while at work. :) Still getting the kinks out of Tails. Decided to make his hair wilder and more free to make him look less reserved and more youthful.

The sketch to the right and below him are of a fan OC who's an Overlander and henchmen of Snivley (on the right). Snivley's position is a lot more important than it was in the comics initially and with everything else in this reboot; a lot darker.

Rotor! I've been needing to draw him. So here's an attempt. Might give him less neck fat. For the sake of contrast of a typical walrus I'm going to make him chubby but not fat. Lol... maybe?

PS! To see the images full size - click on them once then right click and select "view image." :D