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Hylian-Rinku — Knuckles Redesigned

Published: 2011-12-01 18:35:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 2798; Favourites: 104; Downloads: 0
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Description Got around to doing Knuckles the Echidna and I think it looks pretty nice. Still got quite a lot of these to do. People rarely do him well in a gijinka form without making him completely out of character, what with giving him a social schoolboy look instead of an anti-social guardian.

I'm also redoing Sonic to make him look less 'Sonic Riders'.

I made him look a little better in the 'I've never seen the outside world beyond the island' attitude, a little beefier in the face and more coordinated markings. His hair hasn't changed much, it's still dreads but with better use of the rings. Gave him a plate over the white cress on his chest, just because it looked pretty cool with his colour coordination.

Hmm well, I liked doing this one x) I did a normal version of Knuckles with these additions and damnit, he looked pretty good in them.

Decided I'm going to have them facing the same way so it's like the Sonic Team symbol, same with the likes of the Sonic and Knuckles one. Makes the headshots relate to each other.

Knuckles the Echidna belongs to Sega, of course.
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Comments: 39

Mskitty357 [2013-03-08 22:25:54 +0000 UTC]

Love it! Looks like a mix between Knuckles and Tikal.

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to Mskitty357 [2013-03-09 02:16:15 +0000 UTC]

...Because they're both echidnas?

Thanks! But I don't quite get the mix comment D:

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Mskitty357 In reply to Hylian-Rinku [2013-03-09 03:11:36 +0000 UTC]

well, tikal has the things in her hair...?

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to Mskitty357 [2013-03-09 20:20:04 +0000 UTC]

Cause she's tribal, but Knuckles also had ones like them on Sonic Channel one time x)

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Mskitty357 In reply to Hylian-Rinku [2013-03-10 02:28:58 +0000 UTC]

yeah, one time. i was just saying it because tikal has them in mostly all of the time. c:

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to Mskitty357 [2013-03-10 10:27:57 +0000 UTC]

I dunno, she only has one design from one game, so I'm not sure that counts as all the time xD

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thepredator777 [2013-01-25 00:39:38 +0000 UTC]

knuckles the predator

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XxKnougeluver4everXx [2012-03-09 18:23:27 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing! He looks very good in this!

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to XxKnougeluver4everXx [2012-03-09 18:55:26 +0000 UTC]

Heheh, thank you x)

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XxKnougeluver4everXx In reply to Hylian-Rinku [2012-03-09 23:26:36 +0000 UTC]

you are welcome! x3

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Fitesized [2012-01-22 09:06:35 +0000 UTC]

damn it i love his hair!!!

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to Fitesized [2012-01-22 11:03:44 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, why thank you x)

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PSHoudini [2012-01-17 19:19:07 +0000 UTC]

i love the clean and sharp lines in this image. the colrs are awesome 2

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to PSHoudini [2012-01-17 19:21:37 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, thank you very much x)

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PSHoudini In reply to Hylian-Rinku [2012-01-17 19:22:42 +0000 UTC]

...my pleasure

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Gnome64 [2011-12-07 22:44:07 +0000 UTC]

wow, it's like a mix of several different things at once.

knuckles/yu-gi-oh are what first come to mind.

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to Gnome64 [2011-12-09 03:30:57 +0000 UTC]

Hah what? Yu-gi-oh? I don't know where you're getting that from, but maybe that's my fault for only knowing it when it first started

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Gnome64 In reply to Hylian-Rinku [2011-12-09 03:49:17 +0000 UTC]

perhaps i should say Egyptian. The only anime i know that's related to that era is yugioh, and this picture seems to be based off the anime style...

so it's not a character necessarily, but it simply reminds me of yugioh.

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to Gnome64 [2011-12-09 11:09:55 +0000 UTC]

Heheh, it's based off an anime style because the characters are Japanese, therefore if they're going to be any cartoon style, it'd probably be a Japanese kind. He's supposed to be based off Aborigine/Papua New Guinea natives with a bit of Sonic-based trinkets thrown in (the rings).

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Gnome64 In reply to Hylian-Rinku [2011-12-09 15:40:39 +0000 UTC]

ah, i see. that's pretty cool; hybrids are always fun.

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Angelwood-Studios [2011-12-05 14:15:41 +0000 UTC]

This is pretty good he looks kind of Reggae though lol

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to Angelwood-Studios [2011-12-05 14:33:09 +0000 UTC]

Only way to give him the dreads he's well known for x) Nothing wrong with looking reggae though, right? He already tries to imitate a cool black man with those theme songs of his >.>

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Angelwood-Studios In reply to Hylian-Rinku [2011-12-05 15:09:40 +0000 UTC]

lol i know right?! >w<

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Katzy [2011-12-02 06:27:04 +0000 UTC]

Now this is a Knuckles gijinka I like.

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to Katzy [2011-12-02 09:14:54 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it so much x)

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Rudolphtheehcidna [2011-12-02 03:39:13 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is a good humanized version of my favorite echidna. Very well done ^_^

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to Rudolphtheehcidna [2011-12-02 09:15:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I appreciate it xD

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IsabellaSweets [2011-12-02 00:33:32 +0000 UTC]

It kinda looks like the Spectre from Starcraft 2.

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to IsabellaSweets [2011-12-02 01:29:25 +0000 UTC]

Eh? I just googled this Spectre and you're comparing him to what looks like a high-tech starship trooper alike? What's the similarity? :/

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IsabellaSweets In reply to Hylian-Rinku [2011-12-02 01:31:40 +0000 UTC]

The dreads, but that's basically it because they're super big and scary looking. Not that it's a bad thing, because your art is so cool... I'm digging my grave aren't I?

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to IsabellaSweets [2011-12-02 01:37:24 +0000 UTC]

I just really don't know anything about Starcraft, so all I'm reading is you comparing him to a big suited guy I'm finding through google xD Heh! But umm, thanks, I guess x)

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IsabellaSweets In reply to Hylian-Rinku [2011-12-02 01:38:52 +0000 UTC]

I don't either, my brother compared the two.

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to IsabellaSweets [2011-12-02 01:39:44 +0000 UTC]

I seeeeeee, well that kinda explains something I've never been interested in strategy games like that anyway x)

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IsabellaSweets In reply to Hylian-Rinku [2011-12-02 01:44:54 +0000 UTC]

Niether have I, to be honest.

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Deru-Meru [2011-12-01 22:01:10 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!!!! Man, just impressive.
Yea, ~DieBronzeneule said it all. You took Knuckles back to his roots with that echidna-looking look, what with how ornate his hair and facial markings are. It's such a perfect interpretation of Knuckles, in MY humble opinion.
Shoot, if my friends come through with making a gijinka cosplay of him - this just has to be it (with crediting and your permission, of course. )
////*Faves*
"there was too many schoolboy looks floating around" << LMBO

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to Deru-Meru [2011-12-02 01:31:13 +0000 UTC]

Hehe thank you xD Hmm well, if it helps, I am going to do a full-body version of him eventually x) I'm glad you like his design so much!

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Deru-Meru In reply to Hylian-Rinku [2011-12-06 00:44:59 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcomed~~ Oh, that's nice!
I'm glad you're actually bringing this to life yourself, I'll look forward to it!

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DieBronzeneule [2011-12-01 19:45:36 +0000 UTC]

Looks fabulous, really
I love the amount of details on this. Especially those golden thingies on his dreadlocks.
Also, I would like to say that design is quite impressive - well-balanced and composed, with some athmosphere of ancient echidnas time.
Fave, IOW

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Hylian-Rinku In reply to DieBronzeneule [2011-12-01 20:26:36 +0000 UTC]

Oh thank you x) I'm glad you like, it took ages to try and design him so he didn't look awful D:

He needed the ancient look so much, there was too many schoolboy looks floating around

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