Fun fact! When Sega of America first learned of Sonic the Hedgehog in 1990, they deemed the design "unsalvageable" and considered using Will Vinton's style to "educate" Sega of Japan on good character design. Oh, what could have been... #SonicTheHedgehog www.timeextension.com/features/pla...

So... I was reading the 11th-century Ecbasis captivi when I came across this bit with a hedgehog yapping about its allegedly excellent "ancient forebears" to get out of helping the sick king. I'm terrible at drawing, but this popped into my head and needed to escape before I could do anything else.