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Hello, and welcome to my Japanese Classic Sonic Art Thread.
In this thread, i’ll be showcasing concept/promo art from the classic sonic era.
Sit back, relax, listen to the the extras menu music from sonic mega collection, and take a look at some of this art.
In this thread, i’ll be showcasing concept/promo art from the classic sonic era.
Sit back, relax, listen to the the extras menu music from sonic mega collection, and take a look at some of this art.
To start things off, here we have the japanese box art for sonic 1, 2, CD, & 3.
I really like how much these covers pop with color. The character artwork is also nice.
I really like how much these covers pop with color. The character artwork is also nice.
Lets get into some concept art for Sonic 1.
Here we have some early sketches of Sonic and a scrapped female character, named “Madonna”.
I’m gonna guess she was gonna be the princess peach of game. She was most likely scrapped due to being too similar to mario.
she thicc tho
Here we have some early sketches of Sonic and a scrapped female character, named “Madonna”.
I’m gonna guess she was gonna be the princess peach of game. She was most likely scrapped due to being too similar to mario.
she thicc tho
Some more finalized looking art of Sonic’s design.
I really like this style. It has a nice 1930s cartoon vibe.
I really like this style. It has a nice 1930s cartoon vibe.
Badniks.
Here is this BEAUTIFUL level concept art.
And to close off the Sonic 1 concept art, here’s this early animatic of the SEGA splash screen.
It’s vastly different from the final game, but it may have inspired Sonic 2’s SEGA splash screen
It’s vastly different from the final game, but it may have inspired Sonic 2’s SEGA splash screen
Aight, lets get started with some Sonic 2 stuff.
More zone concept art. Some of these seem to be early versions of zones in the final game.
The Death Egg art implies that Death Egg Zone would’ve been a full stage.
Pretty nice.
The Death Egg art implies that Death Egg Zone would’ve been a full stage.
Pretty nice.
More scrapped zones.
That last one reminds me of Mystic Cave.
That last one reminds me of Mystic Cave.
More Badniks.
Concept art of mecha sonic and the death egg robot.
These dudes look fuckin sick.
These dudes look fuckin sick.
Some cool tails art.
That’s all the cool shit i could find for Sonic 2.
Lets move on to CD
Lets move on to CD
Model sheets for the opinion animation.
Peak Sonic, right here.
Peak Sonic, right here.
This is technically official art of Sonic smoking.
This appears to be an early sketch of the japanese box art.
Correct me if i’m wrong, tho.
Correct me if i’m wrong, tho.
Some amy stuff.
Metal sonic concept art.
Finalized metal sonic design. This mf looks so CLEAN.
(that last one is from chaotix, but i don’t know where else to put it.)
(that last one is from chaotix, but i don’t know where else to put it.)
The only piece of concept art we have of the infamous scrapped level, known as “R2”.
idk why, but i really like that last one.
That’s about all of the interesting stuff i have from CD.
i’ll continue this thread, in a bit
i’ll continue this thread, in a bit
the boys
More badniks
A model sheet and some cute little sketches
Mushroom hill concept art.
i thought there would be more Sonic 3 concept art, tbh.
i thought there would be more Sonic 3 concept art, tbh.
Sonic Jam artwork.
This shit looks stunning
This shit looks stunning
The next couple of post will be some art from a magazine made exclusively for SEGA employees, called “SEGA Harmony”
These two were the last pieces of official classic sonic art, until 2011.
The end of an era...
The end of an era...
I hope you enjoyed looking through this thread. I find stuff like this fascinating, for some reason.
If there’s any artwork that you’d like to share, feel free to drop it in this thread.
If there’s any artwork that you’d like to share, feel free to drop it in this thread.
