Intro
Hi, everyone! Today, I’m showing off some of my drawings, and explaining my thought process behind them! I’m not used to doing posts like this, so sorry if my explanations are a little bit vague.
As a fan of Animal Crossing and, more recently, Sonic the Hedgehog, I’ve been drawing a lot of anthropomorphic animal characters for the past few years. I have a lot of fun drawing them, and I’m definitely getting better and better every time. But I still love drawing human characters and coming up with cool character designs. So, every now and then, I draw how I’d picture these characters as humans.
Alright, let’s get into it!
Animal Crossing
If this drawing looks familiar, it’s because I showed it in my Summary of Art (2024) post.
This drawing is the first time I’ve done this. It’s my favorite Animal Crossing characters, K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, Isabelle, and Timmy and Tommy.
As you can see, I kept the characters’ outfits the same. (Except for K.K., because he’s normally naked. Though, I did give him his DJ K.K. hat and glasses!) For Isabelle and K.K., I wanted to base their hairstyles off of the shapes of there ears. I also tried to keep all their eye shapes as similar to the originals as possible, while adapting them into my usual somewhat realistic style.
I also tried to keep their body shapes close to how they look in-game. For instance, Tom Nook is a little bit on the chubby side, so I gave him a heavier build. Same goes for K.K., who I made pretty tall and lanky.
Another thing I did with the Nooks in particular is that I extended their blush up around their eyes to replicate their tanuki masks. It’s very subtle, but I didn’t want it to be too intense.
Sonic and Amy
Here’s today’s drawing! And this one is the reason why I wanted to write this post!
For Amy, I basically went about it exactly like how I did Isabelle and the Nooks. I kept her outfit exactly the same. It was very easy for me to turn her quills into a hairstyle. I kept her eyes nice and round to match her hedgehog counterpart. And I gave her long eyelashes, which is something I don’t do very often. But I think I should draw eyelashes like that more often, because it came out pretty cute!
Sonic, on the other hand, follows more of the same process as K.K. Slider, as he’s really only wearing gloves and shoes. I gave him a blue shirt with no sleeves to match his usual appearance better (he does have blue arms, sometimes, and for that, I’d give him long sleeves). I added those white stripes to his pants to make them match his gloves a bit better, and to make them look more like active wear. And then I made his hair very long and spiky to look like his quills. I love this hairstyle!
Infinite
I bought Sonic Forces on Steam on Thursday, and I’ve been really enjoying it. So, naturally, on Friday, I decided to draw the game’s main villain, Infinite!
For Infinite, I generally followed the same things I did for all the other characters. I gave him his mask, obviously. I put him in a black bodysuit to match his black fur. I couldn’t forget the Phantom Ruby on his chest.
However, things did change a little when I chose his body shape, facial features, and hairstyle. I actually based him on another character that I love: Illidan Stormrage from World of Warcraft. My reason for doing this is because he reminds me of Illidan in quite a few ways. For starters, he is his scars and he’s voiced by Liam O’Brien. As someone who’s been drawing Illidan for six years, it just felt natural to me. That’s also why his mask doesn’t cover his entire face like it does in-game. Because I wanted it to look kind of like Illidan’s blindfold. I might draw a full-mask variant at some point.
Outro
Alright, that’s all for today! I hope this was interesting or entertaining.
I want to be more active on my blog, because I enjoy writing about my drawings. But I have a hard time coming up with ideas. That’s why there’s no schedule to these posts yet. I just write them whenever I have an idea.
Have a good day/night!