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Could this be the design for Sonic the Hedgehog in the new movie?
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The style guide itself seems rock solid. If this is a fake, it's a very good fake. (I wouldn't rule out this being fake at all. Remember the Grinch leak.)
Yep, I'm not sure how this got any sort of traction to be honest, it's some Deviantart-tier work at best... Anybody could make up a URL to a supposedly deleted Hamagami / Carroll webpage (the fact it's called 'Sonic Boom' is likely just meant to throw people off)... And after looking at the quality of their actual portfolio, I have serious doubts that they would be willing to put anything out that looked as crap as this.
Its not as bad as I thought as it would look. In the sense that like, I thought it would be like a negative 2 in terms of design and its like... a normal 2. But I generally share your sentiment.
Like someone looked at what people liked about sonic stuff and went
" How about we do none of this "
Nah, at least give many kids and deviantartists some credit here. They're more often following the official design of modern and classic Sonic. This is something else. The limbs on this thing remind me more of Ken Penders art than anything else.
I saw that yeah, but how have they "verified" it as they claim? We're kind of just going off their word and not much else.
Seeing the design latest TMNT movies...Paramount does not care about quality control.
Scientic research shows that this is the last thing people see they they die. Could this be the face of God himself?
Yeah sorry, the DA jab was unfair, but you know what I mean though; it does seem hugely amateurish for sure. It seems like someone basically just saw that Chris Pratt picture that was going around, and decided to draw that design of Sonic in a handful of poses from past promo materials. But why would they consciously base one off of an '06 pose? In a 'style guide' for a movie and movie merch? Makes no sense.
Somebody pitched making a buddy cop movie starring Sonic. What quality control lol
I do wonder why media relating to the film might lack originality and/or try to piggyback on existing imagery to appeal to fans.
Wait, no I don't.
Man, y'all are wack. Considering how much worse this design could've been I am pleased as punch that it looks like this. We could've had something truly horrific like this:
And y'all are still complaining about this design? Be grateful they went as cartoony as they did with this look. What did you want, fuckin Roger Rabbit?
And y'all are still complaining about this design? Be grateful they went as cartoony as they did with this look. What did you want, fuckin Roger Rabbit?
It could honestly be much worse. Sonic ain't gonna look natural in live action, but given that Jim Carey is Eggman, I think the movie is going to slant self aware and absurd which is so much more palatable than when Sonic tries to be serious.
It could be worse, the problem isn't the face, is that weird realistic human body, specially those nightmare inducing legs.
What? No need for the snark, come on. Take past instances where they've redesigned/'reinvented' Sonic; they've never just copied "iconic" (the '06 one I mentioned is anything but) poses wholesale. They especially wouldn't do this for a movie that's designed to appeal to the mass market first and foremost. Plus this is a style guide, why would they use those very specific poses in media that isn't meant to be seen by the 'fans' (or general public) anyway?
What on earth made you think this wasn't Sonic 06: The Movie?
I know that opinions on Pikachu's design is a bit decisive here, but my God does this film suffer from having Pokémon releasing, it was destined for ridicule in concept alone, now it has a far superior video game movie design to deny even the "we tried to make it look good" argument.
The tone of this film needs to be beyond spot on for audiences en mass for this to not be amongst Sonic's worst failures.
The tone of this film needs to be beyond spot on for audiences en mass for this to not be amongst Sonic's worst failures.
This isn't the final design.
This is using early paintings for the slides. Any and all products will end up using final CG model marketing poses straight from the render stations.
Like just think yall, for just for one second, why on earth would they plaster some photoshop painted shit on toy boxes and marketing stands when they have direct render models they could use? This was likely put together before they could hand out model poses.
That said, Sega needs to release the final look for Sonic live action yesterday to avoid the damage these leaks are doing.
This is using early paintings for the slides. Any and all products will end up using final CG model marketing poses straight from the render stations.
Like just think yall, for just for one second, why on earth would they plaster some photoshop painted shit on toy boxes and marketing stands when they have direct render models they could use? This was likely put together before they could hand out model poses.
That said, Sega needs to release the final look for Sonic live action yesterday to avoid the damage these leaks are doing.
I didn't mean for the snark to be taken insultingly. I'm sure those renders will be used in actual marketing, like on toy boxes - in adapting a character to a different medium using a visual shorthand of a recognizable pose is something quite common, at least in my perception. It's less conceptual work, and can be additionally impactful for fans.
Pokemon is apparently good enough to make a sequel lol
This gonna shit on all the videogame movie goodwill from that film. And I'm all for it