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Sonic and MJ's Boots by =DCLeadboot:iconDCLeadboot:

Categories Fan Art > Digital Art > Vector > Games

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Just a little tribute in a small way to Michael Jackson.
As I have mentioned, I was not really a fan - I just thought it proper to observe his passing in some way, since I was sorry to hear how he died so suddenly... I mean 50 is no great age these days.

My inspiration was fuelled by the intriguing fact that the pop-star's boots were apparently the inspiration for Sonic the Hedgehog's sneakers (with the red and white colour scheme taken from Santa Claus)
In the picture, Sonic is literally bequeathed them... but figuratively, it is a design trait that was left to him even though Michael Jackson has now passed on.

Incidentally, the vampire-bat solicitor, who handles so many legal cases in my anthro-world, is of course Vladimir Rippovski who is one of my own characters.
BTW, Sonic's "full name" is based on the name he's given in the Archie comics - I don't know how they thought it up, but still, I thought it might be appropriate for something formal like this...

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~Ashley-The-Wolf259 Jul 3, 2009, 2:36:28 PM
Awwwww...Poor Sonic. :tears:
I Just Wanna Hug Him. :worry:

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*LittleGah Jul 3, 2009, 2:41:45 PM
Aww...That's sad. =( My Mom said she grew up listening to his music...I didn't know him as long...But there were a few songs he did I liked. And it is sad he died so young.T-T

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*duragan Jul 3, 2009, 2:53:14 PM
Great tribute man ^^ And a nice little fun fact, I never knew Sonic's shoes were designed after Michal's own :) Then again, MJ himself was originally hired to compose the music for Sonic 3 on the Mega Drive so it makes sense about his ties with the blue blur :aww:

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~sailex Jul 3, 2009, 3:16:47 PM
What a nice tribute Dan, I havent seen Vlad looking this...sorrowful (is that a good word?) as well as trying to comfort the ill-hearted hedegehog!

Yeah, MJ will be missed, I did hear a rumor how MJ helped contributed the music in Sonic 3 though, I dunno if its true or not.

Nice picture either way

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~Blitz-the-Hedgehog Jul 3, 2009, 3:28:35 PM
Matt: I didn't know the sneakers were based on Michael Jackson's shoes.
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~FelldohTheSquirrel Jul 3, 2009, 5:15:47 PM
From now on, Sonic will have all of the funky-ness of the original pop master.

RIP MJ :iconmichaeljacksonplz:

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~zinng9 Jul 3, 2009, 11:53:06 PM
well now i just wonder wen did sonic start to know Mj? :/

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=kyoSaeba Jul 4, 2009, 1:44:11 AM
RIP Michael Jackson!

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~Generalsupertoad Jul 4, 2009, 2:30:14 AM
:iconmichaeljacksonplz: We Will Remember You Michael Jackson Until The End Of Time Itself! :salute:

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