Artist's commentary
SegaSonic - Sunset Showdown
(Re)Introducing Nack the Weasel! Or Fang the Sniper, in Japanese.
I personally only played one Sonic game where Fang appeared, and it was Sonic Triple Trouble. He was pretty useless in that game and never stood out as a character who could "make" a game, so I understand if Sonic Team decided to remove him from the character roster in the new games.
I guess he was replaced by Rouge the bat, who is also a treasure hunter. Poor Fang.
Anyways, for this artwork, my idea was to make a scene on a moving platform with a sunset in the background. I also planned to out-world-ish looking Eggman pillars all around to emphasize on the angle.
In the end, I dropped that idea, because the clouds and the sunrays were giving me too much trouble. A _LOT_ of trouble.
Also the sunset I ended up doing looks nothing like the photo I used as a reference. Oh well. XD
I really, really happy with how Mighty and Espio came out in this pic. Usually I have problems with Mighty and Espio's eyes if they aren't frowning, but in the end, they look fine. :) (Smile)
Here, everyone takes a backseat to give place to the only two guys with guns. What happens next? Use your imagination! ;) (Wink)
Song of inspiration: "Silver Will, Golden Wings" (Eiyuu Densetsu VI: Sora no Kiseki SC)
All official Official characters are (c) Sonic Team.