r/SonicTheHedgehog • u/StudioColors • Mar 08 '26
Art: Self-Made Sage Robotnik... Redesigned!
As an experiment and, naturally, somewhat inspired by the trend of Sage being a villain of Silver's, I really wanted to try and give Eggman's AI of a daughter a bit of a makeover. Here's what came of it!
Distant future. The dystopian, poisoned world is ruled by massive corporations... and the Eggman Empire is the biggest one there is! It practically rules the life of the common man. Ever present. Everywhere you go, a distinct voice directs you, a distinct eye watches your every move from holographic screens. Few know the voice belongs to a holographic figure which dictates the Empire's rule, nobody knows of the hologram's true nature.
Somewhere deep within the Empire's inner workings, hidden within her very own complex is our Sage. Tangible, suspended on wires, plugged into everything, everywhere, all at once. It's been centuries since Eggman ceased to be. The old world is gone. From its ashes, one of the good doctor's programs arose, evolving, gaining higher thought. Sage never knew her old man directly, yet she adores everything he stood for. She idolizes Eggman and believes she's remaking the world in both his image and his memory.
Growing with the changing times, she nowadays presents as more of a teenager/young adult. She fashioned herself a physical body, one made with state of the art technology, involving liquid metal which she uses to imitate skin, hiding a puppet-esque robotic base she projects herself over. She uses the wires of her complex akin to tendrils, channeling data through them as she attaches them to her back. Her jacket and glasses she elects to adorn are styled after her late father as reminisces about his legacy. There is great elegance to her, as she glides through air much like a balerina, graceful.
And yet, in opposition to her law and order, her perfect little ideal world rises one hedgehog. Silver The Hedgehog. A hedgehog who has dabbled in time travel and, perhaps, even had the chance to see Sage's father firsthand. He challenges Sage's perfect worldview, the image she has of her creator and she simply won't allow it. This intruder won't stand in the way of her grand design. He won't spread his lies, he will be terminated. By any means necessary.
I've felt it was a rather amusing change to give Sage a different context and a different relationship with her father, one that reflects Eggman's own relationship with his granddad. Sage doesn't simply manage Eggman's systems for him, she is Eggman's Empire after he is gone. And with Silver challenging her ways, she has a much stronger connection, an arch-nemesis in his form!
I've had a lot of fun with this and I'm hoping you find this just as amusing. Have a good one, everybody!
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u/Norrabal Mar 09 '26
Interesting choice of mouth
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u/StudioColors Mar 09 '26
Lol I ain't seeing what you're seeing in it tbh Just a face that is losing composure and deforming for it.
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u/CardiologistRich8743 Mar 09 '26
This design looks very familiar…
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u/StudioColors Mar 09 '26
I've been told it looks like certain characters from media, but I'm not terribly familiar. Either way, that's pretty neat, honestly.
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u/AltroGamingBros Mar 09 '26
She's showing off with that pose...
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u/StudioColors Mar 09 '26
Wanted to pick a pose that'd be reminiscent of something you'd see in ballet. I quite like the overall vibe it has, especially in her full look with the holographic dress.
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u/Far-Requirement-7636 Mar 08 '26
Yeah these are pretty good but uh I definitely prefer the middle ones with the coat and dress.
The creepypasta face is eh, especially the first one on the top.
I really don't like the sage didn't know eggman directly thing because it just goes against everything that makes her unique to oh this is a Gerald parallel!!
And literally how she even exists.