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Published: 2014-03-10 00:05:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 3567; Favourites: 64; Downloads: 16
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Description Dunno, wanted to draw someone I hadn't thought about yet.

Slowly, accidentally starting to like this loser. He's growing on me, at least.

Most of the Black Arms only look like lumpy space tumors with legs, but Eclipse reminds me of some kind of reptile. I wasn't sure what to do for his human version, but I wanted to try making the Black Arms have reptilian features. Or maybe just Eclipse. I dunno how I'm gonna do this when I get to the others, yet.

His "hair" sometimes looks more spiky and upright and sometimes long and straight depending on which drawing you look at, and that somehow found its way into my design even though it's not canon. When he's relaxed, his frills lay flat in an ancient Kuzco/Moses hairstyle. When he's agitated or violent, they splay out and look more full. I'm not sure how well it works for him, but I like having his hair be a bit more interactive and alien-like.

Because of the hair, I started thinking way too hard about Moses/Ramses parallels between Shadow and Eclipse. I haven't picked who's who yet. They're both basically telling each other to let their people go. And either devouring humanity OR nuking a whole comet spaceship is kinda like locusts. Maybe slightly more dire. Anyway, elements from various versions of the story of Moses made it's way into his design. Mostly Ramses' costume from The Ten Commandments.

Like a dope I forgot to make the baby Black Oak into a humanized baby. But I'll have to come back to lumpy space baby another day.

Yeah, I'm still really figuring Eclipse out. But this was a fun start.

Eclipse, Black Doom (c) Archie, SEGA

(Also, this is my first nu252 gijinka! Huzzah!)

 
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Comments: 9

sonicxjones [2014-10-21 12:54:53 +0000 UTC]

aw baby Black Arm^^

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Shadowblade463 [2014-05-15 07:11:31 +0000 UTC]

This is pure genius, I LOVE your human Sonic artwork, Eclipse looks great, but I'd just stick with his comic look, he looks more alien that way

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KG5000 [2014-04-09 12:40:16 +0000 UTC]

That big sketch in the middle-top is incredible!

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DragonGirl1213 [2014-03-29 17:52:12 +0000 UTC]

Seriously this is epic! It totally deserves more views and favs! 

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willowwing726 [2014-03-14 23:16:15 +0000 UTC]

Whoa, sweet design !! Also,  Eclipse holding a baby Black Oak.... AAAAAFGDSFDSYGVYTRFDEDBYGNUGF That is sooo adorable and sweet , a true family moment between eclipse and his widdle baby bwotha!!!     

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SamCyberCat [2014-03-10 12:47:48 +0000 UTC]

Got to admit that I'm a bit too behind on my comic reading to have come up with a lot of headcanon on Eclipse just yet, but having seen the choices you've made here a lot of them make me go "YES, PERFECT!" Definitely liking the reptile features a lot.

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SimonSoys In reply to SamCyberCat [2014-03-10 21:01:46 +0000 UTC]

I didn't like him, but then I started picturing him singing Bonnie Tyler songs to Shadow and that made me like him a lot more. :V

I like focusing more on his family side. I liked how he was shown as being caring of the new hellspawn, and I like him trying to 'win back' Shadow. It must be pretty lonely being one of two people on your spaceship who actually has free will, with the other being your kind-of-a-jerk leader dad. He learns there might be another like him, wants so hard to meet him and have someone else like him around, and he gets there and it turns out Shadow's allied with Earth and wants to blow the Black Arms up. Dreaming of the perfect big brother, just to finally meet him and find out he hates you and your kind. Bummer.

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KimsSpace [2014-03-10 10:54:14 +0000 UTC]

...You managed to make Eclipse look hot
I love it!

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PetTeamCreator [2014-03-10 00:34:39 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE IT

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