Sonic is one of my fav characters..Based on the Sonic and the Black Knight game.
Modeled in Maya,worked in zbrush for the pose,getting the pose right took a bit of time.Rendered in Maya.
Also wanted to give toon rendering a try.Rendered the contours and toon shader separately and then did the rest in Photoshop.
Included in the CGARENA MAGAZINE AUG - SEPT 2009 ISSUE

Here is a worksheet of the renders used to get the final output