alex 💫
@spacecolonie
alex forrest • they/them • illustrator • past: Simon & Schuster, Moor-Art/SEGA alexforrestillust@gmail.com for business/contact ✨🍉 @beeames.bsky.social ♥ spacecolonie.carrd.co
streams done now, thank you all for coming!! had a very fun one ♥ take shadow and his tiny clone for the road
handed in a project today so I got to doodle as a treat!! testing some oil-y brushes because i’m tired of my art looking so airbrushed
I also got to see the fan art collage in person. I did indeed cry a little 🥹 there was sonic ice cream and cute dogs… 100/10 day
had the most surreal day of my life yesterday. got see my mural, hang out with the other incredible project artists and spend the afternoon at SEGA London together 😭❤️ core memory type experience
so... about those anniversary murals. hi 🥹 it was such an honour to work on this piece with SEGA & Moor-Art Gallery for Sonic's 35th - since the prints are available now, here's the raw art for it, repping Sonic 1!! 💙
oh gee i’m so sorry 😢💔 sweet baby blue… may she rest peacefully. heres mine & my partner’s delinquents
impromptu stream time!!! come hang out, starting in 5 mins ♥ www.twitch.tv/spacecolonie
a little direct comparison too... i do think it's super fun getting to see the differences between the two 🥹 i do miss that hazy, floaty quality my old paintings had sometimes (even if my construction & anatomy improved). i can't believe it's almost been 6 years since the first!!!
super amy v2! my piece for @reach4thestarszine.bsky.social (which is available now for free) ♥
tried that colour swatch matching game people have been doing and it's so fun... i was born for this
got some new shelves & frames for my office stuff today >:) ❤️ very excited to have finally gotten my prints from @/arq004sp.bsky.social up, they’re soooo beautiful
happy valentines day everyone!! 💕 I didn't have time to draw anything so here's a picture of our son stealing my ipad to use it as a pillow instead
eyeing up this wip in my files from last year for no particular reason..... 👀 (gonna have to change the designs up if i finish it, RIP. reffed the wrong catsuit)
been seeing a lot of sonic avatar AU concepts rolling around recently and it made me dig back through my ancient dA storage… 🥹 i am so old but my inner teen self is very happy to see more out in the wild. perhaps i will pull them out to properly redraw them sometime
ooh, happy #PortfolioDay everyone! 💕 I'm Alex, I'm a digital artist who loves drawing shiny fantasy stuff (and hedgehogs)! ✨ I'm a teacher, & I've done freelance work in publishing and merchandising for folks like Simon & Schuster and SEGA. My 2026 calendar is open! 🪐 spacecolonie.myportfolio.com
Fearless!! got some very funny comments about this one after ppl had read the book... 'this is evil' yes it is :) (i didn't know the plot twist either. i yelled)
Powerful... this one might be my fave but maybe that's just because Adena is on it 🥹 girl who deserves the world
then Reckless -- this one ended up being a bit of a black sheep since it's the only one that isn't pink LOL. an accident but it does suit the tone of the book methinks
since it's complete, here's a thread of all the HD Powerless Trilogy covers I got to do ❤️🗡️ Powerless, the namesake first:
warmed up today with a little lunar 🌙 very excited to meet the creature #sonicthehedgehog
very happy to say i'll be dealing again at Sonic Con UK later this year!! gonna have a bunch of new stuff, merch, and also the last few copies of a certain shadow print 👀 hope to see y'all there!! 💙