Sonic Concept Art

[Tani Coyote]

I like how a couple of those look like much better alternatives to cover art than what we got! Surely interested to see us get scanned copies of those and possibly some mockups of alternate game covers designed like them.

 

This.

 

Fanbase, don't disappoint us now!

 

(The fanbase rarely does on delivering some awesome fanwork though)

[lounge]

Does anybody know who specifically drew those sketches for the US boxart?

[Amomynous]

Nice to see this topic revived.

 

Some of these pictures I don't recall seeing anywhere else (apart from the ones next to the text, the only one I recognsie is the one with Tails lifting Sonic), the information too, could it be the personality descriptions shown here?

 

 

Not quite concept art, but related.

Edited January 24, 2013 by Mysterics

[iDEATH]

What's the pic of sonic playing dreamcast from?

[ArtFenix]

Unleashed.

 

I thought everyone saw that pic by now.

[azoo]

Nice to see this topic revived.

 

Some of these pictures I don't recall seeing anywhere else (apart from the ones next to the text, the only one I recognsie is the one with Tails lifting Sonic), the information too, could it be the personality descriptions shown here?

 

 

Woah, okay these are so awesome I'm gonna die. Where did you see this and how can we try to obtain them?

[Amomynous]

The Image of Sonic and Chip with the dreamcast came from here.

I found the photograph here, they only seem to be discussing classic Sonic as he appeared in Sonic Generations as opposed to the Japanese 'classic' Sonic games, though.

Edited January 24, 2013 by Mysterics

[ThisMachine]

That Sonic and Tails with the telescope reminds me of Sonic the Screensaver. Even Sonic under the palmtree and with a surfboard seem reminiscent of that. Possibly the art preluding that?

[- Eternal Paradox -]

Nice to see this topic revived.

 

Some of these pictures I don't recall seeing anywhere else (apart from the ones next to the text, the only one I recognsie is the one with Tails lifting Sonic), the information too, could it be the personality descriptions shown here?

 

 

 

 

That Sonic and Tails with the telescope reminds me of Sonic the Screensaver. Even Sonic under the palmtree and with a surfboard seem reminiscent of that. Possibly the art preluding that?

It looks incredibly similar to this piece:

Could it be the lineart for it?

[Amomynous]

Very simular, but not exact, I thought they all might have been from Sonic The screensaver at first, but it seems not.

Edited January 24, 2013 by Mysterics

[Vertekins]

I'm sure that the telescope one was used on a Japanese arcade machine. There's a photo of said machine in Gems Collection's museum. The art that shows Tails carrying Sonic whilst flying was used on a Japanese cookie box/tin

 

 

Whilst the one that shows Sonic lying down on a tiny island with a palm tree was used on a towel

 

[Jolt_TH]

Here we go then:

From the official SEGA magazine Issue 2 February 1994

I have similar images, I have the Sonic 3 players Guide and it has full maps in there for every level Edited January 24, 2013 by Jolt_TH

[Amomynous]

This topic on Sonic retro may be of some use, it takes some looking though. Some of the links are already broken sadly, though someone collected many of the pictures into a download.

 

Found this there.

A title screen? The drawing style looks like Sonic CD, but the title seems to say "Sonic The Hedgehog Jamming!"

The fact it has a greeting and is sighed 'Sonic Team' suggests it was gifted to someone.

 

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Edited January 25, 2013 by Mysterics

[Adamis]

Oooh that's from me. It's a postcard.

[Phos]

The Image of Sonic and Chip with the dreamcast came from here.

I found the photograph here, they only seem to be discussing classic Sonic as he appeared in Sonic Generations as opposed to the Japanese 'classic' Sonic games, though.

Ha, I make a post about the Hamadashi blog in Retro's Unleashed thread, two days later there's a post up on TSSZ news kinking all the exact pages I linked and just for good measure they completely misunderstood what the picture of Windmill Island covered in the eggman texture actually was.  

[Amomynous]

Oooh that's from me. It's a postcard.

Er, can you expand on that? Where did you get it?

Edited January 26, 2013 by Mysterics

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I found some All-Stars Racing Transformed concept art, it's of Sonic's vehicle in the game.

 

[Adamis]

Er, can you expand on that? Where did you get it?

I've had this scan for 10 years. I got it from a japanese fansite that have been shut down since.

[Harley Quinn]

People've probably seen this, and I'm not positive it's official, but here's some concept art from Sonic Battle:

 

[Indigo Rush]

That's official art, isn't it?

[iDEATH]

I found some All-Stars Racing Transformed concept art, it's of Sonic's vehicle in the game.

 

That looks nicer than it does in game

[The Pit of Mystic Cave]

When Sega was throwing ideas around for their new mascot, this was considered:

 

 

I guess they liked the design so much, that they stuck him in the final product anyways

I love how much he looks like Teddy Roosevelt

[Blue Blood]

People've probably seen this, and I'm not positive it's official, but here's some concept art from Sonic Battle:

 

*Shadow*

 

Battle went through some slight art style changes/refinements in the time between it's announcement and eventual release. That's one of the early pieces. It's not concept art, but it was changed a bit for the final. 

[Amomynous]

Prototype Sonic.

 

Very cute,quite bendy and wacky, preferring exaggerated expression over the consistency of Sonic's shapes, seems to help it not look 'cutesy' as Sonic's first 'complete' design though(along with the messy quills) , as he looks friendly when he dang well wants to, rather than generally having it readily identifiable in a more consistent and defined design(which was a good idea, by the way).

Notable for 'butt-brow' which is lacking from the final Japanese design.

 

 

 

Early Green Hill Zone design.

Edited February 4, 2013 by Mysterics

[Mogtaki]

 

Okay, so this is from the first few pages but nobody commented on this.

 

EGGMAN IS LIFTING 16 TONS WITH LITTLE EFFORT.

 

16 FRICKIN TONS.