Rafa Knight

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Rafaela "Rafa" Knight (also known as Elesis Knight) is a Brazilian fan artist known for her 3D CGI Sonic the Hedgehog artworks. She previously contributed to the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. She has also contributed to the Sonic social media accounts and IDW Publishing's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series.

Credits

Art

Sonic the Hedgehog social media:
- Halloween 2015 with Kieran Gates^[1]
- Valentine's Day 2016 with Kieran Gates^[2]

Cover artwork

Archie Comics

Best of Sonic the Hedgehog:
- Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Rivals
- Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Comics: Ultimate Edition
Knuckles the Echidna Archives:
- #6
Sonic Super Digest:
- #6-#8
- #16
Sonic the Hedgehog:
- #257 (main)
- #258 (variant)
- #265 (variant 1)
- #266 (variant)
- #271 (variant)
- #274 (variant 1)
- #275 (variant 4)
- #278 (variant)
Sonic Universe:
- #62 (variant)
- #69 (variant)
- #71 (variant)
- #76 (variant 1)
- #80 (variant)
- #83 (variant)
- #87 (variant)

IDW Publishing

Sonic the Hedgehog:
- #1 (cover RI-B)

Trivia

For creating the Halloween 2015 artwork for the Sonic social media accounts, Rafa, along with Kieran Gates, received a gift from Sonic Team, drawn by Yuji Uekawa.
Knight did not receive payment from IDW Publishing for the cover of Sonic the Hedgehog #1 because her concept was made by Aaron Hammerstrom.^[3]
Knight was not credited by SEGA for using her Classic Amy model for Sonic Origins Plus.

References

↑ Rafa Knight (23 March 2017). Rafa Knight on Tumblr. Tumblr. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved on 25 February 2019.
↑ Rafa Knight (14 February 2016). Rafa Knight on Tumblr. Tumblr. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018.
↑ Media:RafaK.png

External links

Rafa Knight's DeviantArt account
Rafa Knight at IDW Sonic Hub Wiki, the IDW Sonic wiki.
Rafa Knight at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.

Archie Comics staff members

Writers	Bailey \| Baker \| Bollers \| Cacace \| Castilglia \| Chacon \| DeCesare \| Edkin \| Emery \| Enos \| Esposito \| Esquivel \| Fingeroth \| Flynn \| Gallagher \| Gray \| Kanterovich \| Oliveras \| Penders \| del Rio \| Rolston \| Skolnick \| Slott \| Spivey \| Stanley \| Strom \| Taylor \| D. Tipton \| S. Tipton \| T. Rex \| Yardley
Pencils	Allan \| Axer \| Bates \| Bedell \| Best \| Bigley \| Butler \| DeCarlo \| De Liz \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Doran \| Fry \| Hands \| Herbert \| Herms \| Higgins \| Huang \| Hunter \| Hutchison \| Galan \| Golliher \| Graphic Color Works \| Gray \| Greene \| Hernandez \| Hesse \| Hill \| Jampole \| Lim \| Manak \| Mawhinney \| Maxwell \| McCarthy \| Mercadoocasio \| Ortega \| Paddock \| Parent \| Penders \| Peppers \| POWREE \| Ribeiro \| del Rio \| Schoening \| Shaw \| Skelly \| Smith III \| Spaziante \| Stanley \| Strom \| Brian Thomas \| Bryce Thomas \| C. Thomas \| Underwood \| Valentino \| Wahnish \| Wells \| Yardley
Inks	Amash \| Archer \| Austin \| Bates \| Bollers \| Crawford \| D'Agostino \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Eklund \| Gray \| Higgins \| Koslowski \| Martin \| McCarthy \| Mercadoocasio \| Milgrom \| Oliveras \| Pacheco \| Parent \| Penders \| Pepoy \| Powell \| A. Ray \| J. Ray \| Ribeiro \| Scarpelli \| Schoening \| Sheehy \| Stanley \| Thomas \| Tomas \| White \| Wiacek \| Woodruff \| Yardley
Colors	D. America \| L. America \| Baker \| Bollers \| Cassata \| Chher \| Chu \| Delgado \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Dillon \| Downer \| Gray \| Felix \| Gagliardo \| Gopher \| Grossman \| Herms \| Hunzeker \| Ieraci \| Jensen \| Kaminski \| Lisefski \| Mason \| Namlede \| O'Quinn \| Parent \| Penders \| A. Ray \| J. Ray \| Stanley \| Tsetsekas \| Vozzo \| Yardley
Letters	Davidson \| Deering \| Diamond Rose Studios \| Eisman \| Gagliardo \| Gallagher \| Higgins \| Liu \| Merlin \| Money \| Morelli \| Nakrosis \| Orzechowski \| Powell \| Penders \| Williams \| Workman \| Yoshida
Covers	Amash \| Austin \| Bates \| Best \| Brown \| Bryant \| Bryce Thomas \| Butler \| Capps \| D'Agostino \| Delgado \| Downer \| Evans \| Fry \| FT \| Galan \| Greene \| Harder \| Herms \| Hernandez \| Heroic Age Colors \| Hesse \| Horn \| Hunzeker \| Jampole \| Jensen \| Knight \| Lovallo \| Ly \| Manak \| Martin \| Mawhinney \| McCarthy \| Mercadoocasio \| Moore \| Novin \| Parnell \| Penders \| Peppers \| Piperberg \| A. Ray \| J. Ray \| T. Rex \| Ribeiro \| Riley \| Robinson \| Robinson \| Rodríguez \| Sega \| Scarpelli \| Schoening \| Shaw \| Skelly \| Spaziante \| Stanley \| Thomas \| Unger \| Wells \| Yardley
Assistant Editors	Gabrie \| Lovallo \| Pellerito \| Spaziante
Editors	Castiglia \| Edelman \| Fulop \| Gabrie \| Kaminski \| Pellerito
Editor-In-Chiefs	Goldwater \| Gorelick
Presidents	Goldwater \| Pellerito
Publishers	Archie Comics \| J. Goldwater \| R. Goldwater \| Silberkleit
Licensing	Castiglia \| Chau \| Chu \| Gaccione \| Ham \| Harris \| Hatori \| Jo \| Kiyotaki \| Leffler \| Lopez \| T. Penders \| Reyes \| Sega Licensing

IDW Publishing staff members

Writers	Ata \| Barnes \| Dutreix \| Flynn \| Galligan \| Goellner \| Graley \| Hammerstrom \| King \| Kochalka \| C. McElroy \| G. McElroy \| J. McElroy \| T. McElroy \| Mutchler \| Phegley \| Scott \| Stanley \| Swift
Pencils	Bryce Thomas \| Bulmer \| Curry \| Fonseca \| Gray \| Haines \| Hammerstrom \| Hernandez \| Lawrence \| Peppers \| Skelly \| Stanley \| Rothlisberger \| Tramontano \| Wells \| Yardley
Inks	Amash \| Bryce Thomas \| Bulmer \| Curry \| Dutreix \| Fonseca \| Froese \| Graham \| Gray \| Haines \| Hammerstrom \| Hernandez \| Keane \| Lawrence \| Mack \| Peppers \| Rothlisberger \| Smith \| Stanley \| Tramontano \| Wycough \| Yardley
Colors	Bove \| Breckel \| Bryce Thomas \| Bulmer \| Curry \| Dutreix \| Fourdraine \| Graham \| Herms \| Hernandez \| Ito \| Lafuente \| Pinto \| Pirrie \| Stanley \| Tramontano \| Unger
Letters	Breen \| Lee \| Widick
Covers	Arq \| Baker \| Bates \| Breckel \| Bryce Thomas \| Bulmer \| Cruz \| Curry \| Delgado \| Dell'Otto \| Dutreix \| Elson \| Fonseca \| Fourdraine \| Fuji \| Gates \| Gibson \| Graham \| Gray \| Haines \| Hammerstrom \| Herms \| Hernandez \| Hesse \| Huang \| Hughes \| Ito \| Jampole \| Karasuno \| Kim \| Kingdom \| Knight \| Kraft \| Lafuente \| Lawrence \| Lide \| Neofotistou \| Oz \| Peppers \| Pinto \| Rothlisberger \| Sakai \| Sarkaria \| Schoening \| Skelly \| Smith \| Spaziante \| Stanley \| Starling \| Takeyama \| Tramontano \| Uekawa \| Unger \| Wells \| Yardley
Editors	Barber \| Boone \| Brown \| Eisinger \| Farmer \| Hughes \| LaPera \| Mariotte \| Niño \| A. Simon \| K. Simon
Art directors	Lee \| Levesque \| Robbins
Publishers	Goldstein \| Marsham \| Ryall
Presidents	Bennington \| Goldstein \| Ryall
Production	Nattalie
Licensing	Cisneros \| Jo \| Kiyotaki \| Sonic Team \| Tsai \| Webber

[Halloween2015-1] Rafa Knight (23 March 2017). Rafa Knight on Tumblr. Tumblr. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved on 25 February 2019.

[2] Rafa Knight (14 February 2016). Rafa Knight on Tumblr. Tumblr. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018.

[3] Media:RafaK.png

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