Sonic the Hedgehog fanart redrawing the cover of issue #1 of the Archie Sonic comics. Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles Tails Prower, Rotor the Walrus, Antoine D'Coolette, and Sally Acorn and all back to back under a spotlight. The Freedom Fighters are all surrounded by badniks with even more obscured where the spotlight doesn't shine, their red eyes glowing in the dark. Sonic, Antoine, and Rotor are all posed ready to fight, with Antoine holding out his sword and Rotor holding a hammer. Sally is standing looking caught by surprise by a Buzz Bomber while Tails is curled up on the ground, his hand cover his face as he looks at the approaching badniks with fear. A hologram screen in the background shows Eggman looking down on them all while laughing. The art style is inspired by the classic Sonic artstyle and Tyson Hesse's art style for Sonic Mania/Origins.

The cover of Archie Sonic issue #1 to compare with the fanart. Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles Tails Prower, Rotor the Walrus, Antoine D'Coolette, and Sally Acorn and all back to back surrounded by badniks, a swatbot, and Dr Robotnik. Sonic is squaring off against Dr Robotnik while Rotor has his hammer raised, ready to hit an approaching swatbot. Sally is standing looking caught by surprise by a Buzz Bomber while Tails has fallen back on the ground, startled by a badnik jumping towards him. Antoine has his sword out and is assuming a fencing position.

Archie Sonic Redraw Cover series: Issue #1 !

Honestly this feels a bit more like it's inspired by the original than a proper redraw haha.

Timelapse below ⤵️

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Sonic the Hedgehog fanart. A turnaround sheet for Rotor the Walrus in a style similar to Classic Sonic/Mania's design. The sheet itself takes further inspiration from the turnaround sheets Tyson Hesse designed for Sonic Dream Team.

Yet another turnaround done as a reference for my Archie Sonic cover redraw series!
Here's Rotor !

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Sonic the Hedgehog fanart. A turnaround sheet for Antoine D'Coolette in a style similar to Classic Sonic/Mania's design style. The sheet itself takes further inspiration from the turnaround sheets Tyson Hesse designed for Sonic Dream Team.

Another turnaround done as a reference for my Archie Sonic cover redraw series!
Here's Antoine !

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Sonic the Hedgehog fanart. A turnaround sheet for Sally Acorn in a style similar to Classic Sonic/Mania's design. The sheet itself takes further inspiration from the turnaround sheet's Tyson Hesse designed for Sonic Dream Team.

Since I'll be drawing more of the Freedom Fighters for my Archie cover redraw series, I figured I'd start making turnarounds for them.
Here's Sally's!

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Sonic the Hedgehog fanart redrawing the #3 issue cover of the Archie Sonic original mini series. The artwork depicts Classic Sonic standing at the start of a loop, tapping his foot impatiently before taking off and running the loop, gradually getting faster. The running movement is depicted by showing a series of 7 Sonics running the loop, as if it's frames of animation. The blue background is full of various decoration like dotted lines, checkers, stars, or confetti, making it very vibrant and fun.

The #3 issue cover of the Archie Sonic original mini series, to compare with the fanart. The artwork depicts Sonic standing at the start of a loop, tapping his foot impatiently before taking off and running the loop, gradually getting faster. The running movement is depicted by showing a series of 8 Sonics running the loop, as if it's frames of animation. The orange background is a simple grid, simulating the look of the actual loops found in Green Hill Zone.

Another part of my Archie redraw series!
With cover #3, this wraps up the original miniseries !
Now onto the main series!

Timelapse below ⤵️

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Sonic the Hedgehog fanart redrawing the #2 issue cover of the Archie Sonic original mini series. Classic Sonic can be seen running away from a missile shooting towards him. He's looking back towards the missle with gritted teeth and a serious expression. Lots of smoke is billowing behind the missle, implying that it's just be launched. There is a yellow background with lots of speedlines and "Zoom" can be read in all caps behind Sonic.

The #2 issue cover of the Archie Sonic original mini series, to compare with the fanart. Sonic can be seen running away from a missile shooting towards him. He's looking back towards the missle with gritted teeth and a serious expression. There is a yellow background with lots of speedlines and "Zoom" can be read in all caps behind Sonic.

Finally getting back to my Archie Sonic redraw series.
Cover #2 of the original miniseries!

Timelapse below ⤵️

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Sonic the Hedgehog fanart redrawing the #1 issue cover of the Archie Sonic original mini series. Classic Sonic can be seen running away from a looming, menacing Dr Eggman while carrying Sally Acorn bridal style. Sonic is running forward, toward the viewer with a playful smile on his face. Meanwhile Sally looks frazzled. Eggman is reaching out with both hands as if to grab them both. He is drawn extremely large to make him seem imposing. Large enough that his face covers half the canvas and the red of his suit makes up the background. He is smiling menacingly.

The #1 issue cover of the Archie Sonic original mini series, to compare with the fanart. Sonic can be seen running away from a looming, menacing Dr Robotnik while carrying Sally Acorn bridal style. Sonic is running forward, toward the viewer with a playful smile on his face. Meanwhile Sally looks frazzled. Robotnik is reaching out with both hands as if to grab them both. He is drawn extremely large to make him seem imposing. Large enough that his face covers half the canvas and the red of his suit makes up the background. Dr Robotnik looks genuinely angry. There are many action lines to emphasize the speed. Sally's beta design is used here, showing her with black hair and pink fur as opposed to her red hair and brown fur.

Next up in my Archie cover redraw !
Issue #1 of the original miniseries. <3

Some sketches and a timelapse below ⤵️

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Sonic the Hedgehog fanart redrawing the #0 issue cover of the Archie Sonic original mini series. Classic Sonic can be seen running and jumping away from a laser Dr Eggman is shooting at him from his Eggmobile. Sonic looks snarky and Eggman looks angry and is shaking his fist at Sonic. They are running along a log bridge. They are running out of a TV that shows pixelated version of Green Hill and into a "reality" version of Green Hill, with striped green fields, a checkered loop-de-loop next to a palm tree, a large body of water, rugged rock mountains on the horizon, and a vast blue sky full of fluffy white clouds.

The #0 issue cover of the Archie Sonic original mini series, to compare with the fanart. Sonic can be seen running and jumping away from a laser Dr Eggman is shooting at him from his Eggmobile. Sonic looks snarky and Eggman looks angry and is shaking his fist at Sonic. They are running along a log bridge. They are running out of a TV that shows a green screen and into a "reality" version of Green Hill, with green fields, a checkered loop-de-loop and road, palm trees, a large body of water, rugged rock mountains on the horizon, and random floating rings. Aside from the logos, there are three speech bubbles. Dr Eggman - "I'll get you yet, Sonic!" Sonic - "Ya' have 'ta catch me first, Chrome Dome!" The third bubble simply says "This is it - Sonic leaps out of your SEGA video game system into his very own comic book!"

I've started a project where I plan to redraw Archie Sonic covers as I slowly go through a re-read of the series.
So naturally, the starting point is issue #0 of the mini series!
Exploratory sketches and thoughts below ⤵️

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