Took some photos while I was at the cosplay con last night, too bad my phone's battery died so I only took a few photos but there were so many good ones that I missed...

-http://www.noelshack.com/2016-17-14.....428-213457.jpg

Who's that ugly fat guy? Oh right, that's me >///< standing next to a Zelda cosplayer from Canada, she's amazing, too bad the custome isn't fully shown, it was spot-on.

-http://www.noelshack.com/2016-17-14.....429-202113.jpg
-http://www.noelshack.com/2016-17-14.....28-213469.jpeg

A couple more photos of that Zelda cosplayer, this time doing Samus, you can see some of her Zelda photos on the wall too, I don't think I need to tell you how tight and sexy her custome was, the photo isn't clear but you can actually see her details clearly in real life like her belly button, nipples, and even her sexy cameltoe, and don't get me started on her tight ass, her body looked so good from the side I swear I almost got a boner, sorry I couldn't take a back photo but you know it would be rude to ask her to take a picture of her ass XD

-http://www.noelshack.com/2016-17-14.....429-181411.jpg

This is my friend, he always does Wario but this time I wonder who this guy is, oh look, he's got a feather in his hand, maybe it's a bird? XD

-http://www.noelshack.com/2016-17-14.....428-230447.jpg

-http://www.noelshack.com/2016-17-14.....429-202313.jpg

Those I don't know, but they looked cool, too bad I didn't get to take a photo of my friend who did Snake from Metal Gear, he did Shadow The Hedgehog last year, he's cool

Also they had a guy from Team Ninja, he was showing off new games and asking our feedback on their games and what not, then he started answering some of the audience questions and taking ideas to tell the guys at Team Ninja, I was tempted to bring up the lack of that volleyball Dead or Alive game so badly but I'm glad I didn't bring it up XD

Also we had a guy from Square Enix, he said he specially wants our feedback because the team are very interested to make the next Final Fantasy appeal to the middle east very well (as if they weren't popular already) and the guy said they're planning on adding support to Arabic language already, a lot of games nowadays does that on PS4 and Xbox One, not sure why but I won't complain, I'll probably still play in English anyway =p

I played some demos of new games, some old school games as well, played some Game Gear (so much nostalgia) and Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Famicom, Super Famicom, I even played some Wonderswan, it's cool playing these games on real hardware, there was a lot of Sonic merchandise (as always) and many Sonic fans.

And for the first time I had the courage to show off my Sonic art (this one in particular http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18776287/ ) and they complemented them very well and told me I should be proud of them not ashamed (I can't help but worry to show them in public, not just because they're nsfw but mostly because I'm 30 and I draw Sonic, many people consider Sonic for kids especially in the current years) but they were very positive about them, one guy told me he'd like to print some of them on T-shirts too, and there's a girl that told me I draw Sonic stuff spot-on like the official work, that made me feel proud :)

I really had fun at this year's con, I lost in Dead or Alive and Mortal Kombat turnements, didn't get the chance to enter the other ones (Smash, BlazBlue, Guilty Gear, Street Fighter, and Pokken) but I'm not very good at fighting games I'm only good against the CPU so I'd probably lose anyway, my sister got to the final rounds in DoA, she's good.

Sorry guys it took me long enough to finally get around updating my PS4 and doing all the installing I needed, but here's my Friend Code...

PSN Friend Code: juice-hedgehog

Let me know if it didn't work or post yours in the comments and I'll add you.

I wanted to post this journal yesterday but I been away from the internet for two days, been busy with some stuff...

Anyway, SEGA Europe announced "SEGA Mega Drive Classics Hub" to be released on Steam, basically it's a fancy Mega Drive Emulator with everything you expect, plus it's to allow sharing "modified Mega Drive Roms" yes it allows legally sharing "Rom hacks"... Wow!

I wonder what do Nintendo think about this... oh wait, they're busy removing Youtube videos playing some of their old games

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAzzoU0fIxU
Source: http://www.sega.co.uk/news/sega-meg.....e-classics-hub

She makes really nice artwork  shadowperla2013

Since I didn't make a journal about this, while I'm at it I'll just post this here...

At the recent Sonic Adventure Music Experience event in Japan, people there were given a CD with remastered music that's not officially going to be sold anywhere else.

Prepare yourself for a nostalgia trip! Download the new tracks here http://www.mediafire.com/download/q.....ience+Rips.zip

Now usually when someone mentions that SEGA are promising to care for the quality of their products, everyone goes "haven't we heard this one before" so why should we believe them this time? Well, it's been over 3 years since the last Sonic game made by Sonic Team was released (less we count Sonic Runners, I don't) and we still don't have any NEWS about the new game let alone show any footage of it just yet, and then we get this:

#25 years of Sonic #and another busy day here at the sega offices #today we'd like to take a moment to say thank you to all of you who have been patient this year #the great irony of course is that in 2015 the mantra was: Take your time SEGA! Make a good game! #but now that we actually are taking our time and focusing on quality #we notice a small group of vocal people shouting: GIVE US NEWS! GIVE IT NOW! #funny how impatient people can become - isn't it? #So to all those demanding news - you're just gonna have to wait. Get used to that! #And to all those demanding good games - we hope to make you excited in due time #In other news... #we have a developer interview coming up soon for Big's Big Fishing Adventure 3 #so stay tuned! #HAPPY TUESDAY PEEPS

Source: http://sonicthehedgehog.tumblr.com/.....25-with-a-bang

So... I guess this confirms there's a game in the works, it's only a matter of time now until we see something, I won't lie I was beginning to have my doubts and I'm sure I'm not the only one...

Recently I been feeling more and more people losing interest in Sonic, many of my friends now moved on and stopped caring to the point I even have friends now who flat out get pissed or bored if I mention Sonic to them, many associate Sonic with failure nowadays to the point it's considered an insult to even use a Sonic icon or something *sigh* I hope their promises about changing Sonic's reputation are more than words, at this point I want them to either put effort or kill the franchise altogether.

One last thing, I find it a little interesting how this gif totally skips Boom Sonic http://45.media.tumblr.com/fee901cf.....b23o1_1280.gif

I'm sick, I woke up this morning and my throat burns, I was planning to finish a couple more commissions before I take a break from art for a while but I think I have no choice but to take a break now, sorry guys, for everyone who's expecting art from me, I'm really, really sorry!

I often don't ask where to watch a new movie online but this particular one I could never find (well I also had problems finding Fantastic Four 2015, and boy was I disappointed after I saw it) anybody knows where I can watch Batman vs Superman Dawn of Justice online?

Seriously this fandom need more people like this http://forums.sonicretro.org/index......p;#entry857115

It's not SEGA's fault if we (Sonic fans) cannot be pleased, whatever they do we make sure to piss on it before it even has a chance, all the way that little kids nowadays associate Sonic with failure and laugh at everyone who even mentions his name, it's not making SEGA's job any easier and if anything it's making it easy for them to just not care anymore..

I mean why would they care to make effort when they know we will just complain about it regardless? Why do they need to update their past games and try to improve on them (check the couple of comments before the one I linked to) when we always make sure to trash their effort? Fuck this fandom, this is exactly why we can't get good things!

Edit: link fixed now, the server was off for a minute!

I was thinking recently, you know how often I make ranting journals, complaining about childish behavior and rude comments by closed minded idiots over the internet?

Well it came to my attention most of these comments I receive are from Youtube, I'm sure there are many other social media sites that does the same (I can only assume Facebook and Twitter are just as bad) and I know a good example of a site running by assholes *cough*sonicretro*cough* but since I don't use Facebook or any similar site, and since I haven't been in Deviantart for a few years, my problem seems to come mostly from Youtube.

Last night, as I finished watching MatPat's second part of the Dating Sims Game Theory video, I noticed in his video he was using Princess Peach as an example a lot (and I do mean A LOT) so I left a joke comment asking MatPat if he had a thing for Princess Peach, then I continued saying that "it's all good as I too have a thing for Amy Rose"...

And wouldn't you know it, I received a reply right away from this asshole saying something like "so in a world where anthropic animals exist you'd still be a pedophile for doing Amy because she's 12 years old".

I told him "How's a 12 years old hedgehog considered underage? Besides, where I come from you can legally get married to a 9 years old" and his response was like "WHERE THE HILL DO YOU LIVE?!"...

At that point I left him without a reply because I knew if I answered him I will only cause trouble, it's clear he's got his mind set to shut off whatever I was going to say, he's a closed minded brick who has this idea "what I think is right, what others think is wrong" and it's sad to see many people have this same mindset where they believe their lifestyle or culture is the "right way to live" and every other lifestyle and culture is just "wrong" :/

I couldn't help but show the progress on the current commission I'm working on http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers.....etal-sonic.png

So what do you guys think? Let me know if the link doesn't work... For some reason ever since we switched the internet company, Noelshack is no longer working, It seems I can still upload pics but I can't view any :s

With my current classes and commissions I'm afraid I won't be able to do work on any collabs or art trades atm, I apologize for everyone who's expecting a collab or art trade from me, you're going to have to wait a little longer I'm afraid :c

About commissions, I'll accept them if you don't mind to wait, once this one is finished I still have two more to finish then I might take a break, sorry guys, I been working hard recently and I have so much to do.

Prices:
-Sketch 3$
-Outline 5$
-Colored 10$
-Sonic Channel or Sonic X 20$
-Pixel Art 10$
-Icon 5$
-Additional character +10$

Hello guys, I have something that I would like to say and I'll appreciate it if you bare with me here and try to be understanding...

For quite some time I been getting the feeling that I'm being judged based on my ethnicity, coming from the middle east it appears many people have issues with me or feel uneasy because of this, some even push me away or look down to me, I want you all to know I have nothing but respect to all of you, I respect all cultures and believes, and if I have said or did anything that made you feel uncomfortable know that I never meant it in an offensive way, I either did it to make a point or explain something and I apologize if I have hurt anyone.

I'm writing this journal with tears on my eyes, I couldn't sleep well last night as I been thinking of a few comments I had with a couple of friends of mine, I had to get off the bed to make this journal, hoping that someone would read it.

I cannot tell you how many times I felt like certain people have rejected me or blocked me (either emotionally or physically) the minute they learned I come from the middle east, yes I'm Arab, but is that really a bad thing?

You see, I maybe Arabian but I'm an open minded one, in my culture I've always been rejected, people often tell me that my way of thinking is "too western-like" and that I'm "not religious enough", it's funny cause many westerns seem to think I'm "way too religious", that being said, I've always felt more comfortable around westerns, talking to them, working with them, having them as friends, they seem to accept me and understand me more than most people in my country, I feel like my way of thinking is closer to westerns than easterns and that I understand your lifestyle even more than I understand ours, that's not to say that our lifestyle is wrong, this is not a black and white situation my friends, I'm afraid this is a grey one and I know enough about both cultures to tell you that both parties are at fault, though I won't get into details here.

At university my major was English Literature (believe it or not) I've always been fascinated with the western culture and I've always liked the English language, studying English literature we were taught that by learning a new language you don't just learn said language but the culture associated with it, this of course includes religion, I learned some stuff about Christianity and other religions not only because it was part of the curriculum but also because I was interested, I always been curious to learn more about different cultures and they say knowledge is power.

I know many westerns are sensitive when it comes to religion, they often censor any religious terms when translation a foreigner show or anime, I watch enough anime to know when the guy says "God bless you" and the translation changes it to "Good luck" or when he says "Thank God" and is translated to "I'm happy to hear that", I know all about this which is why I try to stay away from using religious terms when talking to westerns, be it in real life or even online.

However what most of you don't understand is unlike the situation in the west, here in the middle east religion takes a big part of our culture, our everyday speak is full of religious terms, even those who are not religious use them unintentionally, it's impossible to take away the religious terms due to the way the language works so excuse me if my language barriers result me in mentioning religious terms as I come from a different culture and I speak a different language.

Look guys, I have nothing but respect to all of you, even those who done me wrong I have no hard feelings for them, I accepted your lifestyle, why can't you accept mine? :'(

It's 1:15 am where I live so April's fools was already over an hour ago, so no, this is not an April's fools joke!

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?featu.....;v=FtuOW6GmOgE

Play The Trial: http://bigthec.at/

Well... This came out of nowhere, so we renewed our internet subscription and there was a special offer where I can have a PS4 (or Xbox One) for free along with it, naturally I took it, it's a bit more expensive but if this works out we might get decent internet speed again as this one is purely WiFi.

Right now my PS4 is still in the box since I don't have any games just yet, it's 500GB and I think it's European, afaik PS4 is multi-region so I should be fine (correct me if I'm wrong), right now I got some stuff I need to buy first but later on I plan on getting Street Fighter 5, Mortal Kombat X, and Batman Arkham Knight, and if the new Sonic game comes on PS4 I should be ready, who knows, I might also pick up that sexy beat 'em up game my friend KaijuFreak told me about >///<

I believe I already posted a journal about this before, anyway my friend just sent me this link: https://monstergear.sega-net.com/collabo/sonic/

I can't be the only one who gets Sonic and the Black Knight vibe from this, anyway Monster Gear Burst is an Action RPG available for free on iOS and Android devices.

This is the last straw, I been itching to make a ranting journal for a while but what happened today is just too much to take...

As you probably know SEGA has been focusing a lot on social media recently, making nothing but joke comments and associating them to Sonic, this isn't new for them as they tend to appreciate negative comments and bad reviews and often they respond to them with welcoming arms.

Here's where this all fails, ever since Sonic's Twitter page started doing what it does best, being a total mockery, Sonic is being associated with mockery and joke comments (he was before but now it's more than ever) I can't tell you how many times I get comments from users not taking my comments seriously at Youtube and other medias thinking I'm only joking or being a troll simply because of my icon, they flat out say it like this "he's using a Sonic icon, don't believe him" and it's been like this for the past year, I just can't take this, I mean when you get comments from little kids laughing at you for using an icon for Sonic and praising games like Ice Climbers and Balloon Fight as being the GOOD games and calling your taste of games bad because "lol, Sonic" it's just... ugh!

At this point I don't think there's any saving for Sonic anymore, for years there's been a lot of talk wither Sonic should just die and I always thought there's still some hope but I officially lost all hope at this point, SEGA has divided the series so much there's noway they can make a game to please the fans.

They say you can't please everybody, well at this point I don't think SEGA can even please anybody, I mean think about it... We have the fans of the classic games *cough*Sonic Retrolls*cough* SEGA can make a game specially for them and try to please them, right? But even these guys don't share one taste or opinion and there's just noway to ever please these guys, then we have the Dreamcast era fans, such as yours truly, now they might actually make another game that plays like the Adventure titles, it could be like Sonic 06 only not as rushed, good plot, multiple characters to play with, maybe even a Chao garden, you'd think this will please us, right? But then us, the Dreamcast era fans don't share the same taste, for all we know it could be another Sonic Unleashed with multiple characters and a Chao garden and I just don't want that, so again there's that, then we have fans of Sonic Unleashed, fans of Sonic Boom, Sonic Lost World, story book series, All-Stars Racing series, the Advance series, there are even fans of Tails Adventure who constantly ask for a sequel, there's just noway they will ever get what they want.

I played my favorite Sonic game in 2001, I was 16 when I got Sonic Adventure 2 for the SEGA Dreamcast, I thought it was the perfect Sonic game ever and until this day I don't think SEGA will ever make a Sonic game as good, it's been 16 years since then, I'm turning 31 this June, I'm not getting any younger, even if we do get a Sonic Adventure 3, even if it's a good game, I just don't have it in me to enjoy it as I wanted to, most fans of Sonic are now old, kids nowadays they don't care for Sonic, they don't see him as the cool blue guy, they see him as the mockery of Twitter page, the idiot who's still living his youth as an adult while everybody's laughing at how much of a loser he turned to be, it's only a matter of time before SEGA officially discontinue Sonic...

How's it goin'? (see what I did there?) 0_<

So I found this video very interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nJO7LHcPMI

To every single man out there who feels he may never find love I just wanna say that Dating Simulations did help me back in the day to learn how to talk to women... at least at the time before I slowly got lazy and started being myself... and ruined every chance for me to ever find love... *sits in corner* :'(

This guy speaks the truth, I just had to share this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgitzE49UHY

I love this guy's videos, he raised some good points, like seriously how come if you see boobs jiggle a tiny bit in a game or anime people rage and call it demeaning yet if they show a man butt naked it's considered cool? I've actually noticed this a while ago, a good example is some hypocritical sites like Deviantart and Furaffinity bunish you hard if you post a pic of a 16 years old girl in a bikini but they don't do shit if you post a picture of a 6 years old boy getting raped, how's that fair?

Another good point he mentioned is that some popular game reviewers coughGameGrumpscough spend hours of gameplay bashing and shitting over a game they just hate for no reason and try to look for any reason to pick on it without even mentioning the positives, like seriously if you like the game then who cares? You play what you like and I'll play what I like, have fun playing you CoD, GTA, Halo and Fifa, and let me enjoy Sonic, Megaman, Mario and Rayman, like seriously!

You know, often here in FA when I receive favorite notifications (especially right after I submit a new picture) I have noticed many times receiving a deleted fave, look it's annoying, okay? If you don't like my work then don't fave it, if you like my work but don't want to acknowledge it then I don't know what to say to you other than grow up, just stop it, please,!

It's funny how some members act very mature https://inkbunny.net/journalview.ph.....mentid_1294165 (Blocked is misspelled too)

Hello guys!

First I'd like to I apologize for the absence but I had a few busy days, I'm starting a new class at a big university tomorrow and the whole situation is messy so I got to do things on my own at this point, it's such a big opportunity for me so quite honestly I'm a little nervous about it...

Edit: It just caught my attention that I forgot to mention, I'll be teaching in this class not studying there, I'm already a graduate ^^;

I been also finishing up a couple of late commissions so expect some new within a couple of days (just a small tease http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers.....e-daughter.png) as for the one with Rouge the outline is already finished but due to certain issues which I cannot speak of I'll have to do some minor changes but it should also be ready soon.

Aside from that there are a couple of collabs that I need finish up and if I got time I might also start working on the idea revolving Maria that I mentioned before (boy... that's a lot of pics to work on >_>) I will say this though, I will not accept any collabs for a while now so please don't ask for them, thank you!

Finally, I'd like to mention that with the last two commissions done I'm opening commissions again, I don't expect many to commission me (seriously I doubt I'd be getting any :p) but if you're interested I'm open!

Like the title suggests, I have this idea for a sexy pic of Maria, only problem is I'm currently working on a couple of commissions (one is already done but I'm delaying posting it) and progress is a little slow due to my job, also I have two awaiting collabs that I wanna work on next, and I'm yet to finish that pic of Rouge (which I already finished the outline though due to some issues I had with a friend of mine I might have to work on it some more) so by the time I get all this done I'll either forget the idea or lose the motivation, what should I do?

You search in google for a pic of Shadow in Sonic X style, you type "Sonic X Shadow" and you end up with a pic of the two having sex, like... WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!

A new fan-made soundtrack is been announced to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sonic The Hedgehog and is said to contain remixes from the original Sonic The Hedgehog till Sonic Advance 3, personally I'm excited for this, Sonic is known to have some amazing soundtracks out there and fans tend to make really good remixes of them.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Mgk1Plddk

Welle here are some news to make up for the fake one, the newest update for Sonic Dash now added Espio as an unlockable playable character, also the game now supports multiplay (I wonder who's interested in playing against me).

Anyway good to know this game still gets updates, I consider the original Sonic Dash to be the better one of the two titles!