Sonic Concept Art

[Lady Soniko]

well i doubt SEGA would allow a whole week in their concept vault lol a day seems more realistic if it ever happened

and yeah, i'm thinking about pushing the question to some SEGA officials at SoS and maybe Iizuka if i get the chance, otherwise i may pitch the idea to SEGA's HQ about the idea, and see what they'll say.

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Chip concepts;

The fish-like one with the legs is just...whaaaa? And the one at the bottom next to that wavy thing with the face looks Chansey-esque with the general shape and things on it's head. Chip being a bird is a mildly interesting idea.

And Sonic the Yetihog

It would've been funny if they chose Chip to be a flicky.

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MY EYES WERE NOT READY.

Freaking gorgeous, Sonic Team outdid themselves with Unleashed HD. And to think that it all went downhill when one person muttered: "Hey, instead of Knuckles...."

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MY EYES WERE NOT READY.

Freaking gorgeous, Sonic Team outdid themselves with Unleashed HD. And to think that it all went downhill when one person muttered: "Hey, instead of Knuckles...."

It still interests me what Unleashed would've turned out if it became Sonic Adventure 3 as planned.

[Vertekins]

Raa even got a clay model

Always mildly boggled me how some have interpreted her to be mermaid-like when the thing at the end of her "tail" isn't a fin, it's a bow.

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Here's concept art of the Earth breaking up in Unleashed.

[Vertekins]

You can see some Werehog expressions in this one;

Just frikkin' lmao at the eyes. Especially the expression that's on the paper at the top-left. Very reminiscient of Sonic's infamous expression in the beta Unleashed opening when he's trapped and being shocked.

[Soniman]

Jesus christ all this Unleashed concept work goes to show how much work they put into this frigging game.

And....I don't think I've seen a single pice of concept work of Colors yet (other than the Planet Wisp one which I think was from Generations).

[DarkLight]

Awesome find on those Werehog expressions.

Though, I may be looking too much into it when I say this, but the upper left sheet that's slightly overlapped by the middle one seems to have Werehog with his quills mostly upward?

Edited June 23, 2012 by DarkLightDragon

[ArtFenix]

Jesus christ all this Unleashed concept work goes to show how much work they put into this frigging game.

Just like in almost any other game (if we are speaking about concept art of course)

And....I don't think I've seen a single pice of concept work of Colors yet (other than the Planet Wisp one which I think was from Generations).

There are two pictures in the DS version of the game.

There is one other picture (with Super Sonic and Eggman) that wasn't seen anywhere else. In fact, none of these pics were seen anywhere else escept that planet pieces pic.

I wish that was in the intro!

Edited June 23, 2012 by ArtFenix

[Vertekins]

Jesus christ all this Unleashed concept work goes to show how much work they put into this frigging game.

And....I don't think I've seen a single pice of concept work of Colors yet (other than the Planet Wisp one which I think was from Generations).

It just goes to show the amount of care they put into the textures. I suppose that normal form's model on that concept has his glove and shoe textures outlined as being similar to the gloss on red leather/plastic objects (Shoes) and the material texture on real gloves (For his gloves). They even seem to have referenced what irises look like to make normal Sonic's model eye's look that much more vibrantly realistic.

Though, I may be looking too much into it when I say this, but the upper left sheet that's slightly overlapped by the middle one seems to have Werehog with his quills mostly upward?

I think that's possibly a way of showing Sonic's emotional states i.e His quills will stiffen upwards in Werehog form to put across anger. His expressions do look pissy in the upward-quills concepts. After all, it's not like Sonic Team are above using Sonic's quills and ears to portray emotional states as uncommon as this is.

Edited June 23, 2012 by Verte

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Here's some Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Concept Art. These are of Dragon Canyon (from Panzer Dragoon) & Temple Trouble (from Super Monkey Ball).

It actually looks like someone took photographs of the areas instead of drawing it.

Edited June 23, 2012 by Fix-It Felix

[Vertekins]

Never saw these in Unleashed's concept art gallery;

Egg Pod concept and Super Sonic cornering Eggman on the cannon. Not to mention another shot of the fleet in the intro with the cannon in the background.

Also, this ain't concept art but it's cool all the same;

Sonic and Chip playing on a DC

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Never saw these in Unleashed's concept art gallery;

Egg Pod concept and Super Sonic cornering Eggman on the cannon. Not to mention another shot of the fleet in the intro with the cannon in the background.

Also, this ain't concept art but it's cool all the same;

Sonic and Chip playing on a DC

I bet they're trying to beat each other in an action race in Sonic Adventure 2's multiplayer.

[CrownSlayers Shadow]

Sonic 06 Egg Cerberus:

Egg Carrier:

Now really, as bad as Sonic 06 was it had some awesome machine designs.

[Rinzler]

the recent super sonic final bosses have been pretty poor anyway... Time Eater topped it all off as worst by far though

Personally I don't think there has been a good 3d super sonic fight, but that's probably just me.

That Drak Gaia one looks awesome btw. I would love to have a bossfight on that scale.

[Vertekins]

In one of the unlockable videos in SatSR's Special Book, you can fleetingly see concept art for Darkspine Sonic and a height comparison chart of the characters;

Neither made it into the game's Special Book.

Edited June 23, 2012 by Verte

[sonfan1984]

Concept art of various environments seen in Sonic Unleashed.

Those could make for some great paintings. I would love to hang them up on my wall.

[Komodin]

In one of the unlockable videos in SatSR's Special Book, you can fleetingly see concept art for Darkspine Sonic and a height comparison chart of the characters;

Neither made it into the game's Special Book.

Hm... it's strange how they left out the concept art of Darkspine Sonic for Secret Rings' Special Book, yet they actually kept in the art for Excalibur-Sonic in Black Knight. What's up with that?

[Vertekins]

Hm... it's strange how they left out the concept art of Darkspine Sonic for Secret Rings' Special Book, yet they actually kept in the art for Excalibur-Sonic in Black Knight. What's up with that?

It is odd to say the least.

Darkspine is the one Sonic form that got the short end of the stick. Even his name is referenced just once. Specifically in the scene select in which he appears for the first time. That was the only source for his name in the entire game because it isn't referenced anywhere else. He didn't even get a transformation scene in CG like all the other Sonic forms got and as you said, no concept art in the Special Book :/

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Night Palace concept art. Night Palace has GOT to be one of the best looking stages in a Sonic game.

Edited June 23, 2012 by Fix-It Felix

[Komodin]

Night Palace concept art. Night Palace has GOT to be one of the best looking stages in a Sonic game.

*insert awesome Night Palace scenery porn here*

... Oh, why couldn't this be a level in Generations? I mean, man, I'd kill to be able to play this level in HD!

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... Oh, why couldn't this be a level in Generations? I mean, man, I'd kill to be able to play this level in HD!

Me too. But Secret Rings is considered a spin-off, so that's why it wasn't put in.

[McGroose]

Some Sonic X-treme enemy Concept art:

The last one was supposed to be a new and improved version of Metal Sonic called "Metal Sonic Mach 3"

[BlueBlurMe]

The last one was supposed to be a new and improved version of Metal Sonic called "Metal Sonic Mach 3"

I wonder why they would have called it that? That does not look like a robot version of Sonic at all.

Edited June 23, 2012 by BlueBlurMe