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One of my favourite birthday memories as a kid was the birthday I got Sonic CD. Sounds sad, I know, but as a 7 or 8 year old it was the most important thing in my life at the time.

Before the days of unboxing videos on YouTube, my parents did a great job with boxing up my Sonic CD. It’s all I wanted for my birthday so I shredded through all the obvious CD-sized items to find it… Looking depressed but trying to be grateful to my parents by putting on a weak smile, I had one giant box left to open. I’m sure you get where I’m going with this. I really was an ungrateful shit as didn’t care whatever it was, but when I got to the bottom and found Sonic CD I was ecstatic …and probably foaming at the mouth a little.

Anyway, I love Sonic CD. Not just for the unboxing magic, but it is actually a fantastic game. One of my favourite Sonic games by far. This was a quick sketch for the Sega Blog’s competition. I’m assuming I didn’t win (shame), so I’m posting it up anyway.

It’s Sonic mid-dimension as he moves between the time zones. I remember thinking that whole idea and the effect for the transition was really strong. But not as strong as the awesome special stages – Those were simply brilliant.
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Comments: 122

Ph03n1x-Warr1or-Z [2018-08-30 21:20:06 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful and cool rendering of Sonic transiting between time zones.  The little sparks, wind currents, and rays of light emphasize Sonic's speed during the transit.  Awesome job.

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GhostManGM [2018-02-06 13:52:57 +0000 UTC]

Toot Toot

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SuperMarioFan65 [2017-10-20 22:20:26 +0000 UTC]

I love this lil' guy ^^

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1ByteRak [2016-12-23 20:27:15 +0000 UTC]

Well damn. , , and !

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Naxal710 [2016-09-21 03:35:40 +0000 UTC]

Look at this lil' guy go! this is beautiful!!!

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MyhLoka [2015-11-13 15:58:33 +0000 UTC]

Yout paintning made this pic get so shiny. Good work!!

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Hoseki-Danzu [2015-03-30 13:04:40 +0000 UTC]

I love the colours you used here, very nicely done!

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2dforever In reply to Hoseki-Danzu [2015-03-31 23:09:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm really glad you like it - especially the colours as I wanted to get them just right! And a hello from a fellow Brit Sonic fan

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Hoseki-Danzu In reply to 2dforever [2015-03-31 23:45:32 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome
Haha hello too

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BlazingDragonLord [2015-03-17 15:54:54 +0000 UTC]

This is fantastic!

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Onepiecefan15 [2015-03-17 11:45:21 +0000 UTC]

ooooooh! so cute~ good work~

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Kurodjinn [2015-03-16 22:30:09 +0000 UTC]

Traditional art, yeah!

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Deputed [2015-02-14 00:02:28 +0000 UTC]

Dont forget the Toot Toot ^_^

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Yamizuh [2014-09-09 23:08:33 +0000 UTC]

OMG!!!! so beautiful art *-*

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BUGHS-22 [2014-09-08 09:03:05 +0000 UTC]

Great! Beautiful!

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HeartinaRosebud [2014-08-08 09:16:12 +0000 UTC]

Sweet!

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therealarien [2014-01-18 11:30:18 +0000 UTC]

I loved the style and the animations.  And the PAL version music.  Man I wish they'd make a game that looked like the cartoon intro!

I have a soft spot for this game but I can't get past the clumsy level design, easy and obscure boss fights, and annoying special stages.  There I said it.  Sorry to poop on your nostalgia.  The time travelling element was cool 

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2dforever In reply to therealarien [2014-01-18 23:10:59 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, have to agree on the bad boss designs. They're all pretty weird! But I like most of the slower-paced level designs... apart from Wacky Workbench.

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therealarien In reply to 2dforever [2014-01-19 05:46:04 +0000 UTC]

Yeah it's a different feel as a whole.  More exploration less speed.  I suppose that fits when the goal is to find and destroy that machine thing to get a good ending

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2dforever In reply to therealarien [2014-01-19 11:50:05 +0000 UTC]

All that aside though, I wanted the game for 2 reasons: the animated intro and the awesome special stages. Wasn't disappointed!

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PewdieSkySonic [2013-12-29 22:50:12 +0000 UTC]

I have no words on how beautiful this is. I don't comment on just anything.

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2dforever In reply to PewdieSkySonic [2013-12-30 19:28:17 +0000 UTC]

I'm honoured by your comment. Thanks for taking the time

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PewdieSkySonic In reply to 2dforever [2013-12-30 19:40:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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wakaflockaflame1 [2013-07-21 05:29:42 +0000 UTC]

Epicniss!

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BLACKSTAR84 [2013-07-16 14:01:38 +0000 UTC]

;~;


Oh man, Sonic CD is my FAVORITE Sonic game, and one of my favorite games of all time, period.  I could gush about my own childhood experience with Sonic CD, but I'll just say that I can definitely relate.

This picture does a great job of capturing that 1993 Sonic essence that the Sonic CD intro gave.  Awesome pic

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2dforever In reply to BLACKSTAR84 [2013-07-16 23:07:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you The Sonic CD intro is still my favourite Sonic style, so I had to capture some of it here. I think that intro was exactly how I wanted an animated cartoon of Sonic to be, so I loved it instantly... I'm gonna go and watch it now!


Really glad you liked it and the nostalgia attached to it

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icaromerquides [2013-03-04 05:06:57 +0000 UTC]

can i vetorize it?
i promisse i eill crefit you out

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icaromerquides [2013-03-04 05:06:11 +0000 UTC]

omg! holly cow what an amazing artwork

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DTx-21 [2013-02-06 06:51:52 +0000 UTC]

Incredible! This picture not only makes me, within reason, very happy but also very unreasonably happy on top of that! (If that makes any sense -- and if it doesn't, then it should! ...even if that doesn't make any sense.)

Seriously though, really stellar artwork here! It makes me feel vivacious yet tranquil.

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Regularsonicfan [2013-01-14 20:41:48 +0000 UTC]

So cool!

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funkyjeremi [2012-09-11 20:53:01 +0000 UTC]

wonderful effect, looks so real ^^

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exleydragon [2012-09-02 18:24:35 +0000 UTC]

is it ok if i borrow this pose?

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2dforever In reply to exleydragon [2012-09-02 21:43:20 +0000 UTC]

Borrow it how? If you mean copy the pose for a new drawing, go for it!

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exleydragon In reply to 2dforever [2012-09-03 15:57:58 +0000 UTC]

thanks! i appreciate your approval.

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Jestloo [2012-08-18 15:18:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow!! That's amazing and beautiful!! TT-TT So wonderful... I love the music on Sonic CD too.

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Shelbling13 [2012-08-06 17:52:09 +0000 UTC]

This is beautiful! Great drawing!

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DreamWeaverProtector [2012-07-04 02:36:01 +0000 UTC]

0_0 preeeeettttty colors.

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Ahokana [2012-05-30 13:43:20 +0000 UTC]

That's looks so real! Awesome job!

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SonicGirlDreamer [2012-05-24 03:51:25 +0000 UTC]

Make a Modern Sonic version of this please!

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2dforever In reply to SonicGirlDreamer [2012-05-24 10:48:20 +0000 UTC]

This is a Sonic CD piece, long before 'modern' Sonic came along, hense the 'classic' Sonic. That, and I don't like cheesy lanky Sonic, chubby Sonic is much more likeable!

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SonicGirlDreamer In reply to 2dforever [2012-05-24 21:51:46 +0000 UTC]

Oh. OK.

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ClearFog [2012-04-29 15:02:05 +0000 UTC]

Classic!

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GeraldBenton1 [2012-04-04 01:27:15 +0000 UTC]

In his glory days.

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MCGriffin [2012-02-24 13:19:15 +0000 UTC]

Dopeness!

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Twylis [2012-02-02 23:22:49 +0000 UTC]

[link]
Wooooo art theft

did i rly jus log into an account i havent used for months to say this

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Golden-Anchor In reply to Twylis [2012-02-11 20:49:03 +0000 UTC]

its really stolen?

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2dforever In reply to Twylis [2012-02-03 00:19:21 +0000 UTC]

If you did log in just to say that, thank you very much for doing so
I'll go and ask them nicely to give credit or remove it - thanks for letting me know!

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azulila [2012-01-19 05:26:24 +0000 UTC]

How the hell did this not win. It's beautiful, and I've seen artwork with less work and beautiful effects like this.

I could just tell this was him just warping up to another timezone! Maybe a good future! My favorite stage is Tidal Tempest, I love the music, even if it's just a re-do of Layrinth Zone.

Haha, I'm using this as my desktop picture, it's really inspiring.

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2dforever In reply to azulila [2012-01-21 18:43:24 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I should update this - turns out I did win in the end - hooray!
Yeah, I was pretty fond of tidal tempest too. More atmospheric than Labyrinth zone... although as you said, it's probably because of the music.

Glad you liked it and found it inspiring And thank you for the kind words!

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azulila In reply to 2dforever [2012-01-23 01:10:47 +0000 UTC]

I'm really glad you did win! Congratulations! C: I'm also really happy about the port for the iPad, I think it's pretty good, not as good as the originals, but you know.

You're welcome!

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