a bit rusty on my painting, but I tried doing a paintover of a shot from the movie trailer with Sonic's design from the games for fun
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Aaron Hammerstrom
@virtanderson
Comic artist, illustrator, character designer, writer, and board artist! He/Him
Joined November 2015
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did another game-style sonic movie paintover, the poster looked rad so i was inspired lol
excited for the movie, can't wait to see the trailer tonight!
I've been messing around in WarioWare DIY again recently and wanted to share a couple of my recent microgames
spot the reference! (though I imagine it's pretty obvious)
7. Emotion #31DaysSonic
"Sonic... don't disappoint me. You can't allow anger and hatred to overwhelm you. I'll pretend that I didn't see anything. Go disappear into the smoke."
Here's my full Sonic Rush Adventure-inspired piece for ! Check out the rest of the art through the link in their bio!
Thanks for 10 years, ! Your care for Sonic and the community will never be forgotten. Here's to you!
18. Drift #31DaysSonic
"Hold the B button while running left or right to perform Sonic Drift, enabling you to take higher corners at speed."
29. Team #31DaysSonic
"Once we start a job... we finish the job! That's our policy! We're Team Chaotix!"
19. Cosplay #31DaysSonic
"A collab module commemorating Sonic the Hedgehog's 20th anniversary! The Sonic-themed design is surprisingly cute! Even the zipper is carefully designed with the familiar ring motif from the Sonic series."
Hey everyone! I've got some designs for you all! Some Sonic, some Pokemon, and some other miscellaneous stuff too, lol
#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch #AnimalCrossingDesigns
this roster's getting wild and I love it (I am very excited for Excalibur Sonic)
6. Legend #31DaysSonic
"The Gigan Rocks... A legend about shooting stars tells of some star shard sealed there that can grant your wishes."
9. Pride #31DaysSonic
"I am the sultan of speed, the unparalleled and unequaled Johnny! No one can keep up with me! No one!"
24. Family #31DaysSonic
"Is that you, dear? Anything interesting happen today, Cream?"
"Hi, mom. I brought a friend home today!"
"A friend?!"
..........
"So you came here to find your Sol Emeralds..."
(Why... why am I wasting time here sipping tea?!)
14. Wish #31DaysSonic
"Give all the people on that planet a chance to be happy. Please grant everyone's wish."
17. Antagonist #31DaysSonic
"If you remove that sword and defeat King Arthur with it... You shall forever be the worst of knights, slayer of kings..."
"Guess I can't be the hero every time."
I feel like I rarely do anything in color so I did some doodles specifically to work with limited color palettes (featuring the cast of Sonic Rush Adventure)
30. Showdown #31DaysSonic
I can taste the day
Savor night
Scream your dreams
As you dare to fight
Dare to fight
13. Movie #31DaysSonic
"I really like action movies. The more mayhem the better! The Terminator series has to be one of my favorites. Arnold is just sooo cool... hasta la vista baby! Guns, explosions, high-speed action... I love it all!"
22. Deity #31DaysSonic
"Now he's filled with anger and sadness. And if it goes on, he'll eventually destroy the world, like he did before!"
31. Origin #31DaysSonic
"What is he collecting, like... onion rings? Doughnuts? And is that a second tail...? Is that a mistake on the design??"
11. Swap #31DaysSonic
"...So we swap dance partners and finish this quick! It works every time."
"Works every time, huh?"
15. Madness #31DaysSonic
"I've lost everything. I can no longer think of anything... except revenge. It scares me...! What's going through my mind? Somebody stop me..."
5. Communicate #31DaysSonic
"Lily, do you know what telepathy* is? When you care about someone, that person will always know how you feel. Just like a flower petal carried along by the wind."
25. Partner #31DaysSonic
"...You are the first friend I've allowed myself to have since then. I can't stand the thought of losing anyone again..."
"Well-- too bad! You're my friend, too! And friends look after each other, no matter what!"
It's #IDWSonic Imposter Syndrome #1 release day, as well as the start of the Infinite event in Sonic Forces mobile... can the world handle this level of edgy?
Let's all keep running with Sonic into the new year! Happy New Year everybody!
Happy Wednesday! Hope everyone enjoys the new #IDWSonic Annual and has fun trying to get Tangle in Sonic Forces mobile!
some old concept art I did for the #IDWSonic 30th Anniversary Special, Seasons of Chaos from last year for all the new seasonal zones!
these were based on an early outline, so not all the details really line up with the final book
today's issue marks another appearance of Shadow With Fangs
i'm okay with this
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this one is brand new! I had to recreate the music in this one by ear which was difficult as I am not especially musically inclined :V
Haven't posted something like these in a while. Here's some assorted sketch pages I did!
happy anniversary to Sonic CD, and happy release day for 's Mighty in Sonic CD mod! #soniccd #sonicthehedgehog
It's out in the solicits now so I can finally tell everyone!
I penciled a cover for IDW Sonic issue 21!!! I'm a Sonic comics penciler!!!!!
My cover isn't online yet from what I can tell but I can't wait for you all to see it!!
#Inktober Day 6! Double high five!
Drew something easy today, I needed a little rest
Though it did come with unique challenges I wasnt expecting lol
21. Vacation #31DaysSonic
"This is the perfect opportunity for Cubot and I to take a sabbatical."
"Yeah, and a vacation! We're pooped!"
"Rest and relaxation, here we come!"
Doodled something up inspired by the Popcorn Shop reference from Sonic Mania
sketched this a couple weeks ago, but decided to clean it up and color it today
20. Nature #31DaysSonic
"The Planet Egg's energy is accelerating the trees' growth!"
"This is the power of the planet's life force...!"
here's a silly, low-effort joke made out of nostalgia for old sprite edits #IDWSonic #surgethetenrec
hey all! sonic the hedgehog #48 is out now!! check it out and let me know what you think!!!
#IDWSonic
hey! got some more sketch pages (it's all i seem to be drawing lately...)
Tried to dust off my inking skills, drew over an older sketch of one of my favorite costumes from the mobile games
happy 31st, Sonic! #Sonic31st
here's all 31 of my #31DaysSonic illustrations done over the last month!
which one's your favorite?
any excuse to draw Sonic is a good one
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Draw me a Sonic please thank you
Here's some old painting practice!
I wanted to see if I could render how I like to imagine Super Sonic, but I never finished it lol
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and here's another simple one that was really fun to do
Here's #inktober day 2 from me! It's Tails, in honor of the issue that came out today
I'm still a ways away from liking my inked drawings as much as the sketches, but that's what this is for I guess lol
Here's a preview of my piece for , a digital zine meant to highlight underrated Sonic games!
here's an illustration of Phoenix Wright I did as fun/practice
haven't animated in a while, but it's still as fun as it used to be!
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so on top of doing pencils for the issue, I also got to be the one to update the designs for Witchcart and the Witchcarters! here's their final design lineup!
it was really fun to work with SEGA to bring their sprites to life as drawings!
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happy new comic book day!
@IDWPublishing's #IDWSonic Tails 30th anniversary special is out today! a lot of love and care was put into it and it's a lot of fun! give it a read!
hoping we make some Witchcarter fans out of people with this book lol
hi
how did i get here
(i am very thrilled and honored but how lol)
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The full list of writers for Sonic the Hedgehog's 900th Adventure has been confirmed:
@IanFlynnBKC, @SpiritSonic, @calebandrew, @Danny8bit, @virtanderson, and finally @nigelkitching of Sonic the Comic fame
#IDWSonic #Sonic #SonicTheHedgehog twitter.com/IDWSonicNews/s…
IDK if I'll keep up with it the whole way through, but I wanted to try #inktober this year! I'm not following any prompts, just doing some lines over old sketches so I can practice line art. Here's hoping I can improve a bit by the end of the month lol
I'm opening limited slots for some pixel art commissions! Contact me via DMs on Twitter or Discord if you're interested!
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Thought people might like to see a little behind the scenes into my variant cover for 's #IDWSonic #24, so I'll do a short thread on it! First off, here's the isolated Tangle sprite. It was fun to work in this style even though I hadn't attempted it in a while lol
art train i guess!
tagging... you 🫵😮 (if you wanna)
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Got tagged by @giacomobonus for an art train!
Tagging @Zeker_Art @TeeKetch @REDZ_the_ARTIST @ReiDesArt @DerrickMalikJo @DatToonie @virtanderson
got some more sketch pages...! i'll be back to work on important stuff soon...
happy new comic book day!
's #IDWSonic Tails 30th anniversary special is out today! a lot of love and care was put into it and it's a lot of fun! give it a read!
hoping we make some Witchcarter fans out of people with this book lol
Realized I haven't posted this yet! Here's my original pencils for 's Sonic #21! It was super challenging drawing the Cyclone and the Faceship but I had a lot of fun doing it. Thanks to everyone who bought a copy! #IDWSonic
some recent sonic sketches
sorry for not having many finished drawings lately!!
Did one of those 6 characters things last month using prompts from my friends on discord, very simple but it was fun lol
saw spider-verse a few days ago, still thinking about it... a lot
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all the subs and gift subs getting you towards the sonic heroes goal
a commission of Yusuke Urameshi from Yu Yu Hakusho! (which i still have yet to watch oops)
the Egg Rex I got to design for #IDWSonic Bad Guys #2
Jack drew it absolutely perfectly in the interiors 🥹
Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island #1 from is out now!!
go buy it and read it! do it for him (mecha sonic)
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I definitely wasn't expecting these to garner this much attention 😳
anyway, here's an old microgame of mine that I redid recently, with the original 2010 version first and the new version after
#Inktober Day 5! Ace Attorney characters are really fun to draw
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for me it makes it hit home how muddied my values got when i started blending 😂
realized a while ago that a lot of my favorite character designs have big eyes (or something resembling eyes, like a mask, etc.) shaped something like these
just looks cool
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ENOUGH of pet peeves in character design what r your favorite things you like
It's basically the same as making a normal cover but much, much smaller lol
I was working in 180x276, which was then scaled up a lot and cropped in a bit
In fact the original thumbnail sketch is over 3 times as big as the res I was working in for the final lol
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I definitely do. How do you even go about making a pixel cover? I’m fascinated by the whole process tbh.
