For my last Sonictober page, I drew three more of the Halloween skins from Sonic Forces: Speed Battle. This game has some really awesome outfits, okay?
On the 29th, I drew Mummy Knuckles. I’m really happy with how his crown turned out!
Yesterday, I drew Witch Rouge. I always enjoy drawing witch/wizard hats!
And, today, I drew Reaper Metal Sonic. As far as I know, he doesn’t seem to have a scythe in the game, but I decided to give him one on my drawing.
And that wraps up Sonictober! I had a lot of fun doing these doodles all month! And I didn’t miss a single day!
This week, I’m doing some Halloween-themed Sonic drawings! Yesterday’s drawing was Werehog from Sonic Unleashed! I’ve never played Sonic Unleashed before, but it seems cool! I know that it was kind of the start of the Boost playstyle (the modern Sonic playstyle that I love). And the fact that Sonic turns into a werewolf is obviously really cool, too!
Day 28: Vampire Shadow
Today, I drew Vampire Shadow from the Sonic Forces: Speed Battle mobile game. I think that Shadow looks pretty great in a tophat!
Another game that I’ve been loving lately (and haven’t done enough fanart for yet) is Alice: Madness Returns. I bought it during the Steam Autumn Sale last month because I wanted to try something different and I thought it would be a good time to try out my first horror game. Because it’s almost Halloween, I’ve been playing it fairly often for the past couple weeks (whenever I’m not playing Legion Remix in WoW, of course). I finally finished the first chapter of the game a couple days ago. Yes. It took me around a month. I like to joke that I’m a pro gamer, but I’m really not. I had to set this game to easy mode, and it’s still very difficult. But that makes it even more satisfying when I do get past a part I’m struggling with! Over the past year, I’ve become a very patient gamer, as I tend to struggle with the Sonic games at times, too.
Anyway, I drew this drawing because I just wanted to draw my two favorite video game protagonists together. Because they’re both so cool!
Day 26: Therapy Session
Infinite: “Don’t even get me started on the mushrooms…” This is something that happened last night when my siblings and I were hanging out. Let’s be real, Infinite probably could benefit from therapy (he’s got some serious issues he has to work through). But it has nothing to do with mushrooms.
And, for anyone who’s wondering, the Infinite therapy session went on for around a half hour. I was just rambling, doing my amazing Infinite voice impression, and my brother joked that he was picturing Infinite in therapy the entire time. That’s how this drawing came to be.
This one’s another Mario and Sonic at the Olympics one. Sonic and Amy are super excited to ride horses!
Day 24: The flashlight
Of course, this one came from one night when my siblings and I were hanging out and goofing around. I was trying to play with our cat with a flashlight, and ended up shining it in my face (Don’t worry. It didn’t hurt my eyes that much, because it was just for a split second). And I was doing a Knuckles impression when it happened, so I put Knuckles on the drawing.
This something my younger sister said once when she was playing Sonic CD. To this day, still no one knows what will happen if Sonic runs on a treadmill…
Day 19: “Don’t hit Illidan with a lightning whip!”
This is based on the second Infinite boss fight in Sonic Forces. My favorite strategy is just hitting him with the Lightning Wispon over and over again.
I’m sure you all recognize my Warcraft OC, Shadez, here. Basically, he heard “Illidan” grunting in pain a lot, and got really upset. My Sonic OC—her name’s Raven the Cat, by the way—is just trying to fight her nemesis.
That’s actually one of the reasons why I like Infinite. Yes, he’s obviously an antagonist to everyone, but he’s very clearly set up to be your OC’s bad guy. And, as someone who’s always coming up with stories for my OCs, I love that!
Day 20: Magical Metal Sonic
This is another Mario and Sonic at the Olympics one. This one’s based on the Triple Jump minigame. When Metal Sonic’s warming up, we all think it looks like he’s using his magical powers to open a portal or something. I don’t know what that animation is supposed to be. But it’s really funny!
Day 21: Murderous Sonic
Sonic: “DIE!”
This is based on the first Eggman boss fight in Sonic Forces. You’re running around, throwing boulders at his giant mech.
Only the first time I played Sonic Forces, I got a little too excited, and kept throwing boulders at him even when he was already defeated. So, I joke that Sonic got a little bloodthirsty there.
This one’s based on when I play Sonic and the Black Knight. It’s one of my favorite games of all time! The only problem is that all that Wii remote motion control action can hurt my arm. Because I’m an artist who draws every day, I make sure to play this game holding the Wii remote in my left hand to protect my drawing arm. Although, last time I played, I didn’t have much arm pain at all. But that’s because my brother and my older sister (who have both played quite a bit of Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword) told me that I don’t have to be so aggressive with my swings. And that definitely helped. Sonic may be fighting hordes of monsters, but that doesn’t mean that I have to swing the Wii remote like I’m fighting for my life.
Day 11: “SILVER!!!”
This one’s another Mario and Sonic at the Olympics one. Can you tell that I love this game?
This drawing’s based on something funny that happened when my siblings and I were playing the rugby game together (which is my favorite minigame in the whole game, in case you were wondering). When the time came for my sisters to do the conversion part (forgive me if I worded this weird. I’m no sports expert), my younger sister, who was playing as Silver, somehow managed to throw the ball backwards. This was the only time anyone had ever done that, and it’s gone down in history as one of our many funny gaming moments that we’ll always remember.
This is another one based on Mario and Sonic at the Olympics (yay!). Whenever my younger sister plays as Metal Sonic, she always makes him talk like a LEGO Movie robot. This especially happens a lot in the Dream Racing game whenever anyone gets the lightning power-up.
Day 9: Want Tea?
Mephiles: “Hello there, Sonic. Want tea?”
I’m just gonna start out by saying that none of us have played Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) before (it’s not on any consoles we own or Steam). But my brother has played Shadow Generations (the other game that has Mephiles in it), and he thinks Mephiles is neat.
This is based on something he said once while he and my younger sister were playing together last year. This was happening in me and my older sister’s bedroom, and we were all laughing. And I had this drawing sitting in my head for a year, so it was nice to finally get it on paper.
Also, this is my first time ever drawing Mephiles. I think he turned out pretty great! Of course, because he’s having a tea party, I had to give him a cute little hat!
This is based on once when I was playing Sonic Forces, and I was yapping about Infinite (as I often do), and I was saying that “I got chills” about something, and my siblings thought I was about to say that “I got teary.”
We were all laughing afterwards, because the funny they weren’t wrong to assume that I might have gotten teary-eyed over Infinite. I’m a very emotional person, and I get very passionate about the characters that I love.
So, for the drawing, I decided to draw an emotional Sonic hugging a very confused Infinite.
Day 6: Embrace the Cringe
This one isn’t necessarily based on anything. This one’s kind of a self care drawing. As everyone does, I’ve been going through one of my phases where I feel a little insecure about the stuff I do and my interests.
These phases are a lot more common for me than they used to be. I’m sure part of it is just growing up. But my time on social media definitely didn’t help. In 2024, I was judged a lot for my interests and my ways of doing things in DMs. I know that you shouldn’t take things that jerks online say personally, but I do tend to internalize things (another thing I’m working on). Because I didn’t want to put up with this for the rest of my life, this is what led to me quitting social media (twice). When I returned to social media with my Sonic fanart briefly, I never got any mean comments, but I saw them coming a mile away. Mainly because of my unironic love for Sonic Forces (a hated game) and Infinite (a hated character from that hated game). I just didn’t want to take any chances.
Lately, I’ve been working on getting over this. It’s been some time. I’m really starting to see how stupid it all was now. Now, I’m focusing on drilling it into my brain that it’s all stupid. My love for Infinite and the way I write Illidan Stormrage in my silly fanfictions don’t actually matter. All that matters is that I’m having fun and not hurting anyone. I’ve actually been trying to draw Infinite a lot more lately. It kinda feels like a remedy for my social media brain-rot, drawing one of my most widely-disliked favorite characters, and embracing my genuine love for him. It also kinda feels like an act of defiance, because online fandoms seem to want everyone to be exactly the same. So, that’s another way to look at it (because I can be a little petty at times).
Anyway, that got really long. I’ve just been wanting to explain why I quit social media for a while now for any of my old followers who might be reading my posts (not sure how many of them do, but it’s the thought that counts). I’ve just been having a hard time finding a healthy way to approach it. Because I want my blog to be a happy space in the sea of negativity online. And my little encouraging doodle for myself today presented a good opportunity to speak up.
Anyway, I hope you didn’t mind my ramblings. And that you enjoyed the art, of course.
I decided to put these two in the same post, because they’re both on the same page of my sketchbook. And yesterday was Fel and Blades day, and I consider the comic posts to be the more important blog posts. These ones are just for fun!
Sonic: “What?” Yeah. I’m sure we’re all just as confused as Sonic. And if you want to know the context, there’s none. This was another instance of my siblings and I being completely random. But we all have fun being random, especially when we’re hanging out!
Day 4: Surfer Amy
Amy: “Surf’s up, dude!” This is based on one time when my siblings and I were playing Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020. (Man, the titles for these games are so long… I usually just call it “Mario and Sonic at the Olympics”, “Mario and Sonic”, or simply “The Olympics”.)
Anyway, I really want to do more art based on this game, because it’s one of my favorites! It might be my favorite multiplayer game, but both Super Smash Bros: Ultimate and Sonic and the Secret Rings party mode are hard to beat. Mario and Sonic is definitely in my top three!
