I did this a few days ago; still bald because I'm not sure if I want to keep that hairstyle.

I started on a new portrait yesterday, the same character from this thread last year, and THIS thread almost 3 year ago... 


                                      ...2007...                                                       2009

I like what you're doing with his skin's texture--is it supposed to mimic scales? It could use some work though, especially the bright spots around his nostrils; they don't blend with the other spots to me.

The shading on the bottom on the hat gives it a tilted perspective--is it supposed to not fit over his all the way? Is it tipped to one side? If it's supposed to be straight on his head, take a look at Souly's edit and see how the hat sits on the Yoshi's head.

It's been almost four months, but ah, well.

I'm still lost as to this character design--my cousin's improved on it some; it's less of a Sonic recolor. I came up with this:


But I could never get past the outline stage with the lower body, and it seems awkward to animate. Eventually I started from scratch and got this:


The proportions are pretty cute and maybe more cat-like, but the shading... meh.



Here are some of his other characters that I've sprited, all in drastically different styles. 

I was aiming for a slightly turned up nose before, but I tried a straighter one, and... I like it. Though I think I want it to be thinner, I dunno.


@Helm: Haha, nah, I knew exactly what you were talking about, though I was thinking the really thin bridge + large wings were what gave that impression. Top lip was there, but only only colored light pink instead of outlined, otherwise they'd be more full than what I'm going for.  Still gotta study up on those ears--they can be as aggravating as hands!

@r1k: Heeey, nice edit! Thanks! I took some of your fixes into account (reduced the widow's peak, softened the jaw slightly, rounded the scalp, etc). The 2007 version just was due to... well, me having no clue what I was doing, but she wasn't supposed to be especially feminine. Still, glad for the edit!

A bald redo from scratch of the brown-haired guy:



... meh. 

The tiles themselves look great to me, but they don't blend very well together in the screenie. I see you used transparency for the area where the grass and rock meet, I think the transition should be smoother, like little random blades of grass on the edges. Same applies to the base of the cliff.