Sonica

<forumuser name="Sonica" /> Sonica is a young scener who joined Sonic Retro in June of 2008. He is talented in pixel art, vector graphics, as well as other things pertaining to graphics editing.

How it started

Sonica initially joined Sonic Retro to contribute towards the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 HD project, and he did just that; however, what Sonica had in skill, he lacked in general forum etiquette. His overall posting style and inexperience with message boards caused him to get banned shortly after being erroneously approved by another moderator.

In November 2008, Sonica was unbanned from Sonic Retro at the advice of Sonic 2 HD General Project Coordinator Canned Karma. He was able to pass Trial Membership and become a full member, indicating that he is a scener reformed. Shortly after this reinstatement, he was promoted to a member of the graphics team for Sonic 2 HD, and he contributed towards Phoebius' Project: Sonic Retro fan project as a pixel artist. It was expected that he would continue contributing towards Sonic 2 HD.

Later contributions

Sonica stopped working on Sonic the Hedgehog 2 HD for a while, exploring other things such as programming (Game Maker, Visual Basic, C#). After a while of this, he decided to start working on Sonic the Hedgehog 2 HD again in 2010, submitting newer versions of his older work-in-progress art. He also began to develop a project entitled Sonic Maker.

Sonic Maker

"I started making Sonic Maker in Game Maker in early 2009, but to the lack of interface Game Maker can handle, I canceled it. When I started using Visual Basic I made many experimental applications like an Internet browser and an animator. I soon remembered about the awesomness of the idea of Sonic Maker, so thats where it started..."