>>545644747
this is really good art, but artists forget is that there are other things in sonic's DNA aside from just Felix and Mickey the retard mouse, there are japanese/anime influences on how they draw furry mascots like Klonoa or some baseball mascots and most importantly Osamu Tezuka style in general. There is no doubt that classic sonic was based on Felix the cat but still, there are different reinterpretations on sonic design early as Sonic 2 that moved away from just begin a reskin of Felix.
Modern sonic being the most well known design is the most distinct to his Fleischer roots and does his own thing, with a closer style to old OVA for children or more cartoony mangas thanks to another artists with a different and original vision using Oshima design as a base.
These artist too focused on making "the definitive" using ONLY old western cartoons that they forget sonic was made by Japanese people with their own pop culture.
All this just to say I fucking hate the fifth face in the drawing