This SATURDAY the 22nd, it is finally time for you all to see "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip"!
At 4PM Pacific / 7PM Eastern, we will join the Patreon Events voice channel and I will screen the video for you all! You are all welcome to join earlier and just chat until we start as well.
If you are not in the Discord, be sure to join and link your Patreon account! https://discord.com/invite/balenaprod...
Greetings everyone! We're live on YouTube working on "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" and taking your commissions! If we fill all of our commission slots we'll be showing more Road Trip and giving away a month of Patreon Gold to a lucky viewer! Watch here: https://youtu.be/kKSu4WAuLfc
2025-11-15 23:57:29 +0000 UTC View Post
TOMORROW we will be back for another 'Christmas with Sonic' stream! We'll be working on "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" and taking your sketch commissions! We'll also be sharing our story of our trip to Sonic Expo Dallas! If we can fill all 10 commission slots again, we will be showing a little more of "Road Trip" on stream and giving a random viewer a month of Patreon Gold!
Attached are some example commissions from last stream! If you want to fill your slot early, you can head over ...
2025-11-14 20:24:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings everyone!
This weekend, we will be at Sonic Expo Dallas! We will have a booth in the "Mirage Saloon" area (as shown on the attached map) and you can stop by and say hi! We're always excited to meet new and old faces alike! You can ask questions, have us sign stuff, or pick up some merch!
On Saturday at 12PM, we will be premiering "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" at the main events! You can be some of the first to see it before it goes on YouTube! If time permits, we als...
2025-11-06 12:00:36 +0000 UTC View Post
LIVE 🔴 now with working on "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" and drawing your commissions! If we fill all of our commission slots we will be showing a small preview of "Christmas with Sonic Road Trip" and giving away one month of Patreon Gold to a lucky viewer! Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL4a4c-Hosc
2025-11-03 00:01:50 +0000 UTC View Post
TODAY we're streaming working on "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" and doing more sketch commissions at 4PM Pacific / 7PM Eastern on YouTube! If we fill all of the commission slots today, not only will we be giving away a free month of Patreon Gold to one lucky viewer, but we will also show a small sneak peek at "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip"!
You can join us here: https://youtu.be/OL4a4c-Hosc
2025-11-02 18:35:13 +0000 UTC View Post
If you will be attending Sonic Expo Dallas, we will be there! You can find our table in the "Mirage Saloon" section as shown on the attached map! We will be there all 3 days, and on Saturday November 8th at 12PM we will be premiering "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" on stage for anyone attending! We will also have a brand new 'Christmas with Sonic' inspired print for purchase at our booth! We cannot wait to see you all there!
Happy Halloween from all of us here at Balena Productions! We hope this magical night is full of tricks and treats, ghosts and goblins, and plenty of being scared stupid! 🎃
2025-10-31 21:44:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Patrons!
I am still working around the clock on "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip". I can almost guarantee this will be the longest one yet, and it has some of the very best jokes. You'll all be VERY pleased.
We will be premiering the video at Sonic Expo, but it will be live on YouTube a few short weeks after that!
This Sunday we will be streaming working on it, and if we fill all 10 of our usual commission slots I will be showing off a little bit of it on stream...
2025-10-28 14:21:11 +0000 UTC View PostIf you'll be attending Sonic Expo Dallas, we have a new poster based on 'Christmas with Sonic' for purchase at our table! We cannot wait to see you there! If you can't make it, we will have these available in our online shop if we have any extras after the convention.
Don't forget we will also be premiering "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" on Saturday November 8th at the convention as well! It will be on YouTube a bit after.
See you there!
Greetings Patrons!
I know Halloween is only a few days away, but as always, Christmas has to butt in.
We're working around the clock to finish "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" in time for it's premier at Sonic Expo Dallas on Saturday November 8th!
This will be the longest Christmas with Sonic yet, so production time is taking about double the normal schedule. It will be finished in time for the Christmas season, but if you will be attending the premier at Sonic Expo, som...
We're LIVE! Drawing our Christmas with Sonic print, and taking YOUR commissions live on stream! If we fill all of our commission slots, a lucky viewer gets a free month of Patreon Gold! Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/gnuut3vZSP0
2025-10-18 22:56:19 +0000 UTC View Post
TOMORROW! We'll be back streaming on YouTube working on our print for Sonic Expo, and drawing your sketch commissions on stream! Attached are just a few examples from last stream. You can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnuut3vZSP0
2025-10-17 18:48:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Halloween! A brand new short animation has released on the channel! A parody of 'Smiling Friends' with Sonic, Tails, and Mel! Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@BalenaProductions/videos
2025-10-12 11:59:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Patrons!
I am wrapping up production on a very short new animation that is a homage to Smiling Friends. I am aiming for Sunday morning so fingers crossed!
Greetings Patrons!
The new intro for future animations is complete! This new intro will play in front of feature animations. For the upcoming "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip", I will be making a Christmas variant so stay tuned!
Enjoy!
We are officially one month away from Sonic Expo Dallas!
If you will be attending the convention, we will be premiering "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" at the main events on Saturday, November 8th at 12:00 PM!
You can be the first to see it before it releases on YouTube!
We will be at the convention all 3 days, so if you'll be there come on over to our table and say hi! We will have merch for sale, but we always welcome just a visit!
If you are a Silver or Gold patr...
Greetings everyone! We're streaming working on "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" and taking commissions! Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7IZllXeTig
2025-10-04 22:57:36 +0000 UTC View Post
TOMORROW! We're back with more Christmas with Sonic and taking your commissions! You can watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7IZllXeTig and be sure to hit "notify me" so you don't miss out! We are going to have to start limiting how many commissions we get each stream due to the high amount of commissions! We'll have 10 slots for each stream, and if we reach all 10 we will be giving a month of Patreon ...
2025-10-03 21:13:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Patrons!
Animation has begun on the untitled Smiling Friends short I am working on. This very bite sized animation re-creates one of my favorite scenes from Smiling Friends but with Sonic, Tails, and Mel. I am hoping this will be a short turn around of about 2 weeks or so. Expect frequent updates! REMINDER! If you are NOT in the Discord, you should be! I post a lot more in the chat for patrons! Join here and connect your Patreon to Discord: 2025-09-30 21:31:06 +0000 UTC
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Greetings friends!
It’s officially the Halloween season here at Balena Productions, and I know the question on everybody’s mind is “Where is Sonic in Scared Stupid: The Final Chapter?”. Unfortunately I do not have a release date, and it will definitely not be this year, but please continue to remain patient. If you are out of the loop, the channel is in very serious trouble and I am working as best as I can with the very limited resources I have. YouTube has been very harsh to t...
2025-09-28 18:41:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings everyone! We're live now on YouTube streaming working on "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" and doing YOUR commissions! Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6KmMquy-Is
2025-09-20 22:55:19 +0000 UTC View Post
TOMORROW We're back with another "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" stream at 4PM Pacific / 7PM Eastern!
We will be working on the latest Christmas with Sonic episode and taking more sketch commissions!
You can watch it here, and be sure to hit "Notify me" so you don't miss it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6KmMquy-Is
Attached are some of the sketch commissions from last stream!
2025-09-19 19:14:47 +0000 UTC View Post
We're LIVE now on YouTube working on "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" and taking your drawing commissions! Watch here: https://youtu.be/n8DATiA3UNk
2025-09-06 22:59:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Patrons! It's September, so it's time for a monthly update!
I know many of you are hoping to see more of "Sonic in Scared Stupid: The Final Chapter", but I am afraid that right now I don't have a lot of news to share. We recently just had Mel completely re-rigged to allow for more expressive animation, and for you Silver & Gold members you got a small peek at what she is capable of! Now, I plan to have Sonic, Tails, and Amy completely re-rigged as well to bring them up to...
Greetings Patrons!
I'm excited to announce that Mel's new rig is finally finished! Thanks to the amazing TBSF, Mel has gotten a complete re-do in the rigging department. This will allow for more expressive animation! She is also using the new eye shader by Melancholybat!
With this milestone, I can begin to animate a very short special that should be out soon! I mentioned it previously that I am working on a small homage to "Smiling Friends" with Sonic, Tails, and Mel. You should...
Greetings Patrons!
Here is a pass on the new channel intro! Still much to be done, but it is coming along swimmingly!
TOMORROW we will be streaming more "Christmas with Sonic: Road Trip" and your sketch commissions! Be sure to hit "notify me" so you don't miss it! https://youtu.be/aIYpFrE_bcM
There may even be a very special surprise if we can get at least 5 commissions!
Attached are some examples of the sketch commissions we did from the last stream!
2025-08-23 00:25:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Patrons!
While I am still hard at work on the upcoming Smiling Friends animation, I've also been at work on a brand new intro animation for the channel! The previous intro was created in 2012, so I've been long overdue for a new intro and it's coming along great so far! I am hoping to put this intro in the next animation. I'll show off more when the time comes!
See you soon!
Greetings Patrons!
Our new Mel rig is almost complete! There's still a bit to do, but I wanted to share some test footage of her wings and other dynamic physics!
Enjoy!