#sid screenshots

[sapphodera]

V doesn't like cops. But River might be an exception.

[theosconfessions]

no one:...

sid at dusty and theos house: 'take these pics for me..the kids are fine'

[kottkrig]

as June's summer-themed trading post has become available on retail, Sid's power level has reached maximum capacity and he is henceforth unstoppable

[descendant-of-truth]

Rise of Lyric has by far some of the most consistently expressive character animation of any 3D Sonic game ever, and frankly I think Frontiers should be embarrassed that it isn't at minimum on the same level as it, if not better.

Because here's the thing: RoL still looks awkward at times. Mouth shapes can feel a little weird, the eyebrows don't always seem to know what they're supposed to be doing, little things that give off the impression that it wasn't quite as polished as it wanted to be. But it's still LEAGUES above Frontiers, even with the progress it's made over other mainline games.

And look, I really can't claim to know how the models they're using work because I don't have the ability to mess around with them myself, but at this point I'm starting to wonder if they're just... not particularly stretchy by nature?? Because I can't imagine any other reason for them to be so stiff even when the animators are doing their best.

To prove my point, let's compare a very similar expression and pose of Sonic's from Frontiers and RoL respectively.

In both of these scenes, Sonic is expressing determination to fight in order to save his friends. In Frontiers, this is from the Final Horizon update, right after Amy, Tails, and Knuckles sacrificed their corporeal forms in order to bring Sonic back from corruption. Sonic is currently feeling the weight of that sacrifice full-force, lamenting that they gave up their chance at freedom for him, and uses that pain to push himself forward to really save them this time.

In Rise of Lyric, Sonic is staring down a robot army led by Metal Sonic as the door in front of them closes. He's already ushered Amy, Tails, and Knuckles behind him into a suspicious temple of sorts, but he's prepared to fight in case it doesn't close fast enough. He was told twice not to open the door in the first place, but he was concerned for his friends, and decided to prioritize protecting them over their own desires to keep fighting.

With such similar framing, it's hard not to see how Frontiers' expressions fall short. Both Sonics have their eyes narrowed, the bridge of their eyebrows scrunched down to separate them into two distinct shapes, and they're holding their fists up. But in Frontiers, it's not very clear what emotions he's feeling just by looking at him. Sure, he looks kinda determined if you squint, but at a glance, he looks almost more neutral than anything.

And it just gets worse the more you think about it because by all accounts, he should be having a MORE intense expression than the one in Rise of Lyric! I mean come on, the guy practically died five minutes ago and is gearing himself up for another round of Titan fights. He should be looking exhausted and utterly spent but like he's still gonna keep going somehow.

It got to the point where, halfway through writing this, I decided that it wasn't enough to just talk about what his expression should have looked like, and that I was going to put my money where my mouth was and redraw it myself.

I scrunched his eyes and brows down closer to how they are in the Boom screenshot for the determined look, made him look upwards with his irises instead of staring blankly ahead, and pulled up his lower eyelids to add an edge of desperation to him.

I kept his mouth in the same position, but tried to make it look a little more... angry? by curling it up on one side and showcasing his top teeth more. Finally, I changed the position of his body and arms a bit, to make it look like his whole body was tensing up along with his face.

These are all Extremely Doable in 3D animation - the only part I'm uncertain of is the mouth, since I tend to draw mouths with a very 2D mindset. But on principle, it should not be hard to shape his eyes to match his emotions. That is the absolute bare minimum of what you want your character models to be capable of in a professional setting.

And it's driving me nuts that Frontiers, savior of the Sonic games' credibility among the masses, is still being outclassed by what's considered the "second 06" of the franchise. What is happening over there that this keeps being a problem

[masseffectdiary]

Found this screenshot of Vetra and Sid. Wanted to share.

[interdimensionalhellscapeportal]

[sims4littlebird]

[pangolinheart]

Sidurgu is a normal guy with normal feelings.

[absurdumsid]

Don't feel embarrassed, it's alr! Also I love how it went from serious detail to silly goofy

Anyways I'm currently stimming bc you're honestly one of my fave artists and to see you answer my asks makes my brain explode

i love doing interaction stuff so im also happy stimming answering these !!

[oikerino]

an encounter

[nabaath-areng]

" Ambitionen var ett långsamt gift Du höll ut länge men du föll till sist Och jag den svage, jag står ensam kvar En sista rest av en utdöd art ... "

[sapphodera]

when you just wanted a gig but end up saving the president

[theosconfessions]

sids looking for a brave soul to be his v-day lay

thank youuuu for the psd @moonloose love love love it!

[kottkrig]

I've been doing old fishing content and he looks so small and peaceful in this magical glen... no worries, only fish

[legylou]

turning my fav characters emo/scene/alt p1!!

thought of turning my fav charas. in2 kewl scene/emo/alt type of folks... might make p2 if theres enuff time :3

(characters/fandoms/franchises/medias/etc r not mine!!!)

[hidingoutbackstage]

OH.