Sonic the Hedgehog verse appearance references

Uses traits from the Dracosians/Custodi described in the Residents Overview… with some of the Short hair reference’s appearance mixed and the Long hair reference’s color palette.

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Due to how the locals would process her appearance and that the more dragonesque features are typically hidden completely, she looks something like a young female anthropomorphic hedgehog with long, waist length dark red quills, a well built and athletic figure that is not too thin, and piercing green eyes.

Her dark red hair/quills is usually kept relatively short at about shoulder length with her bangs swept to one side and the edges swept forward around her chin with a layer of stiffer darker black quills underneath. Under normal conditions, her spines are soft and flexible, but can turn stiff and incredibly sharp whenever she is feeling irritated or cranky.

She is not the sort to wear fancy clothes on a daily basis and prefers a sort of practical stylish look. Lightweight and sturdy clothes, protective gear in all the right places. She’s likely wearing shorts underneath any skirts she might wear and fingerless gloves to accommodate speed and agility while freerunning.

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**Notes**

**Height:** 112 CM (3’ 8")(Modern), 136 CM (4’ 5.5")(Older/Boom)

**Palette**

**Fur**: Black (Still debating.)

**Hair**: Dark Red

**Skin**: Peach

**Eyes**: Dark Green

**Base build:** Rouge the Bat (Modern), Maria the Hedgehog (Classic)

**Eye Shape:** Rouge the bat (No makeup)

**Quills, back:** Maria the Hedgehog (Long)

**Quills, front:** Not sure yet.

**Basic outfit:** Cargo shorts, polo shirts, and hiking boots.

**Alt outfit:** Carill’s Traveling Store uniform

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**Quill pattern**

Still tinkering with the actual layering… after all, it’s probably going to want to go somewhere different when allowed to grow into a longer length.

Yukari Takeba is the prototype for a rough estimate of short length layering. Sideburns probably frame the face a bit more though and it’s generally a bit… fuller… ish.

This Amy Rose picture might be closer… although the bangs are different, she’s a tad scruffier, and I’m not sure if she’d wear a headband? Altered the eyes a tad so it’s a bit closer… Eyelashes are a bit off though…

Still tinkering here, but this one is relatively close… although the eyes are the wrong size.

Another suggestion was to instead of having them being about shoulder length… being more like the long hair reference. Although… since curly hair doesn’t exist for hedgies… they’re probably more layered instead. “Maria the hedgehog”’s back quills would probably be about right… although there would be a series of quills that fall down in front of her face and are brushed over in the direction of one eye like side swept bangs.

**Physical build**

Still working on this as well… I know she’s probably well built even in this form, but I’m not sure how exactly that translates just yet.

I just know… that she’s curvy, buxom, and athletic.

So far I was suggested Bernadette Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat.

**Prototypes**

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Starting with image 1… The outfit is fairly close to what she might wear and the hairstyle is pretty accurate. Although it should be thicker and wrap around her face more.

Prototype 2 is somewhat inaccurate, but it might give a bit of an estimate of how the layering looks. The hair color is more accurate here though… although the fur layer is lighter than it should be.

This one was meant more of an outfit prototype than for actually reproducing her appearance.

Hair and face is completely off, but the layering concept is somewhat there.