For those who don't know, this was based on a piece of art from Sonic Channel (drawn by I can only assume Yuji Uekawa; if I'm wrong about that, let me know).

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This is apparently the highest res I can find of Uekawa's take on human!sonic which is a shame bc it's such a charming design... love the random tech

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Here are some non-cannon redesigns for Zi and Benna I did for fun! ^w^

(And yes they designs are loosely based off Yuji Uekawa's style.)

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The human Sonic making the rounds was created by Yuji Uekawa

He joined around Sonic R and continued making more beautiful pieces

I personally think it's a gorgeous style but to each their own

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ive been looking at my art and trying to piece together where all its visual elements came from...ive narrowed it down to 4 artists! hideyuki tanaka, yuji uekawa, junko mizuno, and rose besch. who are your major visual inspirations??

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Sonic Unleashed has the best in game models to date,
Absolutely love Sonic both classic and modern,
Yuji Uekawa's Sonic Adventure and Sonic Channel art still inspires me,
And Wreck-It Ralph's version of Sonic found a compromise between the side-mouth and mid-mouth

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Toei, Uekawa, Ben Bates and Adam Bryce Thomas

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I drafted these sonic. And great Uekawa-san finished it. hands and feet aren't joints like the human being. The reason is because I love and respect Oshima-san's classic sonic. There are the sonic which two artists made a coproduct elsewhere. However, I can't remember now😓

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incredibly sad Uekawa artwork is no longer used for games but now just for merchandise and website calenders

This stuff is way too good compared to the bland 3D renders they've been using for the past decade

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So i gave myself a little style challenge ~ I say that but i really just wanted to do Jevil in the Yuji Uekawa style. DOESNT JEV LOOK GOOD AS A NIGHTS CHARA?!? 💕❤😍

I got back into sonic recently...

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always wanted to draw yuji uekawas human lol

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I personally feel like Sonic X could’ve visually looked cooler had they fully gone with Yuji Uekawa’s design.

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Been a while since I've drawn this guy, but I will say that sketched Yuji Uekawa Sonic style is fun to draw

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Exactly.

Fuck it, nobody other than Yuji Uekawa is allowed to draw Sonic now

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Look at the intensive flow of action, very loose and expressive poses, and in-your-face foreshortening Mr. Yuji Uekawa's doing for the wallpapers this year. Like, dang!

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Aww, you really feel that way? Remember, the Mania design is coming off of stuff like Sonic CD's OVA, which is brimming with appeal. And I'm always gonna love Yuji Uekawa's looser, graphic take on him.

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Blaze the Cat concept art and final design by Yuji Uekawa. I think this was shown off at some sort of Joypolis event in 2016, along with some other concept art.

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