Sonic Adventure 2: Reimagined - My scene and making of video

Hey it's been a while since I uploaded something! This is a small animation I made for the Sonic Adventure 2: Reimagined music video collaboration by ‪@Acruxicon‬ It's only 7 seconds long so I also made a 7 minute making of video to go with it! Some people have asked how I made my previous animations so I hope this gives some insight into my animation process. Enjoy!
Sonic Adventure 2: Reimagined music video:
• Sonic Adventure 2: REI...
Sonic model and rig (made by me thpChimera):
drive.google.com/file/d/1VeYn...
Models not created by me (though I made some changes):
Sukhoi-su-34 fighter bomber:
open3dmodel.com/3d-models/suk...
GUN beetle:
www.models-resource.com/pc_co...
GUN hunter:
www.models-resource.com/pc_co...
Background is the Metal Harbour stage from SA2 game.
Sonic CD pencil test is from the sonic CD game extra cutscenes.
MUSIC:
That's the Way I Like It (Metal Harbor) - Sonic Adventure 2
Twinkle Cart... for Twinkle Park - Sonic Adventure
Menu - Sonic Mega Collection
Twitter:
/ thp_chimera

[@DatOneCat]

Not gonna lie, I'd totally play a Sonic game with that kind of toon shaded/cel shading aesthetic. You pulled off a nice rendition of the model by still keeping it low poly but modern.

[@nman551]

Me too it fits so well

[@Far2Sega4U]

I DESPERATELY want an Adventure trilogy done with this style man. ITS SO BEAUTIFUL AND EPIC!!!

[@bipolingdaco1607]

Im guessing you have played dbz kakarot because it's very similar in style and so yummy to look at

[@JesseVlogs]

If they were to remake the games I think it would look better in that style then making it look modern/realistic Also for Sega it would cost less due to needing less detail so it won't come out rushed lol

[@bipolingdaco1607]

@@JesseVlogs you should look into the spark the electric jester game series, made from a fan who loves sonic and based the game mechanics around it, also has a similar style to the video

[@tweedlebug123]

Weird thing i'm obsessed with about this animation is the way it's choreographed feels so realistic. The way he jumps startled when he first gets shot at. The way after he slide so on the machine, and he hops off- he has to touch the ground to maintain his balance.

[@Bizzozeron]

the little stop before the dash off at the very end is so good

[@BunnyTPerson]

This would actully be really cool, imagine if we had SA1 and SA2 remakes, but then they really embrace the anime vibes and make the game in this 2D animation like style

[@PLAYER42_ready]

I doubt they would make the game look like that but it would hopefully at least be an option

[@BunnyTPerson]

@@PLAYER42_ready they would not

[@123451234alex]

I NEED this in my life. SADX is 2nd to SA2B in terms of the GOAT sonic games idgaf what anyone says. Just a SA2 remake with this beautiful artstyle in this clip with online, visiting other players chao lobbys/bring ur own chao, add a few more shadow levels, add mech-less tails and eggman segments, fix the great amount of jank the game has and youd have the sonic game everyone wants

[@BunnyTPerson]

@@123451234alex one thing that I would love is if, we could use the avatar from Sonic Forces on the chao garden, imagine the chao drawing your character with crayon on the ground

[@nman551]

That would be amazing

[@sunflowerboinagachika]

This captures exactly how I imagined Sonic in my head as a kid. You’d think this would be a natural progression in the game’s style, cuz it fits so well. Amazing work.

[@_HPX_]

I gave up being a Sonic fan after over a decade of stale, conservative, lifeless Sonic stuff. But this really reminded me of the fire that used to burn in my heart for this character. It was truly incredible and everything I wish the series would go for in terms of Aesthetics and dynamism. Thanks for reminding a lapsed fan like me why I loved Sonic in the first place. Phenomenal work.

[@Rocky-lw4hk]

I was almost gaving up Sonic in 2014,2015 when the franchise was literaly almost dead with Sonic boom bad times

[@cqllel5186]

I've only ever played Adventure 2 my whole life. I did have Shadow the Hedgehog and Secret Rings, but I never really even got to play them anyways since discs are fragile and scratch easy. Regardless of what some Sonic games did to Sonic, I still loved the idea of the blue blur anyways I did get to play and complete Mania, Generations, and Adventure 2 on PC. One of my biggest mistakes, is buying Sonic on PC.. The devs don't give a single sit about Sonic on PC. They're WAY less broken on other platforms! I really wanted to play generations but it's unbearably unoptimized and buggy. Game-breaking glitches and crashes. I've been soft-locked a few times. My controller just randonly stopped working bcuz the game switched to MnK mid game, so I had to force close the game and relaunch it. So many issues.. Adventure 2 was glitchy AF, but tolerable. Cutscenes were out of sync. Did have to force close the game a few times when it glitched Mania black screened my PC when switching audio outputs while game is running. Edit: Issue was fixed. Twas a Windows thing) And seeing Colors Ultimate just killed it for me.. I have higher performance expectations for Frontiers on my Switch than I do as a PC port smdh But despite how broken Sanic games are, I'mma still play them anyways bcuz I end up enjoying them

[@samquik]

Same. I loved Sonic as a kid, then fell out of it hard as a teen, then fell back in love with the movie as an adult. It's funny how we go through phases like that

[@Fireydoodle-_-]

I stopped liking sonic years ago but I still play mania a little bit but I left sonic for SpongeBob games instead dunno why but its very additive for me to do SpongeBob’s laugh :/

[@yourannoyinglittlebrother8595]

@@cqllel5186 Sonic generations buggy and unoptimized???? Lol I think that's your problem.

[@SirWade]

This was great!! :D So many creative parts of the workflow.

[@LucasRPDJ]

That's very interesting, I learned some stuff that I can use for my future animations on Blender. Great Job 👍

[@NetYTB]

yes

[@Tetopettenson1]

👍

[@suspecter200]

True

[@LilXancheX]

Gay

[@classicsonicandfriends802]

@@LilXancheX what

[@scarletmoon95]

Seven seconds of pure magic! I loved the sparks, the little flinch he made upon getting shot at, all the facial expressions, everything was wonderfully immersive. Makes me appreciate every second of amazing action animation, like those great scenes from rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles

[@hawaii5298]

Welcome back Legend! For a 7 second animation, it still show you progessed a lot since then. Like, I could hardly believe it was done by one person after you showed your workflow.

[@THPChimera]

haha thank you so much!

[@hugoflores1093]

God this is too awesome I never imagined how cool Yuji Uekawa's shading in 3D looks With just 7 seconds i'm convinced this should be a main art direction You did great pal

[@calamario8]

Agreed times 900000000

[@HelperUnknownGB]

I wanna see an animated Sonic series like this. It kinda reminds me of the Unleashed opening movie!

[@PedroAraujoStudio]

Perfection. I would love to see more of this.

[@shadow759]

Thank you for making a video like this! I actually didn't think about rendering stuff like this at separate layers in blender. This was very educational.

[@BlearyBox]

I can't stop replaying this 7 seconds animation, it's so gorgeous to look at.... I can't really stop, what have you done to me?

[@onepiecenumber1fan]

That animation was incredible. And the amount of work that went into those 7 seconds. I wanted more, but at the same time I got a sense that it’d take years to make a full video.

[@guillermorobledo2842]

Designing stuff takes lots of time, doing stuff from scratch using reference images. Crazy how many people don't know the dedication it takes to make games, animation, and gcode for printing objects.

[@billiejean6520]

While SEGA has been plummeting down over the years, the community itself has been thriving and I love seeing what people have done with my favorite character. Doesn’t matter if it’s concept art, Reviews, fan games or even Amazing redesigns like this video. I just love seeing people who who truly love a character like I do and express it in their own way. From 5 yrs old to 21 my Passion for my favorite character gets bigger and bigger and a huge reason for that is the community 🙌……THANK YOU!!!!

[@ilischannel9803]

this model of sonic truly feels so cool and badass. I feel like recent sonic models make him look cheesy and don't make him out to be as "cool" as before. The animation on this is also amazing and refreshing. Love the way you made his spikes and shoes

[@pastaman2538]

This is so cool man, you’ve inspired me to actually get into modeling and animation, I’m going to install blender later this afternoon. Thank you so much

[@THPChimera]

Good luck!

[@minecraftveteranyoda4476]

How’s it gone?

[@pielord6582]

It's been 5 years! Super glad to see your still animating. This part caught my eye during the reimagined video because of how good it looked. I cant believe I didn't notice your name on it.

[@gavynbrandt]

The animation itself and just seeing the laptop you used to make it is honestly the most inspiring thing I've seen this year

[@azurelionheart]

Holy hell man, this is AMAZING. I have only a rudimentary understanding of 3D modeling and rigging from a college stint in animation, but I’m still impressed by the sense of style you gave Sonic’s action here- not just the throwback to Uekawa with the filters for an outline and inverted edges, but the 2D additions with the comic-book esque “impact” effects all over. Everything about these seven seconds is oozing with a sense of life and energy that I would ADORE seeing in a fully-fledged Sonic game. You should be proud of everything you accomplished in this, it’s professional-quality stuff!

[@SXR123_YT]

Love that you made this! I've been dying to know how you did everything! The fact that you made that Sonic Rig from scratch is amazing. I feel like this is asking a lot, but I would love to animate that sonic model myself. I'd be more than willing to pay you, if that helps! With all that being said, you really knocked it out of the park with this animation! You captured Sonic's speed and cool factor perfectly! I can't wait to see more!

[@yazanhawari4441]

it's in the description!

[@SXR123_YT]

@@yazanhawari4441 I didn't even see it! Thanks for letting me know!

[@THPChimera]

@@SXR123_YT Yep! Hope you can make something cool with it!

[@SXR123_YT]

@@THPChimera I'll be sure to let you know!

[@spinballproduction9678]

Hi! Thank you for making Sonic Worlds collide I still come back to that movie and think it’s great

[@13LUEIR0N]

Had to mentally recover when you revealed your specs. Seriously though, inspiring work!

[@betchaos7383]

i cannot emphasize enough just how perfect everything about this animation is

[@WonderVis97]

This looks extremely amazing. You capture exactly how fast he is while making him seem like an organic being - too often Sonic just becomes a "I run forward extremely fast at this set speed" but the fact that he bounces and moves his body makes it seem like he's comfortable manipulating his body at that high speed. Also the shading looks fucking gorgeous. I want this to be the standard for Sonic stuff from now on.

[@THPChimera]

Thanks! Yeah that kind of fluid movement was exactly what I was aiming for when animating it!

[@JapanFreak2595]

Your portion of the video was honestly some of the most stellar animation I’ve ever seen. The dynamic movements and the effects that accompany them just pack so much punch that I could damn well loop it another 30 times and still feel the same way. I hope you continue to improve your craft, whether that be making more animations for the channel or finding working in the industry and making a name for yourself. You are an individual rife with potential no matter how you choose to move forward, and don’t let no one tell you different.

[@THPChimera]

Thanks so much! Really appreciate it :)

[@user-ih6ls1dh7s]

@@THPChimerag

[@Epona1357]

Nice work! Never downplay your work by saying how short it is. Some of the best work is short :)

[@THPChimera]

Haha true thanks :D

[@nman551]

Very true

[@barishangul5758]

a Sonic game, cartoon or moovie in this style.... Man i can kill for this !!!

[@theharvardyard2356]

The outlines and shading along with the blur effects look AMAZING. Incredible work and fascinating to see how it was done!

[@ultrasphoenix]

If there’s ever a Sonic Adventure remake, I NEED it in this kind of style

[@sansic9387]

The fact that someone can do animation like this is incredibly impressive. When I first saw the clip my mouth literally dropped in awe. Amazing work man.

[@TheAtomicToon]

This was genuinely my favorite part of the colab, absolutely amazing Job!

[@Cutekitty858]

This is so fantastic! Extremely well done!

[@arsenal4444]

Thank you for sharing, this is so valuable for learning!

[@lefeeshchopped8286]

Easily my favorite clip from the colab, awesome work! If someone mods this model into Frontiers or any other sonic game in the future, I'll definitely be having it on all the time

[@Grandmaster992]

Spectacular! This is amazing work!

[@aldovesper1362]

Dude, everything about this video is perfect. The animation itself, the breakdown of it, everything, man. This actually to give me the hope and inspiration that maybe I could do something like this on Blender one day. Hell, this even gave me hope as a Sonic fan. Good job!

[@OLIVERMANIAChannel]

everything is just so stunning!! The animations, shaders, lightning and everything.. SEGA HIRE THIS MAN!!

[@YohanUEG]

ok but don't say what you just said at the end

[@cybersushi4930]

i hate when people say "HirE tHiS mAn" for some reason, but i agree that this is a cool animation.

[@theharvardyard2356]

@@cybersushi4930 Because they usually say it sarcastically so as to be ignorantly dismissive of seriously talented people. I hate it too.

[@blackjovian9414]

in my opinion, although this animation is stellar and chimera has all the reasons for sega to hire him, i think that corporate greed is gonna make him do a bunch of stuff in a short amount of time and it would make his work turn out pretty sloppy you're free to disagree with me, i'm not into the adult life yet

[@cesariglesiasrodriguez6766]

First 12 seconds of the video: INSTANT LIKE What a stunning animation! In 7 seconds, you managed to show why Sonic is so damn cool. Impressive skills, admirable effort. I'll stick around...

[@xblkinection77]

This is so sick, I love what you've made here!

[@M1chelle..]

this is so cool, you did an amazing job on this, the motion, inertia and all. its so good

[@Foaklore]

God it's sooo good! I'd love sonic game in this style honestly.

[@sanikku7359]

This was honestly a amazing standout from that collab, when it came up i kind of kept going back and forgot to keep watching the rest. I'm glad you posted your process, really incredible!

[@THPChimera]

Thanks a lot!

[@objectjon9015]

This is So Cool! The fluid motions and powerful impacts make this seem like an official work

[@Cfrancis41]

I generally don't leave comments but this was seriously so freakin cool man. Had to say thank you for sharing such an amazing piece as well as detailing all the work that went into it.

[@CVerse]

Still crazy to see just how capable Blender is now. I’ve been learning Maya and Unreal Engine for school rn and even I wish I had time to learn Blender on the side for this stuff

[@prism013]

This is absolutely stunning! I am in love with the animation like omg, much love 🤍🤍

[@austindrexler2092]

This was absolutely stunning to watch! Thank you for sharing your workflow!

[@be5608]

Welcome back! How are you?

[@THPChimera]

Doing good thanks! Since starting work I haven't had much time to animate on youtube, but I'm going to try and get back to it.

[@be5608]

@@THPChimera Great to know!

[@RIzzlessMF]

7 seconds of animation yet it's better than what Sega can produce.

[@TheOscarGamer_]

Remember all the CGI cutscenes, they used to be as crazy as this

[@corel7966]

@@TheOscarGamer_ the CGI cutscenes in modern sonic games (i'm assuming that's what you're talking about) aren't by sega though. i'm 80% certain it was all done by marza animation planet.

[@Gothams_Arkham_Knight]

Not saying this isn’t amazing but, No quit lying out of your ass.

[@iamtoychica4302]

This makes sonic forces look worse than ever before. Jesus, Sega really went downhill at making good animation for this series.

[@g-blackstar5556]

Awesome work! This really cool! Thank you for also showing how you did this!

[@arcade1809]

Amazing work! It's so well done and expressive!

[@LostSoulSilver]

Is that a 3D model?? Wow, it looks exactly like the Adventure artstyle!!!

[@THPChimera]

Yep 3D!

[@ChesireWaltz]

Goodness so much care and thought went into this, those 7 seconds of glory left me wanting a whole game or show like this. Great choice to go with the longer quills, well done!!!

[@pricewilson1436]

I always enjoy watching how a project comes together as it is, so that alone was nice to see. But then the cherry on top for me was seeing how you showed how messy your nodes were, and and then at the end you gave some encouraging comments about how you have an older computer but you were still able to make a great animation, and how even though it took a long time it was worth it because it could make someone happy. This video was helpful in many ways, thank you! 💙

[@caleebjoshuaye8082]

This is amazing man. Great work

[@BreetonBoi]

This was so cool to watch! I'm still yet to watch the full video but I saw your part on twitter and seeing how you worked through it is so dope!

[@insigpilot]

This was sooooo sick. I got goosebumps. We need more but please continue to take your time with such greatness.

[@krizologojr9093]

This is AMAZING! I love the animation! Amazing work!!

[@applest556]

Oh my, that was stunning!

[@theafrocentricjukeboxx6193]

That was actually quite impressive and amazing!

[@sdzero]

That was way past cool! Beautiful work!

[@banditkade]

You had my favorite moment in that compilation by a country mile! Well done!

[@hi_its_jerry]

yes! this is what a sonic should look like imo. ive been thinking about this for weeks and im so glad i stumbled upon this today. great work!

[@shadowelii]

i could literally watch the animation ona loop for forever. holy shit the little details, especially Sonic looking back when he gets shot at . amazing, spectacular, all the words!

[@somegoofyrabbit]

I love this! the way sonic moves looks amazing and the animation is so smooth! i also really like the way sonic is made to look like the Uekawa art! :D

[@YourManAlexSmith]

This was incredible. Well done!

[@UNIVERSE_X_STUDIOS]

That was very epic! Amazing job!

[@bananabike279]

This is so awesome to see the process behind that awesome shot! But what's even more awesome is that you made the whole thing on an old Macbook!!

[@BonnyJohn]

I think this popped up on my feed since I re-imagined Sonic's design on my channel, but I'm glad I found this! It came out so awesome! As short as it was, you captured so much great speed, intensity, and personality with Sonic! Great job, Chimera!

[@collectivesplonk]

You deserve the best career. Nuff said, I'm absolutely speechless with how gorgeous this is. Absolutely stellar!

[@FehNorth]

This is really amazing! I really appreciate all the work you put into this animation. It is fantastic! I subbed

[@Lukz243]

Yoooo! this is dope! great animation!

[@roseaphile]

ahhhhh its so good! i love low poly models and cel/toon shading so much! good snippet of animation you made!

[@jphdez15]

Wow! Got blessed by th algorithm and this is amazingggg! Great work!!

[@marcelofeijao8411]

Too good man! Keep up the amazing work.

[@ChrisNazarioOfficial]

Bro you snapped with this! I felt like a child again watching those few seconds!

[@datbryguy5077]

HOLY SHIZZ!! WHY DOES THIS LOOK SO AWESOME?!?! Stuff like this is the reason why i like animation SO. MUCH. I was straight up geeking out the whole video! This is exactly what i want the Sonic franchise to look like moving forward, thank you so much for this video mah dude!

[@hyperfixatedd]

This is the most beautiful Sonic thing I have ever seen, amazing job Both the visual style and the animation is simply top notch

[@joshuaquinton6010]

Wow, that's amazing. Good work dude.

[@KezKaz]

You don’t know how many times I’ve watched this, this is AMAZING! I know I’m late to the party but you did such a good job!

[@tjmixmasta]

Amazing work! Thanks for the breakdown!

[@XG417]

Holymoly this is legit helpful in the long run for me. I'm learning to animate in Blender, and seeing someone's workflow like this really helps a lot! Thanks for sharing! Kickass animation btw

[@BroeyBroe]

Amazing stuff man, love how in-depth the work flow for this was, also impressed this was made with such old tech. Looks so good.

[@sussybaka9566]

Bro. This is so good, this literally looks like an intro to a new (good one this time) sonic game! Keep doin what your doin man :)

[@inversewheel3558]

This is literally the best sonic animation I have ever laid my eyes on

[@1Diddums]

Impressive work. Really nice to see the process.

[@edwardota1991]

Amazing work! Thank you for sharing your process!

[@WarpSonic]

That is straight up fire bro. The dynamic camera panning in and out makes it so hype. Makes me want a new Sonic anime so much more.

[@Coolknight55]

its actually smooth good job man!

[@Miwu]

I'm so glad this showed up in my recommended videos. This is a style I would love to see a Sonic game made in. Simply beautiful work. And it was nice of you to show us how you did it. As someone who's only done the donut tutorial in Blender I can't appreciate it fully but it was fascinating to see :)

[@katereza5881]

This clip stunned me with how smooth and sonicy It felt! Amazing!!

[@johannessguten2527]

This animation style is actually very close to what I want to start doing thank you for visualizing

[@MrMiraculon]

Very nicely made. Also it's a whole new Sonic run type. Low to the ground for most of the animation to stay as a smaller target against the enemies, I love that.

[@marlovskii]

This is beautiful, great work

[@richardwright1063]

It always amazes me what fans are able to put out compared to official stuff. Thanks for the fascinating look into your workflow!

[@thestellarfalco5528]

I remember when I watched the collab and I saw this part, I actually had to replay it to see if I saw what I thought I saw! This is the best scene I've ever seen in ANY collab! I have no doubt it took over 100 hours. You are truly a legend!

[@GeoNosiS26]

It's really cool seeing what can be done in Blender. Cool video!

[@lj-lt5hy]

you went quite hard on it, the results are proof. It was the highlight for me, congrats. thanks for the making process video.

[@croixraoul92]

Just came up in my recommendations. Those 7 seconds of animation brought so much nostalgia of when I played it on the GameCube, with 3 other siblings. We would raise our own Chao, or help each other on stages, or actually play the multi-player. Thank you for creating and sharing your process, it did bring me happiness to my day.

[@jimmysmomschannel]

Damn, must feel nice. Had to beat the game on my own, sister and brother refused to play with me, shee step dad and mom said nah. I aint get help, had to use google.

[@dollynho8832]

Beautiful! It's really inspiring too! Can't wait to get on your level one day