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  • Sonictober: Days 5-6

    Day 5: “…And I got teary.”

    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.

  • Sonictober: Day 2: Not Worth Killing

    (A quick rundown of what they’re saying, because I’m not confident in my handwriting or picture-taking skills…)

    Infinite: “He wasn’t worth killing.”

    Eggman: “So…. He beat you?”

    Infinite: “….”

    Infinite: “Sigh….”

    Infinite: “He beat me…”

    Eggman: “Thought so.”

    This one was a really fun one! The joke is based on that scene from Sonic Forces after the first Infinite boss fight where he totally could have killed Sonic, but just flew off instead. Obviously, they couldn’t actually have him kill Sonic, because then the game would be over in only a few levels. I just think it’s funny how he claimed that Sonic “wasn’t worth killing”.

    So, this is Infinite going back to his boss, and telling Eggman that he messed up, but coming up with a cool and edgy excuse for it.

    A big thing I was playing around with on this one was trying to make Infinite more expressive. Which isn’t easy to do, considering that the only part of his face you can see is just one eye. I had to focus a lot on his body language, and just doing what I could with that single eye. Overall, I think it turned out pretty great!

  • Sonictober: Day 1: All Grown Up

    This year, I’m doing Sonictober! This is also my first time ever doing a more traditional Inktober, where I’m just doing ink drawings, because I’ve been having fun with my pens in my sketchbook this year!

    Anyway, this drawing is based on an exciting moment I had in Sonic Adventure 2 a few weeks ago. My first chao grew up! I’ve never had a chao evolve before, so it was very exciting, going into the Chao Garden, and seeing a cocoon sitting there!

    My chao’s name is Peaches, and she grew up to be a Hero chao. And I have a lot more chaos who are still babies. The Chao Garden is definitely my favorite part of the Sonic Adventure games! It has been since I was a kid.

    Anyway, that’s all I have to say about this one! Come back tomorrow for the next Sonictober post!