This came out of the conversations that I had with my friend cl0ckh3art who was doing some of her own Sonic Original Characters and in turn that did inspire me to come up with my own. Among the ones that came out of the discussion was “Jub the Grizzly” which many of you have already seen. But here it is: Jub the Grizzly

It was also observed by cl0ckh3art that it seems that in Sonic the Hedgehog there are usually teams of three: Sonic, Tails and Knuckles and so on. Usually, each one is divided up into these roles: Speed, Strength and Flight. So in my case, Jub is the strength and Shivers here is the Flight. Meaning that Shivers the Penguin can actually flap her arms and fly through the air.

Now I know that many of you would contend with the idea of a Penguin flying through the air but in all fairness you do have to look at Sonic the Hedgehog: a fox with two tails that flies like a helicopter. An Echidna that can glide. Finally, a Hedgehog that goes faster than a cheetah. So I think we can suspend disbelief in that respect, don’t you?

But anyway, the way that the character design started was that I asked if cl0ckh3art could draw the character and I would do the digital line art and colors. She agreed and so it became a collaboration.

In creating Shivers the big question became of which species to use as a base. At first I went with the Emperor penguin but then cl0ckh3art convinced me to go with the smaller and cuter penguins. Like Adelie Penguin. Which are a lot smaller than the Emperor but cute as can be. But then cl0ckh3art stumbled upon what was called the “Chinstrap penguin” and had this light-bulb idea of making the line around the face into a heart shape. And it stuck.

Next was clothes. The two big ones when it comes to Sonic characters is to give them shoes and gloves. Which was easy enough but then came the issue of the third and final item that she needed. I didn’t want her to have a scarf otherwise she’d look too much like Chilly Willy. (Even though Chilly Willy is cute). So it was suggested by cl0ckh3art to give her a hoodie with fur trim.

After the line art was done the rest of the process was up to me. During the whole process of coloring cl0ckh3art had coached and helped me. Even though I was quite thickheaded as far as trying to figure out how to mimic the Sonic coloring style. But eventually it came together.

Also, I want to say this: I’ve seen the other Sonic OC’s out there everyone. And I have this to say:

Put some damn effort into your OCs!

© Sonic the Hedgehog - Sega

© Shivers the Penguin - StarDragon77