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Brought Hope the Humanity — Description
I don't see much Emerl art out there....

I vowed to myself to lay off Sonicness for a while and expand as an artist. However, with the new Dynasty Warriors Advance coming out, it made em get back into the GBA mode and hook up the SP. I stuck in Sonic Battle and proceeded to play the last few chapters. Folks, Sonic Battle has to be one of the best Sonic games to date....I enjoy fighting games and this has got the be the best story in both terms of being told and it's overall put-together-ness. We need more text dialogue Sonic games. So much more story and character development come from it.
Anyways, I hit one of the most emotional moments in Sonic history: the death of Emerl. Everyone is sad about this, even cold-hearted Shadowboy. Let's just hope Emerl STAYS dead so we don't have another Shadow Mystery on our hands. Plus, if he returns, it'll kill the mood of the Sonic Battle ending like Shadow's coming back killed SA2's ending COMPLETELY. I actually very much liked Shadow prior to his return.
This is another reason why I like Sonic so much: He can cry if he needs to. Sure, the animation in Batte is limited, but you could see it if you put your mind into the game and drama. Sonic is depicted in my image as how I saw him and Emerl....albeit I invisioned Emerl more beat up after taking a Sonic-pounding. Sonic can also get beaten up, as seen in the Shadow the Hedgehog E3 trailer. "Wait, a main character depicted as mortal?" Yes, folks. Sonic is awesome like that. He can show emotion, show pain, and not even need a female companion! He'll kick your ass and laugh when he's done.
....But back to the picture....
This took me about 2 hours to do. Since I don't have my scanner still, I drew and colored this on Macromedia Flash, then imprted it to Photoshop for editing and shading.

Homage to a favorite moment. Enjoy!

"Please... If there is anyone listening to my prayers...
...Bring hope to humanity...."