Greetings, all.
It's come to my attention that a Sonic the Hedgehog channel is part of the Live TV channel lineup. I used to love watching the old Sonic cartoons when I was a kid, so this was perfect for me! One show, in particular, caught my attention, however.
When I checked the information for an episode of Sonic Underground, I noticed something unusual. The channel art seems to be a custom piece of art featuring the three main characters doing their poses from each episode's title card. However, Sonia, Sonic, and Manic are all drawn in Sonic Adventure or Sonic X style rather than the cutesy style that the show uses. There are also some small inconsistencies with the character designs, not to mention that the art quality, itself, seems a little… amateurish.
I was unable to find any kind of source on any of the usual art sites. However, Google Lens was able to track this piece of art down to a YouTube video from 2013 which uses the art in its thumbnail… which led me to a name.
"zai-the-hedgehog".
This artwork is stolen. The original, unedited version can be found over on Tumblr, which was mentioned in a Reddit thread about it. Apparently, this has been a thing for over nine years now? That doesn't seem very fair or right. Please, either credit the original artist, or change the art.
Thank you.
I'm not that hard to find… if you know where to look.
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