Context For This: I Swear To God, Ive Seen Espio Being Shown To Sit On Vectors Desk In -some- Kind Of

Context for this: I swear to god, I’ve seen Espio being shown to sit on Vector’s desk in -some- kind of official capacity, so this was always how I pictured Espio having ‘claimed’ that spot…but I can’t find the OG image/scene for the life of me! If anyone can help me out and make sure I’m not losing my grip on reality, I’d really appreciate it 😂

I’m calling this one “waiting for work.” I still subscribe to the idea of the Classic Designs = Younger everyone, especially Vector! I mean look at ‘im, dude’s a walking time capsule!

This might be a set up for a semi-related thing…? Still mulling it over.

Oddworld: The Promised Neverland Homages (Pt. 6)

I gotta be honest, this image had to be the one that I was most excited about since starting this series.

It’s based off barely a flash of a second in The Promised Neverland’s second opening, and it’s a much more ‘closed’ composition there, focussing mostly on Emma’s face and the braid that hides a significant injury. But for Abe I felt it was important to ‘zoom out,’ so to speak, to emphasise the action of him reaching up towards the moon—the moon with the face in the shape of Abe’s paw.

I just felt like it could represent so much all at once for him; wonder at its sight when he first escapes Rupture Farms, hope in darker moments, despair at all he’s learned since that first night of escape. Actually, it wasn’t very hard at all to adapt this image seeing as the bulk of it was just referencing *that* moment in Soulstorm—hands down one of my absolute favourite moments in a video game. The helplessness on Abe’s face as his body just loses all support, how he curls up and begins to quietly weep…the terror that flashes on his face when the keeper first approaches, and then how he calms a bit when he realises that she won’t hurt him. It’s just…it’s beautiful in how heartbreakingly poignant it is. And I really hoped to do it justice in this piece?

I know I’ve been MIA for a few days, but I had a very good reason. On Sunday I took part in my third ever archery competition…and I won!

That’s my second win out of three, alongside one second place!

So, to celebrate, I thought I’d try my hand at giving the Fleetway version of Amy Rose a slight re-imagining. I never got a chance to read the Fleetway Comics myself, them being cancelled before I was eight, but god did they look fun! I’m sure had I seen them on the shelves I would have ran right to them, but…I just don’t think I ever saw them on the newsagents stands?

Either way, from what I’ve seen they did a phenomenal job with their take on Amy Rose, and given that I already loved her from the mainline games it wasn’t gonna be hard to grab my attention.

For the piece itself; I decided to blend together aspects of both classic and modern, but rather than a hammer, I figured that Fleetway Amy would have some knowledge of traditional archery form (given how she wields a crossbow) and basically decided to lean into that angle. I know Fleetway Amy wore baggier, arguably comfier shirts, but that’s not always the best thing for archery—or barebow archery specifically—you don’t want anything that the string can whip against because it can knock your arrows off course; and even mm at the start can translate to whole inches or more at the target’s end—so I gave her more of a running-gear fit style shirt but paired it with a set of practical and fun as hell cargo pants! Actually, I feel like it works as a callback to the 90’s/00’s style anyway? And that was a fun style to revisit anyway, especially in Amy’s classic-era colour scheme! Also kept the modern pattern on her boots, but repurposed them to be a little more outdoorsy.

So, yeah, that was my weekend!

You have no idea how much this has touched me 😭

Thankyou! This is exactly what I wanted from my artwork; but don’t you worry, I’m having too much fun drawing the Chaotix and their chaotic family dynamic, and as long as I’ve got an idea they’re gonna have a piece!

Been so overwhelmed with all the notes, re blogs and wonderful tags I’ve been getting lately that I just had to draw my favourite found family as a big old THANKYOU!!!

It just…means so much to me that this one little thought has been shared by so many of us. I don’t know -why- it means so much to me, but I’m treasuring it; just like I’m treasuring every single like and tag and comment these pieces get.

Thankyou: not just for that, but for reminding me what art can do and for keeping me so inspired! I can’t wait to get started on my next piece with these guys!!

It’s not really all about the money: not entirely.

That’s always the vibe that I’ve gotten from Vector. Yes, he needs that cash to cover their bills, but only so he can keep a roof over their heads and the boys fed. Did you know that in Sonic heroes, one of Vector’s idle lines is “Darn. I forgot to pay the electric bill.” —that pretty much cemented my impression of him as “Dad friend,” especially considering that Espio and Charmy are underage.

But I also like to think that he never wants the boys to see the bills. I like to think he doesn’t want them to be so bogged down worrying about it that they can’t do, or even enjoy, their jobs.

Hoping to explore this one a little further.

Know what? Same. 😭 That’s why I had to make a sequel!

It’s nice to know I’m not alone in feeling that Espio isn’t quite so above it all. Yes, he is an undoubtedly talented and capable ninja, dedicated to his craft and proud of it…but he’s also still sixteen years old.

And I mean that in the best possible way! I would not have been this zen at sixteen!

Also, head-canon that because he’s basically the team dad/dad friend/promoted to parent, Vector hears a LOT of “Bo-oooss” being called like that whiny “Daa-aaad” noise and can do zippo about it.