SpinSlash165

@spinslash165.bsky.social

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-25-He/They/Any, idfc-Gay+Ace- Digital artist, specialises in Sonics and monsters. Please play Flare and Ryder in Sonic Robo Blast 2. --------------- #SpinSlashArt #RacerPackRecharged #2STWildFire #2STStormRiders #2STStarbreak

A doodle of an anthro beetle operating a flagpole. Two flags are already flying at the top: the asexual and rainbow (specifically to represent gay) flags, while a third flag - non-binary - is being raised up to join them.
Sprite art in the style of Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers' title screen (and general art style), showing TrickyTex's Ryder the Falcon playfully leaning against Flare the Tyrannosaur, holding a plate with a slice of chocolate cake in his free hand. Below them, the text reads "FLARE 9TH ANNIVERSARY", once again styled after Ring Racers' logo.
CrossTalk artwork of Zomom.
"SpinSlash's Custom CrossTalk Portraits" Artwork on the right side of the image shows, from top to bottom: Zomom, Tumble, Rough, and Chaos 0.
Storm the Albatross and Big the Cat (both from the Sonic franchise), each clad in each other's outfit - Storm with Big's belt, gloves and jandals, and Big with Storm's goggles, necklace, gloves and shoes. Storm seems a little unsure, the belt looking a bit oversized on him as he works on adjusting it, while Big just seems pleased with the arrangement, tweaking the placement of the necklace. ARTIST'S NOTE: In the original drawing of these two that I've pulled my colours from for the last few years now, I SOMEHOW forgot to draw Storm's necklace. Lacking a convenient colour reference for it on that image as a result, I bullshitted the metal colours and pulled the cord's from his CrossTalk mod art for this pic. (Both of them are generally more accurately-proportioned here than in that original art as well - early 2020s me had a bad case of Tiny Head Syndrome in my artwork, jesus christ)
A sprite lineup, showcasing the currently existing stand sprites for Flare, Ryder, and Tidal (using the last time I sprited her in the SRB2 style as she does not have a mod), alongside revised and redone versions of them, closer to how they're depicted in recent artwork (especially Ryder) and with my newer spriting skills and mentalities. Flare and Ryder's original sprites are labeled with "2021" and Tidal's with "2023", while the new versions are labeled with "2026". Alongside them all is the standard, unaltered standing Sonic sprite from the game, for reference purposes.
SpinSlash Art Summary 2025 January: Practicing Mega Man. (i still need to get back to this and draw some of the others) February: Was busy elsewhere! March: Redrawing the World Map country flags and title logos for the UnleasHD mod for Unleashed Recompiled. April: Flare anniversary artwork. May: Unintroduced ToonTown OCs (both mine and Tex's). June: Busy again. July: Undertale feedback thing submission. August: Unintroduced OC universe bios and artwork. You'll see it eventually, I just need to figure out the introduction. September: Shadow sketch. October: Another unintroduced OC universe and designs. November: CrossTalk-styled artwork (for Sonic Racing CrossWorlds) for unintroduced OCs of mine and Tex's. December: Art of (my personal redesign of) Trip.
Trip the Sungazer (using a personal design of mine, see earlier posts) and my own Flare the Tyrannosaur, running onward with worried expressions.
A traditional sketch of Shadow the Hedgehog, brandishing a Chaos Spear between two fingers.
"One of the first indie games I ever played, and it absolutely had an impact on me as an artist, character creator and aspiring game creator during some of my rougher years. SpinSlash165"
A sleeping Flare the Tyrannosaur. A small group of Little Rexes from Sonic Unleashed have joined him, bundling around (and atop) Flare. Inscribed in the dirt nearby is a stylised emblem - the number 8 with Flare's spikes, altogether reading "8TH ANNIVERSARY".
A teaser for Racer Pack Recharged's second wave. Four characters (not gonna say who, that's the point) stand as silhouettes against a purple-black-orange background.
Flare and Ryder in their Sonic-styled designs, though swapped around - Ryder is the smaller of the two now, while Flare is the big tanky wrestler.
A pair of Little Rexes being thrown into the air. Perhaps trying to jump over the Nightmare's extended arm below?
A snippet of the final version of the English Sonic Unleashed logo. The top left of the first E in "UNLEASHED" is zoomed in on.
A Red Rex from Sonic Unleashed, in the middle of doing a backflip on Cool Edge Night Act 1. This is one of the two "spotted" animations the Rex variants can pick from (the other one being them rolling onto their back before getting up).
Werehog Sonic and a Deep Nightmare staring each other down in Skyscraper Scamper Night. The Deep Nightmare has a Metal Gear Solid "!" atop its head.
A preview of the new life icons on the World Map HUD. Day on the top, night on the bottom.
If a DG cannot jump or hover upwards, they cannot follow Sonic to higher areas. Maybe they could have a chance of respawning at the next checkpoint? (Doodle: Werehog Sonic swinging on a pole with a Dark Fright and Red Killer Bee accompanying him. On the ground below, an upset-looking Nightmare watches them go.)
DARK GAIA RECRUITMENT MOD CONCEPT By pressing Grab while shielding, you can offer a food item from your inventory to a Dark Gaia creature you're currently focusing on to attempt to recruit them. (Doodle: Werehog Sonic with his barrier active, while Chip somewhat reluctantly offers a chocolate bar to a confused Nightmare.)
Werehog Sonic (in one of his earlier designs with various flame patterns across his body, using the Concept Werehog Designs mod by Semechko) leading a sizable group of Little Rexes around the starting area of Savannah Citadel Night Act 1. look at them
Some drawings of Mega Man. - A sort of fighting/battle-ready stance, looking up at something. - Running forward, charging his Buster. - Facing away from the camera somewhat and yelling at something with his fist raised and Buster ready (based on the MM7 intro, though drawn purely from memory). - A calmer pose, grinning at the camera and holding his lowered Buster.
An art summary of what I did (or managed to do) during 2024. January: The non-Sonic/G'Taurian Flare reference sheet. Feburary: A Persona 3 Reload-styled PFP of Saiphel. March: Searched through my art folders and DMs, couldn't find anything I could post. April: Flare hugging Super/Dragon Trip. May: Same problem as March. June: Hadn't drawn Sai in a while, so did a headshot to de-rust. July: The completed Werehog files for Racer Pack Recharged, represented by his signpost sprite. August: A (currently-unreleased) art piece for a mock Storm Riders cartoon. September: The first release of Racer Pack Recharged, represented by the addon icon. October: The initial design for a currently-unreleased OC. November: The second attempt at a Trip redesign, once again demonstrated with a Flare hug. December: The Bluesky questionare thing, represented by the Jumping Flash! kiwi.
Sona flare aggressively chugging a Pepsi bottle. "Either Pepsi or a chocolate shake, depends on how my body feels at the time."
Sona Flare glaring down at his pizza order, which is somehow a circular Lego tile. "Leaning more towards pizza as of late, honestly." "what the FUCK"
A doodle of a determined sona Flare about to slam-dunk the original 2017 design for Flare into the Vicarious Visions-branded machine from the intro of Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy. Text reads: "I tend to recycle old designs or concepts for in-use OCs of mine into whole new characters. You'll be seeing the results of this practice eventually..."
Sona Flare running away from the Super Mario 64 piano enemy after being damaged. He has segmented limbs and tail and X eyes to try and emulate SM64 a bit more. Text reads: "No, but I kinda wish I did. It'd help a lot with music making!"
Sona Flare, building a rough doodle rendition of the LEGO Ideas Green Hill Zone set from a few years ago. A bookcase behind him holds a handful of other built sets. Text reads: "Alongside my drawing, I occasionally dabble in music composition. As well, I guess Lego falls into the hobby category as well? I've picked up and built quite a bit."
A doodle of sona Flare (in purple, representing me) and sona Tuki (in orange and once again with a more Flare-scaled size, representing Tex), sitting on a couch playing games together. Tuki has a slice of pizza in his mouth and an arm around Flare, and both are blushing and generally looking quite happy! Text reads: "I don't think I HAVE an idea of "perfect". A nice little night in (or out) with plenty of food, playing games together, and just generally being close. Works just fine for me!"
A doodle of a napping Flare, either regular or sona (I forgot the glasses). Text reads: "Honestly, it feels like these days I'm more open and like... sociable than I used to be in high school. I've made some really good friends, and in general I just feel happier with myself." "(i couldn't think of a relevant thing to doodle)"
Sona Flare with phone in hand in the wrong room, realisation dawning on him. Text reads: "...I get distracted easily." "FUCK, RIGHT, GOTTA FINISH THE ROUGH" "(went to eat lunch)"
A doodle of sona Flare on his laptop. Tuki (who's shrunken down proportion-wise from his Ring Racers appearance to match Flare), representing Tex, pokes his head in to see what he's up to. Text: "Devoted, I guess? Both to Tex and when fixated on a character..." The two dinos' exchange reads: Tuki (Tex): "...are you drawing flare again?" Flare (Spin): "yep" Tuki (Tex): "nice hehe" "(third flare drawing in the last week)"
A very doodle-y doodle of sona Flare eating a burger. Text reads "Male, he/him". Next to Flare is a smaller piece of text, saying "humborger".
A doodle of the sona Flare, but as the kiwi bird from Jumping Flash! for the PlayStation. Text: "kiwi! (New Zealander)"
The sona Flare drawing some doodled headshots of Ryder (top) and Flare (bottom). He seems a bit unsure of himself. Text: "I draw shit, usually my OCs (or Tex's). Occasionally fanart, or just rambling about an idea or whatever. I'm not really good at talking about myself, bear with me here."
A doodle of "SpinSlash" Flare, on the ground on his hands and knees with head bowed, generally seeming distraught and upset. Text above him reads: "Nope. I even went and purged as much of my art as I could a while back because of the scare about forced AI scraping. ...kinda regret that now, if I'm being honest. (If I did a commission for you on there and you want me to reupload it here, PLEASE let me know!)"
A doodle of a Flare wearing glasses (meant to represent me more explicitly than just Flare, if it hasn't been obvious yet - I do see him as a sona, however) shrugging, with an expression of similar confusion. Text reads: "Kinda? I do have others, but I rarely actually upload stuff I do there as of late (particularly YouTube). I also have Discord which I DO frequent, but I only really give it out to people I trust (or if you share a server with me, but even then as of recently I don't like accepting requests if I don't know who you are). Still, if you wanna know... YouTube: SpinSlash165 Tumblr: spinslash165 (real surprising usernames, i know)"
A doodle of a glasses-wearing Flare watching Twitter catch fire in the distance. Text reads: "Same reason most others did, really - after fuckface TM got the site [twitter] people started searching for better alternatives (I came here early in its life). It's been so much nicer, especially with a shorter feed to scroll through." Above the Flare sona's head is more text. He says "ah lads not again".
A doodled logo reading "SpinSlash's BlueSku Questionare Thing", with a doodle of a glasses-wearing Flare beside it. Text below reads "All replies in this thread!"
A second attempt at a Trip the Sungazer design. Most aspects from the first are kept, though with notable tweaks. Also included is an armoured look and a concept for her roll/spindash, inspired by concept art for Sonic 1.
An attempt at a Trip the Sungazer redesign from 2023. The main redesign is on the right, while the right was just me seeing how the new head would look on the original body.
A wallpaper of Saiphel in various shades of pink and purple, formatted to fit a PS3 XMB.
Flare and a ghostly Narlok in a diner somewhere in Spagonia. Narlok is staring in confused shock at someone off screen and Flare is simply staring blankly, some orange soda close to him.
The 5th anniversary artwork from 2022, showing both present-day (Sonicverse) Flare and the original 2017 Flare, both with extra aspects from designs between. 2022+ Flare is wearing Flynn's (2019) robes and wearing boots and pants resembling non-Sonic WF Flare's outfit (though these are innacurate to his current design), as well as cheek tuft similar to his. 2017 Flare has the golden Guardian warp bracelet from 2018 Flare and the more complex inhibitor (bearing the crest of Soleanna) from 2019 Flare (pre-Flynn), as well as his extra face marking above the cheek. The Egg Knight sword he wields, while not accurate to the actual Unleashed model, is closer to how I depicted it in his late 2017 artwork rather than early 2017. The logowork at the bottom reads "FLARE THE LIZARD 5TH ANNIVERSARY". However, "LIZARD" has been crossed out and "DRAGON" written underneath it... which is *also* crossed out, with "TYRANNOSAUR" underneath both. (Note: While making this gag, I briefly considered adding a second "LIZARD" between the final two species as a reference to Flare's "revival" for the original SRB2 mod, though I felt it was a bit redundant.) "FLARE THE LIZARD" resembles the modern Sonic logo (though in crimson and purple), while "5TH ANNIVERSARY" (vaugely) resembles the WildFire logo at the time. Behind all of this is a collage of Flare artwork over the years.
A sprite of Sonic from Sonic Mania, next to a custom sprite of Flare, trying to replicate that game's style.
An edited screenshot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, where player 1 and 2 are using Ryder and Flare respectively.
Flare's Sonicverse ref sheet for his first arc (Ignition) appearance. (Significant) text across the sheet reads: "Age: 15 Height: 3.2ft (96.5cm) Weight: 208lb (94.3kg)" "Both eyes can change to right eye's style and glow" "Scar points can be used as eyebrows" "Extreme stress causes eyes to change" "Anxious and clingy to friends and family, but incredibly sweet and goofy with a big fondness for hugs."
Artwork depecting the final boss battle of Sonic Adventure, with Super Sonic making a beeline for Perfect Chaos.
Original resolution
Artwork parodying the ending screen art from Sonic R, but with several of my OCs (most of whom I haven't really introduced publicly yet, I will eventually I promise). The text reads: SEE YA THERE! (with the R in "THERE" replaced with the Sonic R logo's... well, R) @SPINSLASH.BSKY.SOCIAL, 2024
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,056,438, SpinSlash165 ‪@spinslash165.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 19, 2023"
A promotional collage(?) for the initial release of 2ST Racer Pack Recharged showing every character in this release. Text reads "WAVE 1 Out now!" Top row of icons shows: Sparkster, Werehog, Axel Gear and a Dark Gaia Nightmare. Bottom row shows: Flare, Ryder, Narlok and Tuki.
From left to right: - Debut/Emerald Legacy (April - November 2017) - WARPED/Guardians (November 2017 - September 2019) - Torrentia: SuperCharge [Flynn Embertail] (September 2019 - March 2020) - Sonic Robo Blast 2 debut [Flare 1.0] (March 2020 - mid 2021] - WildFire (mid 2021 - now)
To be fair the colouring differences and Flare's overly simplified face marking were my ideas, the horn nose and overall concept was Tex's. Also I screwed up the white colours somehow oops