You might remember an image that showed up awhile back depicting how Bowser might look if he were real. Well, that same guy decided to give the same treatment to another beloved video game character with this realistic picture of Sonic the Hedgehog. The artist did however make a few changes to the overall design of the character in order to get a look that was more close to a an actual hedgehog:
In the end I decided to give him a color-pattern that resembles a West European Hedgehog but facial proportions that stick to Sonic himself. His white gloves and the red shoes he kept as another link to the original, but the shoes underwent a little redesign. In addition his body looks like that of a runner, making it more believable that he can run at such high speeds.
He also made a pixelized version to see what this new Sonic might look like in the original game. All in all, this is still something that would terrify me if it came sprinting at me. Now I know how Sonic’s enemies feel.
Via Essenmitsosse
20 Comments to Realistic-Looking Sonic the Hedgehog to Give You Nightmares
by: C0M3T
On May 15, 2008 at 10:27 pm
OMG! That is horrible!
by: ManOfTeal
On May 16, 2008 at 7:38 am
I’m scared
Go Marlins!!!!
by: Gauldar
On May 16, 2008 at 9:43 am
His shoes look like they are Converse. He never had pants, but this image damands that he cover his shame for fear that it becomes exposed.
by: CC
On May 17, 2008 at 12:55 am
Nice effort. But, nightmare-inducing? Sorry but no.
by: markus
On May 17, 2008 at 1:15 am
That’s not very realistic looking. I was hoping something like realistic-looking Mario – that was a good one. Actually – this looks like crap.
by: john
On May 17, 2008 at 1:28 am
I think it’s fine. It’s almost as good as Megan Fox naked:
http://www.derober.com/2008/05/12/megan-foxs-boobs-could-align-the-planets/
by: Tyler
On May 17, 2008 at 2:46 am
To be honest. That’s really really creepy-looking.
by: Keamos
On May 17, 2008 at 3:53 am
Reminds me of Awesome Possum.
by: RAMPKORV
On May 17, 2008 at 12:49 pm
monsquaz.swf
by: Yart
On May 17, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Haha! I pity all the kids who draw Sonic recolours right now. They’re probably totally looking at “their own characters” differently… and not liking it!
Rock on!!
by: jo blo
On May 17, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I think this illustrator needs to look up the word “realistic”
by: Rohin
On May 18, 2008 at 8:19 am
That’s freaking wicked!:)
by: Borjoyzee
On May 20, 2008 at 7:26 pm
ROFL @ the people saying it needs to look more realistic or that it isnt…its a hedgehog wearing shoe’s and cloves that runs faster than any other land based creature to begin with (just over mach 1 or 761.2mph quoted from wiki) i think this is as “realistic” as your going to get if you can even apply the term to a fictional character.
by: RAWRMAN777
On May 21, 2008 at 12:51 am
by: SmyD
On May 21, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Shanghai’d from Somethingawful
by: Painkiller10538 Xbox live
On May 21, 2008 at 7:32 pm
KEEP SONIC FICTIONAL WHATS WRONG WITH U PPL why would u do thats…a hedgehog is ugly anyway…who wants to see a brown friggin Sonic???!!! keep him 2-d lmmfao
by: P7
On May 23, 2008 at 10:37 am
This is too realistic! scary beast.
by: dr. nano
On May 30, 2008 at 9:28 pm
by: dave
On June 10, 2008 at 12:10 pm
this is rubbish shit
by: Battybuddy
On September 9, 2009 at 2:02 am
Ironically, when I heard there was going to be a game called Sonic the Hedgehog all those years back, that lower left version is pretty close to what came to my mind before I saw the character.