Shadez Art

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  • Fanart Showcase: Sonic Forces Shenanigans

    Fanart Showcase: Sonic Forces Shenanigans

    Introduction

    Hi, everyone! Welcome to another blog post!

    This post is similar to my Smashtober posts. (If you haven’t read those, please check them out! I’m really proud of them!)

    Anyway, this is the same concept as the Smashtober drawings. Where those drawings are based on funny things my siblings and I said while playing Super Smash together, these ones are based on things I said while playing Sonic Forces. It’s just me this time (with a few exceptions), because Sonic Forces is a single player game, obviously.

    I usually start saying whacky things when I’m having a lot of fun. Super Smash Bros Ultimate is one of my favorite multiplayer games, so of course it gets pretty unhinged. Sonic Forces is pretty much the same, as it’s my favorite Sonic game.

    Anyway, let’s get into it! I hope you enjoy these drawings!

    Cowboy Sonic

    This one is actually the most recent one I’ve drawn. I decided to put it first, because this iconic (infamous?) quote is from the very first level.

    The story is that I was trying to do a Sonic impression, but ended up sounding more like Applejack from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

    Trust me. I’m usually pretty good at doing Sonic impressions, if I do say so myself. You’re gonna have to take my word for it.

    “Sonic! I hope nothing bad happens to you!”

    Yup. This one’s a two-parter.

    It’s a comedic version of the start of the game, when Sonic is defeated by Infinite. It’s based on the video “Golden Freddy, I hope nothing bad happens to you!”. I’m very close to a Five Nights at Freddy’s fan, so I’m familiar with quite a few of the memes.

    Fun fact: I believe I was drawing this one at 11:00 at night, and trying not to laugh and wake my family up. I do this fairly often, as I’m definitely a bit of a night owl.

    Super Guy!

    This one was brought to you by my little sister. She said this. Not me.

    Anyway, this is shortly after I made my avatar. If you’ve played the game, you know that you don’t start out with very many outfit options. So, I just put something together that turned out looking like a superhero costume.

    Sonic the Fashion Critic

    Another example of me struggling to make my avatar look cool at the start of the game.

    Classic Sonic is not impressed.

    “He rides a bee!”

    This is another one featuring my younger sister. She was acting as Infinite, I was Eggman.

    This one’s referring to the Zavok boss fight, where he’s riding a giant bee robot. As far as I can tell, he never once rode a bee in Sonic Lost World, the game where he appeared. (Though I could be wrong. I never played that one.)

    The joke is that Infinite hasn’t met Zavok, so, when he was creating the illusion Zavok that we fight in Sonic Forces, he messed up and made him like riding bees or something.

    Not prepared

    Now, we’re at my drawings for the first Infinite boss fight. I’ve done three drawings based on this one boss fight, because I replay it too much.

    This one’s from when I was trying to do the timed mission, and I needed to lock in. I wasn’t quite locked in at the moment, so I had to make a “You are not prepared!” joke. I can’t help it! I love Illidan Stormrage, and Infinite is voiced by the same actor!

    This isn’t the only Illidan joke that’s going to show up. There are a few more….

    *Illidan noises*

    …..Like this one!

    I had my volume turned down too low, so I couldn’t quite make out what he was saying without looking at the subtitles. So, I just said that I heard “Illidan noises”.

    Ironically, this one was, and maybe still is, one of my best drawings of Infinite.

    Nobody died

    More of me struggling with that Infinite timed mission. Don’t worry, I got it eventually!

    In this attempt, I think my timing was way off, but Sonic never died once. It was an improvement!

    Justice

    One of my best drawings of my avatar! I still love the lighting on this one!

    This is from once when I was doing the Park Avenue level. Might have been the first time. I can’t remember.

    Why I was shouting “JUSTICE!” is because the music in that level is this banger:

    “Team Bad!”

    This amazing quote is brought to you by World of Warcraft battleground chat! My siblings and I have been repeating it since 2022.

    This is based on the SOS missions. I’m gonna be honest, I fail them more often than I succeed. But I still managed to earn the Steam achievement for them!

    Also, here you get to see my avatar’s final outfit! Isn’t she cute?

    Capital City

    Here’s another one based on a meme. Because this is basically what you’re doing in the Capital City level.

    If this drawing looks familiar, I did post it on social media when I was briefly trying to return earlier this year. (My worst decision of 2025, but I digress.)

    This one isn’t based on something that I did specifically. It just popped into my head one morning, and I had to draw it. It’s a funny Sonic Forces drawing, so I thought it would fit this post.

    Defeated by the power of friendship

    This one’s like the last one, where it’s not something that I specifically said while I was playing. It was just an idea I had one day and had to draw.

    I just thought it would be funny, because for the whole final Infinite boss fight, he’s talking about how friends are worthless and being very edgy about it. And then he gets defeated by the power of friendship.

    And, yeah, that’s another “You are not prepared!” joke. I’m sorry.

    HAHAHA!

    Here we have my only drawing based on the DLC, Episode Shadow.

    I never thought I’d hear Illidan Stormrage laughing so much in such a short amount of time. It was a little bit jarring.

    Seeing how unhinged Infinite was in Episode Shadow honestly made me like him even more. I already liked him after playing the base game, where he was just very serious and sinister. (And edgy. Don’t forget edgy.)

    He’s my favorite Sonic villain by far. I just think he’s a really cool character.

    “🎵 Guess I’m not getting one more last fist bump..🎵. “

    This one (and its sequel, but we’ll get to that) are based on a funny thing my brother did. He sang “sad” versions of the two main Sonic Forces songs.

    This one’s the game’s main theme, Fist Bump. Might as well leave a Spotify link, because I already did that with Justice.

    This actually happened before I played Sonic Forces. I drew it afterwards, because that’s my avatar there.

    “🎵 Everything I’ve known is now gone… 🎵”

    Here’s the sequel. My brother’s sad version of Infinite’s theme. AKA the best song in that wasn’t in the game all that much! It should have been in the last Infinite boss fight, instead of just briefly playing in a cutscene! But, anyway…

    This drawing was another instance of me drawing too late at night, and trying not to laugh. It turned out just how I wanted it to.

    Sweet, creamy, tea

    Another one based on something my little sister said. This was an accidental Infinite impression.

    But it was still hilarious!

    Outro

    Those are all of my funny Sonic Forces drawings! I hope you enjoyed them!

    Thanks for reading!

  • Turning Animal Characters Into Humans

    Turning Animal Characters Into Humans

    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!

  • Summary of Art- 2024

    Summary of Art- 2024

    Here are some of my favorite drawings from each month this year!

    This was a big year for my art! I experimented a lot with my art style. I quit posting on social media (due to anxiety). And, after six years of obsessing over Illidan, I found a new favorite character!

    So, let’s look at all the drawings featured in this video separately, and I’ll talk about things I like about them, what they are, and more!

    January- K.K. Slider

    K.K. is my favorite Animal Crossing character! I like him because he’s just such a cool, laid-back guy. And that music festival at the end of Happy Home Paradise is awesome, and that’s what made me love him so much!

    At the start of this year, my love for Animal Crossing was at its peak. I was very into this game! So, naturally, it was time to draw my favorite character digitally for the first time!

    For this drawing, I was obviously going for a more sketchy look. I kept this going for a few months, I think. But I was very experimental, so there isn’t really a consistent art style this year. I also just started caring less about consistency. It all depends on the look I want for the specific drawing.

    February- Bella and Edward

    So, I’m sure anyone who followed me on social media knows that I’m also a Twilight fan. While I’m not always drawing Twilight fanart, it comes up fairly regularly.

    For this drawing, I wanted to practice drawing movement and fancy clothes. I also played around with the color palette, which is why everything is so red.

    Even though it’s pretty old, this is honestly one of my favorite drawings of the whole year!

    March- Animal Crossing as Humans

    Like I said before, I was very into Animal Crossing earlier this year (and I still am). I wanted to try something new, so I redesigned my favorite Animal Crossing characters as humans!

    I’m very proud of myself for experimenting with different body types on this drawing! Like many artists, there are certain builds that I default to. I had so much fun trying something new on this one, and I would definitely like to do it more in the future!

    April- “Where I Go, Trouble Follows”

    If you’ve seen my art, there’s no way you don’t know about my love for Illidan and Khadgar! I first discovered this pairing towards the end of 2022, and I still love it to this day.

    I saw these matching shirts on Pinterest one day, and I knew I had to draw these two wearing them! I’m glad that I actually ended up drawing this funny idea, because I have a tendency to second-guess things like this. I always find myself asking if this is really funny and if anyone would actually like it. If you can’t tell, this is a big thing that pushed me to finally leave social media in September. I just wanted to draw what I wanted without worrying about other people’s opinions.

    Anyway, I feel like I’ve gotten much better at making Illidan as huge as he’s supposed to be this year. He doesn’t even fully fit in the frame on this one!

    And Khadgar looks so proud of himself!

    May- In the Forest

    We’re getting into the time of year where I was the most into Illidan and Khadgar. They’re showing up four months in a row!

    For this one, I was experimenting a lot with shading. This was when I realized how fun it is to play around with dramatic shadows! I continue this throughout the year. It gets even better than this!

    June- Chilling

    For this one, I was practicing drawing poses. I’m very proud of this one!

    Also, you can see me using that leaf brush for shading again. I loved how the May drawing looked so much, I wanted to replicate that look on this one!

    July- Power Couple

    I don’t just draw them being cute. On this drawing, they look like they’re about to kick some demon butt!

    My favorite part of this one is probably Khadgar’s magic effect. I tend to struggle with that kind of thing, but it looks pretty cool this time! Having the right lighting scenario really helps!

    August- Sonic the Hedgehog

    I was in the mood to draw something different that day. So, I decided to draw my new main in Super Smash Bros: Ultimate— Sonic!

    I still really like the lighting and shading on this drawing! His pose is still pretty great, too! However, I struggled with the background a little, because I have a bad habit of fully rendering the characters before I add a background. But I’m slowly breaking that habit, so it’s all good!

    But, yeah, I was just casually drawing my favorite Super Smash character. Nothing’s gonna come of this….. Right?

    September- Samus

    Okay. I only ever played a Metroid game once, and it was for less than an hour. But that doesn’t stop me from thinking that Samus is one of the coolest characters I’ve ever seen! (And she was my first main in Super Smash, way back in Brawl, so there’s that.)

    The shading on this drawing is awesome! After this, I started drawing a lot more back-lit characters, because it’s really fun for me!

    October- The Apocalypse

    So, if you saw my Smashtober post, I’m sure you remember this drawing. For a review, the context is that I laughed a little too maniacally while playing Super Smash with my siblings one day. That’s it.

    All of my Smashtober drawings are some of my favorites of the year. But the reason why this one got here is because Sonic’s expression never fails to make me laugh! I think I nailed it!

    November- Cyber Corruption

    Fun fact: At this point, I’d been playing Sonic: Frontiers since September. I quickly became obsessed with the game—and Sonic as a character. That’s right. Sonic’s the one who ended Illidan’s six-year reign. I didn’t even think it was possible, and I’m still kinda surprised by it to this day.

    I drew this on the day I beat Sonic: Frontiers. Right after finishing the game, I grabbed my drawing tablet and laptop, knowing that I wanted to draw fanart for it. I decided to go with Sonic suffering from his cyber corruption, because I’m a sucker for angst.

    My favorite part of this one has to be the glitch effect on him. I think I managed to make it look pretty close to how it does in the game!

    December- One Majestic Hedgehog

    This one possibly has my best lighting to date. It definitely looks like the sun is shining on him.

    I struggled a bit with the perspective in the background, but it looks pretty good. Just don’t look at it for too long!

    This drawing also took my three days, I think. Yeah. It was a long one….

    Outro

    And that’s all for today! Going into 2025, I definitely want to continue experimenting. And, yes, I want to practice drawing Sonic some more, because my drawings of him are still very hit or miss.

    And, don’t worry, Fel and Blades will return! I swear, I am working on it. It’s just taking a little longer than I thought.

    Happy New Year, everyone!

  • Illidan Stormrage drawing