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Published: 2012-09-21 03:04:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 56029; Favourites: 1390; Downloads: 333
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I really wanted to learn more about character design. The idea of re-imagining the Sonic cast intrigued me because it seemed to present a lot of fun and interesting challenges.Not only did I find that the franchise had a lot of cool, weird concepts to work with, like “ purple kitty pyro queen” or “evil shape shifter”, but there was the issue of creating a sense balance and diversity between the characters as a whole.
For reasons unknown to my self I kept adding to the project. Earlier drawings were more zany, illustrative and experimental and later versions were softer and three-dimensional.
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Rouge the Bat-
A spy and a thief that also goes on treasure hunts in her spare time. Though I have yet to witness her ever actually steal or successfully spy on anything.
I decided to try and make Rouge small and nimble in comparison to the rest of the cast, making her sort of like a manipulative shoulder devil plucking at the mental strings of taller characters like Knuckles and Shadow. Maneuverability and small frame makes her ideal for reconnaissance and various spy things like climbing through vents. The headscarf is not only a part of her namesake, but a plot point. It muffles her delicate bat hearing.
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on its own the designs great, but when comparing this to rouge it kinda feels off
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maybe its the white and red color palette, but i can't help but thing of arukenimon's human form from digimon adventure 02,
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Woah now this is a Rouge I can get behind!
Also, is there some Arukenimon inspiration here?
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She did some successful stealing and spying in Sonic Adventure 2. When you play the dark side campaign you play as her breaking into a military base to steal a chaos emerald and it's later revealed she joined eggman to get secret info on him.
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This one is one of my favorites. It looks like a cross between Kill Bill and Haruko from FLCL. The angles and pose really nail her personality. I'd probably like the character a lot more than I actually do if she looked something like this, especially if this design were paired with a raspier and sharper voice than the one she has now.
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This redesign is my favourite.
I don't hate her original design for having a beautiful figure(which she is proud of,I can think of her having a fake seductif trait to distract boy and get her goal) but the design there.
I love this design,it make her mysterious and match her spy/thieft/noctural trait.
Love the fact she uses her blue diamond as claws.She shows to have an aggresive side.
Love her ouftit and her shades/sunglasses,it is like "What is she hiding?She is full of mysteries".
And she look like small,which make her cute too! :3
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Quick question would she be like shifu cause looks like she would fight like him and slightly resembles him (and that is a compliment its a really cool redesign)
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Can I draw fanart of your Rouge? Holy crap she's just so beautiful this way and, wow, looks super fun to draw.
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Oh of course! I thought she was fun to draw too. Thanks so much!
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Her design reminds me of that game... The Traveler? Wanderer? Something along those lines.
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Seriously what the fuck is with people bashing you with these designs. It's your art you can do what you want with it. And fuck all those people getting pissy over stupid shit. And just ganna say you're art and designs are beautiful and really something unique to find in this fandom. I gotta say I absolutely love Rouge and she is a girl with a nice bod and being proud of it isn't a bad thing either, it's one thing I really love about her. But the thing is people see her as nothing but a sex object in this fandom really. I honestly don't mind bat titties but I do think this design does show off her personality a lot more and I really like the more bat like design. People are so caught up in the tits that they forget she's a sassy, manipulative, and is one of the most intelligent characters in the series. And also she can still be flirty and be proud of her sexiness without the revealing clothing. And it seems the people bashing you seem to forget there's a lot more to rouge then just her tits.
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if They went with this Design then Knuxouge wouldn't be degrading Knuckles Character
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Fan-freakin-tastic, these designs show more vision than any of the last games or the half-*ss*d Sonic Boom redesigns. They tried to mix things but but wussed out and went half-way. Something like this would have helped.
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I'm glad with the approach you took to Rouge. Her canon design is one of the few that really irked me (though I don't want to go into why).
This design has a really nice structure, especially with her ears. She also looks appropriately batty!
Is there a reason you didn't add more detail to her limbs and under her coat? It seems like something should be there. I love the design, just wondering.
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So, takin' a shot in the dark here, but I seem to remember in your sonic redesigns...you actually had sonic. But I look through you're gallery now and I can't find him anywhere. Where'd Sanic go? D:
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Sweet mother of Walter Disney she looks awesome! She looks like something from a European cartoon
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Somebody make a fighting game out of these designs dag nabbit!
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I don't see how (she looks like a demon IMO)
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I don't like her personality in the real version
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Oh, it's her personality. Personally, I could leave well enough alone with her real design (not talking about personality), I think the redesign is kinda demented.
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I'm sorry, but I don't find this design to he that good. She looks rather demonic here (and the look doesn't match her core personality)
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Well it's better than boobs in a kids game
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They're not even THAT extreme. Also, look beyond the offensive material and look at how creepy the design is. Your bias towards material that offends you blurs your perspective on what's truly wrong. Also, the person who redesigned her has no business resigning characters, she even made Amy into a literal witch. Pay better attention next time dude.
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Ladies! You’re both pretty. Please don't pick fights, I shouldn’t have to monitor this picture.
Mysteriously after the reveal of the Sonic Boom character redesigns small chunks of the fan base have considered me a threat to the natural order for some reason. I assume its residual stress from the fear of modern fans going through the same thing the retro fans did. I guess I’m bummed out that all people care about my interpretation of a bat/theif/spy character is how sexy she is on both sides of the spectrum.
Perhaps to clarify, I made these redesigns (or perhaps more accurately termed reimaginings ) from the standpoint of self education and “what would I do if I were handed a script with a boiled down concept and not a “REPLACE SAWNIK” one.
At the time I drew what I thought a cool spy thief bat character with an affinity for jewels and distinct aesthetic would look like. I wanted to emphasize bat-like characteristics rather than a human with a bat costume. I like bats, I see them as these weird twig armed gremlins.
As for the debate, all I know is that I repeatedly see more venomous backlash to female characters getting more clothing than female characters losing clothing. Particularly in fandoms from circuits where there really is no shortage of scantily clad ladies. Of which the majority of the most vocal with the social justice card at the ready being dudes with very specific “preferences.”
People are free to like what they want but it feels a tad hypocritical to go around crying "think of the children" while owning a gallery of rule 34.
Not you and not all of them of course but seeing this pattern for so long makes me wonder.
All and all I highly doubt a Rouge redesign on deviant art is breaking boundaries or repressing anyone’s rights, and if anyone thinks that is it does I think they need thicker skin.
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She reminds me of the Nightstalker class in Etrian Odyssey. Must be the throwing knives.
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i love this character redesign you made so much so much better and modest she looks awesome completely modest outfit and pretty
now this design voiced by tara strong is what the character should be like
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no wait Kari Wahlgren should voice Rouge The Honduran White Bat instead
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This is a really amazing design. But it would rather work for a different character. Maybe a sibling to rouge or something.
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I'm sorry I forgot to comment on this after faving it,but I just have to say this design is plain flawless. I love everything about the color palette that you stuck to and the shape of her. It makes much more sense when you put it into perspective about her abilities and personality. Her scarf gives her that 40's/50's vibe in a sort of way and her small form is just adorable.
Really lovely design.
If this was her new design, then im down with it.
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Y'know, it really seems like you make a running theme out of ignoring key characters traits and focusing on only a single minor trait, like how you reworked Eggman into a robot just because his real name is Robotnik, or making Amy a witch just because of her interest in tarot.
Also this looks like Arukenimon as a tiny bat.
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this remake Rouge is so much more modest and wholesome modest and wholesome is so much more attractive
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Great, now don't cram it down everyone's throats.
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