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Based off of this character:

The original ref said that he was a wolf, but looking at his image, I kept seeing a cat. So the first thing I tackled was making him more wolf like, keeping in mind that even with in the setting of the Sonic game series, there are characters like Vector who utilize a design with a longer muzzle. I also made his nose quite a bit larger to distinguish him from a fox and refined the shape of the ears. I liked the idea of the stripe that runs down his back, so I kept that and the idea of it being attached to the fetlock on his forehead. I also kept the 'glove and sock' patterns that he has.

For his outfit, I went with the original design as my template, then tried to make it look more like the kind of coat or tunic a prince would wear. As he doesn't have any pants, I instead lengthened the lower edge of his coat to help bring it's design down into the leg region, and to break up the awkward line that was crossing his waist in the original design, pretty much cutting him in half.
The cloak I kept fairly similar, with a simple design, but I gave it a bit more of a regal look by wrapping it over one shoulder, and giving it a decorative closing pin. I also noticed a potential problem in the original design with the cloak, that his tail would either have to be hidden under it all of the time, or the cloak would have to sit to one side. To address this, I made a split down the back of the cloak so that it could rest to either side of his tail. I kept the back of the coat open for the same reason.
The boots I kept nearly the same, but added a bit of armor plating around the ankle and the toes.
The cuffs on the jacket and his boots I tried to keep as close to the originals as possible, but changed the shape slightly. The bare arms seems kind of strange with a design of this nature, so I also changed the cuffs to being on the edge of his sleeves, rather then the upper part of a glove, and let his natural 'gloves' show instead.

With the color palette, and the character's origins, I really wanted to keep the purple theme and the red coat to show off that he is not only a royal, but also that he likely flaunts that fact. I just changed the shades of the colors to make them blend better with each other. Darkening the red also gives him a bit more of a sinister touch. I tried to keep the gold accents as well on the jacket, but was finding that even with changing the gold color, it was still too much, and was distracting from his over all color theme, so I instead opted for a slightly purple silver.

As for the character himself, the white and black seemed to be creating a bit too much contrast, especially with having him wear colors like a rich purple and red. Over all, I wanted to darken his aspect to better fit the character that was described to me. His hair and body markings are not actually black either, but a very deep blue. I also brightened up the color of his visible eye to make it stand out more against his otherwise natural fur tones, then copied the color onto his broach. The lighter body color of his tail would run up under where the base meets his back, and as with the original, the dark stripe would run from the tip of his tail, up his back and to the end of his bangs.

I really hope you like what I came up with. I know for sure I had a lot of fun working on him. ^.^

Description
Redesign commission for
Based off of this character:

The original ref said that he was a wolf, but looking at his image, I kept seeing a cat. So the first thing I tackled was making him more wolf like, keeping in mind that even with in the setting of the Sonic game series, there are characters like Vector who utilize a design with a longer muzzle. I also made his nose quite a bit larger to distinguish him from a fox and refined the shape of the ears. I liked the idea of the stripe that runs down his back, so I kept that and the idea of it being attached to the fetlock on his forehead. I also kept the 'glove and sock' patterns that he has.

For his outfit, I went with the original design as my template, then tried to make it look more like the kind of coat or tunic a prince would wear. As he doesn't have any pants, I instead lengthened the lower edge of his coat to help bring it's design down into the leg region, and to break up the awkward line that was crossing his waist in the original design, pretty much cutting him in half.
The cloak I kept fairly similar, with a simple design, but I gave it a bit more of a regal look by wrapping it over one shoulder, and giving it a decorative closing pin. I also noticed a potential problem in the original design with the cloak, that his tail would either have to be hidden under it all of the time, or the cloak would have to sit to one side. To address this, I made a split down the back of the cloak so that it could rest to either side of his tail. I kept the back of the coat open for the same reason.
The boots I kept nearly the same, but added a bit of armor plating around the ankle and the toes.
The cuffs on the jacket and his boots I tried to keep as close to the originals as possible, but changed the shape slightly. The bare arms seems kind of strange with a design of this nature, so I also changed the cuffs to being on the edge of his sleeves, rather then the upper part of a glove, and let his natural 'gloves' show instead.

With the color palette, and the character's origins, I really wanted to keep the purple theme and the red coat to show off that he is not only a royal, but also that he likely flaunts that fact. I just changed the shades of the colors to make them blend better with each other. Darkening the red also gives him a bit more of a sinister touch. I tried to keep the gold accents as well on the jacket, but was finding that even with changing the gold color, it was still too much, and was distracting from his over all color theme, so I instead opted for a slightly purple silver.

As for the character himself, the white and black seemed to be creating a bit too much contrast, especially with having him wear colors like a rich purple and red. Over all, I wanted to darken his aspect to better fit the character that was described to me. His hair and body markings are not actually black either, but a very deep blue. I also brightened up the color of his visible eye to make it stand out more against his otherwise natural fur tones, then copied the color onto his broach. The lighter body color of his tail would run up under where the base meets his back, and as with the original, the dark stripe would run from the tip of his tail, up his back and to the end of his bangs.

I really hope you like what I came up with. I know for sure I had a lot of fun working on him. ^.^