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Published: 2008-07-28 16:34:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 40506; Favourites: 1332; Downloads: 1247
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Description Here are some lost files salvaged from a defunct and ancient computer.

(I'm serious about that. This pic KILLED my laptop. And the fact that the RAM has kerploded, leaving me with a machine that can only handle saving one photoshop layer at a time and text only if i'm lucky, is why it's -really- not as good as it should be D: )

...anyway. Yeah. Wouldn't normally do something like this, I'm not usally -quite- this anal and obsessive about fan stuff... but I just fancied getting the anatomy book out and practising drawing a skeleton. That plus I have a lot of worldbuilding ideas hanging about doing nothing and thought it'd be nice to present them as some of Gerald's blueprinty things.
So here's me taking Shadow and going nuts


Text should just about be readable (is on this pc anyway) but I'm not expecting anyone to plough through it all XD there's a quite a few fanfiction hints in there if anyone's really interested in reading it. Not essential though XD

Apparently ARK runs on Windows. <.<'

Shadow is not mine, obviously.
(Alternative title: TL;DR)

(Edit, yes, I'm aware of the typo(s) now. Missed that one, I'll nuke it later XD Thanks for pointing that out *whisperelmwood )
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Comments: 317

Vana-the-Bat In reply to ??? [2009-08-19 20:46:24 +0000 UTC]

Lol! Well it shows that you took your time! ^^ Very good work!

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Swirlything In reply to Vana-the-Bat [2009-08-20 10:44:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, glad you like it!

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Vana-the-Bat In reply to Swirlything [2009-08-20 20:28:05 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome!

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JEWTzilla [2009-08-05 07:03:32 +0000 UTC]

Sweet gods in the Mobian skies!!!!!!!!!!!! Friggin Awsome!!!!
"Ultimate Victory!"

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saiyanhajime [2009-08-02 22:06:44 +0000 UTC]

This is not only beautiful, but it's amazingly detailed descriptively and well thought out. Awesome.

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Clypso-95 [2009-07-26 06:08:01 +0000 UTC]

0.0!!That is just EXCELLENT!!!!!! I love how much detail you put into it^^ I almost mistook this for Proffeser Gerald's blue print of his final Project Shadow. lol

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p8nternecromorf In reply to ??? [2009-07-21 22:54:03 +0000 UTC]

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byrnstar In reply to ??? [2009-06-30 03:06:30 +0000 UTC]

...wow.

I love anatomy studies, but few are as intensive as this. The skull especially blows me away with the detail. I have just one tiny question - are the lower canines supposed to fit like that? Seems that given the already short mandible, placing them behind the upper canines and so far back would reduce their effectiveness in a bite...Of course, the way they are now does add to the β€˜sharpness’ of the muzzle.

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Swirlything In reply to byrnstar [2009-07-11 20:14:36 +0000 UTC]

Well, I was basing the tooth arrangement on my small collection of animal skulls- but you're right, it's more for appearance's sake and probably wouldn't work 'in real life.' When you come down to it, anthro or not, it's still a cartoon character so I didn't go too much into the actual mechanics.

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Mevrona In reply to ??? [2009-06-10 00:50:40 +0000 UTC]

After reading the entire thing, I have to say I'm blown away by both the writing and the drawing skills you put into this. Great job!

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Dark1032 In reply to ??? [2009-06-03 14:10:44 +0000 UTC]

ooo this is pretty sweet. I love the detail you put into this.

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zeros-nettop In reply to ??? [2009-05-03 04:19:53 +0000 UTC]

woah...details!

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TrueKaoz In reply to ??? [2009-04-27 19:01:49 +0000 UTC]

Awesome profile sheet, very detailed both with the descriptions and the text.
I love the little details also like the skeleton and markings on the hands.
Fantastic work

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RedheadLioness In reply to ??? [2009-04-06 06:14:01 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely amazing! I've never read a more detailed and well put together (report? diary maybe?) on the anatomy of Mobians, let alone Shadow! This is truly an amazing peice, and I really hope you know that. This is instantly a fav for me!

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CarnageDoom In reply to ??? [2009-03-25 18:59:56 +0000 UTC]

this is awesome
i like the patterns on his hands too
amazing stuff

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Orumon In reply to ??? [2009-03-21 18:18:14 +0000 UTC]

This is possibly the best take on shadows creation that I've seen.

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kimber-wick In reply to ??? [2009-02-21 18:07:29 +0000 UTC]

ok one comment is not enough. I forgot to say how completely REAL it looks!
It is very awesome.

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Steel--The--Gamer In reply to ??? [2009-02-21 12:32:33 +0000 UTC]

Interesting, most interesting

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kimber-wick In reply to ??? [2009-02-21 02:32:18 +0000 UTC]

OMG very good um, Thalia, right?

You know 9.1? The person who expanded on that caracter is my best friend!

She refered me to your art, said it looked really cool. Nice job!

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ItaRoxasHikarino In reply to ??? [2009-01-02 21:08:55 +0000 UTC]

LOVE <3 to the pic I mostly start to think if I could some create Shadow for real

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Red-Matter In reply to ??? [2008-12-30 15:56:18 +0000 UTC]

hehehehe! he's cool, all the file of him

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sicotik [2008-12-10 14:07:48 +0000 UTC]

wow O.o thats cool

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ryu238 [2008-11-27 01:26:37 +0000 UTC]

Will there be anything similar for sonic?

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chariflame [2008-11-22 14:06:58 +0000 UTC]

...woooow. I'm in awe. The ammount of detail (I read all the text, and loved it.) in both the drawings and layout of the whole thing is amazing!

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HeartlessMar [2008-11-16 03:06:12 +0000 UTC]

This is so awesome on how you made this look just like something you'd find in the ARK's archives

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The-Companion-Cube [2008-11-14 23:06:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh my..
This is just pure awesomeness. β™₯

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stkbayfield [2008-11-08 23:42:19 +0000 UTC]

Thalia. This right here is why you rock the freaking planet.

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Swirlything In reply to stkbayfield [2008-11-10 20:03:33 +0000 UTC]

O.o thanks!

I had no idea you were still on DA Craig, haven't seen you around here in ages.

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BlazeTheCat14 [2008-10-15 20:08:20 +0000 UTC]

Cool.

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Olguita-09 [2008-10-15 00:46:47 +0000 UTC]

wow

This very nice

is so cool shadow ^^

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The-Sea-Cat [2008-10-11 05:41:34 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!!

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wuzup3 In reply to ??? [2008-10-05 14:11:39 +0000 UTC]

THIS IS AMAZIGN I"M FAvING THIS!!!!

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shado8xrouge [2008-10-02 13:12:01 +0000 UTC]

do u think u could make a step by step or a little helper thing on doing the skelteton sys. it would me much loved thanku

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Swirlything In reply to shado8xrouge [2008-10-02 17:59:14 +0000 UTC]

I used an anatomy for artists book to work out how the skeleton would look

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shado8xrouge In reply to Swirlything [2008-10-02 21:18:13 +0000 UTC]

thanks i look

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xmayflowerx In reply to ??? [2008-09-17 23:04:51 +0000 UTC]

Holy crud, Umbra, this pic is, like, win. OwO

Though I have to say, you made me feel like a dork. I went through and read all of the little blurbs and whatnot, and then you went and said "Yeah, I'm not expecting anybody to actually read the whole flipping thing, lawlz". Then again, checking the amount of comments and whatnot, I'm thinking I'm probably not the only one.

Picture still equals win, though.

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Scarlo-hara [2008-09-17 20:03:09 +0000 UTC]

OMG you made a Mobian hedgehog Realstic and DIDN'T fail, do you have any idea how many people have tried that and failed!? OMG (as you can probebly tell this is the first of your Artworks I've seen)
I've been trying to perfect a realistic design for Sonic characters myself for ages! I've always gone with smaller heads though, and about 60% of the drawings have digitigrade legs.

(*goes to looks at all your other Sonic art* hmm it seems you base you mobians on older media (where Knux, Sonic and Amy are the only ones brightly coloured) whilst me on newer (where they're all colourful.))
SO totally faved!

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Swirlything In reply to Scarlo-hara [2008-09-18 15:41:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

And yes, I go by the Fleetway Sonic universe, where most of the Mobians apart from the main characters have more natural colouring.

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RhythmCrown In reply to ??? [2008-09-12 22:25:24 +0000 UTC]

This is sooooo well thought out! You have great detail skills. I'm so jealous XD I can't really draw muzzles, I might post a picture of shadow this weekend. The shape of the anatomy is perfect. I read everything on this, and it looks so professional! I can't say anything but WOW. ^^

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TwilightDreams03 In reply to ??? [2008-09-10 00:55:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Yoy've got some nice ideas about Shadow's Body Structure. ^^

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lost-soul1990 [2008-09-03 22:11:08 +0000 UTC]

wow awesome.
it looks so cool

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kentriodon In reply to ??? [2008-08-31 16:47:59 +0000 UTC]

Wow... this certainly shows that you did a lot of thinking on the subject. I like the skeleton and all of the explanations for it. But then again, I'm just a sucker for anatomy.
I don't agree with all of it, of course, but I'm not as a rabid Shadow fan to care really. I think you did a great job. Maybe I'm actually most impressed by the windows shell design you've created for this...

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KIMIKONYO [2008-08-29 17:33:06 +0000 UTC]

this is so cooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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artistafrustrado [2008-08-26 03:02:52 +0000 UTC]

wow freaking awesome settings..........me thoug that shadow was a cyborg (like terminartor: machine covered with organic skin)

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Hopalongtom [2008-08-23 22:40:45 +0000 UTC]

Sweet, I'm assuming the Shadow we know and love was the 9.1 that got put in Stasis?

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alexwarlorn [2008-08-20 17:45:24 +0000 UTC]

A brilliant idea of Shadow having the black arms logo on his hands and feet. And why don't you desire critique? You're a brilliant artist and semi-story teller.

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artununos-k2 [2008-08-19 21:14:36 +0000 UTC]

I've read the whole thing- it's very interesting. I think it's really neat how you've taken the time to go into such detail about Shadow, especially things like the bracelets and his shoes and how they work
I'm also quite taken with the anatomy you use with Shadow- the slightly more 'human' proportions and that almost canine-looking head actually make him seem more realistic, I think.
Fav'd

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Zelos88 In reply to ??? [2008-08-18 12:03:56 +0000 UTC]

WHAT KIND OF MADNESS IS THIS!? the awesomeness IS OVER 9000

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Eternal-Equinox In reply to Zelos88 [2008-08-25 13:40:31 +0000 UTC]

Well put!

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Zelos88 In reply to Eternal-Equinox [2008-08-25 15:55:14 +0000 UTC]

yes, its MADNESS

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