We have another fully colored drawing today! I had to include Sonic the Werehog, because it’s getting close to Halloween! And I played Sonic Unleashed for the first time this summer, and it’s one of my favorite Sonic games ever! I enjoyed the story, and the levels were some of the best Sonic levels, in my opinion! I’d say it’s probably my second favorite Sonic game. My top three right now are Forces, Unleashed, and Frontiers.
Today, I drew Shadow with the Doom Wings from Shadow Generations. This is definitely one of my favorite Sonictober drawings this year! I’ve been meaning to draw him with the wings for months, because I played Shadow Generations all the way back in January, and I loved all of his power-ups in that game!
Today’s theme is Phantom Ruby. I drew Infinite holding the Phantom Ruby. My idea was that maybe this is when he’s kinda learning how to use it before it’s fused to his chest. I love how his expression came out!
Today’s a special one! It’s based on my current fanfiction project. The fic is called This Pain Persists (the title references a lyric from Infinite’s theme song). And it’s honestly probably the craziest fanfiction I’ve ever written. I’ll try my best to explain the basic plot here.
Infinite and Neo Metal Sonic are Eggman’s top generals in this fic. They’re leading his robot army to help him rebuild the Eggman Empire, after it was destroyed at the end of Sonic Forces. However, Infinite’s powers are glitching, and end up basically cloning him and creating a little jackal girl that he named Ruby. So, we’ve got two of Sonic’s deadliest enemies fighting to help Eggman take over the world, while raising this little baby jackal who has also inherited Infinite’s reality-warping powers and can’t control said powers. The glitch also caused Infinite’s own powers to become increasingly unstable, which makes him stronger, but they’re also killing him.
If this fic sounds like absolute chaos, that’s because it is. I swear, so many of my fanfiction ideas just randomly spawn from the deepest, darkest parts of my brain, and I just roll with it. The fic is currently sitting at over 60,000 words, and has returned my love for writing, which is something that I’ve been struggling to get back for the past year. This story is definitely a bit of a mess, but it’s my mess, and it’s very important to me. Before I started writing this story, I honestly thought I was done writing fanfiction for good, and I was starting to accept the loss of one of my favorite hobbies. And then came this idea, so I just decided to start writing, and see where it took me.
Also, if you know anything about what I like writing, you know I enjoy including romance. And, yes, Infinite and Metal Sonic are my first villain couple. As far as I know, they’ve never actually met in-universe, but I don’t care. Again, it was a random idea, and I just rolled with it.
Today’s theme is Master Emerald, so, obviously, I drew Knuckles with the emerald. I think he turned out really cute!
Today’s theme was boss fight, so I drew the first Infinite boss fight in Sonic Forces, because it’s my favorite boss fight. It’s just really fun! You’re in the jungle, running around on the back of a giant snake, and chasing Infinite down. It’s just a very cool-looking boss fight. Also, the cutscene before this fight is probably my favorite cutscene in the game. I’m pretty sure it was the moment when I realized just how cool Infinite is.
Today, I drew movie Sonic! My fanart definitely mostly focuses on the games, because they’re my favorite, but I love the movies, too!
Today, I drew Sage, Eggman’s AI daughter from Sonic Frontiers. Of the characters that were introduced to the franchise in the last ten years, I’d say she’s my second favorite (I talked about my favorite newer Sonic character yesterday)! Sonic Frontiers is very important to me, because it was the game that kicked off my current Sonic phase. I think it’s cool that they’re including Sage in other Sonic media, like the IDW comics and Sonic Racing: Crossworlds. I find a lot of her rival dialogue in Crossworlds very funny!
I know I’ve already drawn him a couple times this month, but this is Infinite’s dedicated day on the prompt list. So, I’ll talk about him a little bit more here.
He’s my favorite Sonic character! Considering I was obsessed with a certain demon hunter for seven years, it isn’t very surprising that I would get all excited, playing Sonic Forces for the first time, and seeing a character who’s so similar in so many ways. Both are very angry, vengeful, and put themselves through crazy stuff to get power, ultimately because they felt like they weren’t enough. The huge difference is that Illidan uses his darkness to try to save the world, while Infinite uses his to try to destroy it.
Obviously, the Illidan comparison is a big reason why I got so attached to Infinite. I joke about it all the time. But he has his own things going for him, too. His powers are awesome. He’s got possibly my favorite character design ever. And his insecurity is more obvious than Illidan’s. You can see how hard he’s trying to be edgy and dramatic, and I just find it very amusing. He’s so dramatic, and I love him! Oh, and another thing he has that Illidan doesn’t is that he’s actually relevant to the story again, which is very exciting!
