AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |
Back to Blog
Street fighter duel costumes10/3/2023 Long time fans would enjoy seeing their favorite characters in new outfits. He wanted to bring back the classics, but not go overboard with their costumes. Hashimoto’s designs were sort of a counter to that. Concept artist Xin Wang came up with fashionable makeovers for the SF cast in the Chinese mobile game Street Fighter: Duel. Consider for a moment what it would look like if everyone in the lineup wore casual clothing. Instead there was a mix of pseudo-authentic costumes, and casual uniforms to break up the monotony. That type of visual storytelling did not work great in SF. Could you really put a SF character in just any outfit, and would it work within the context of the game? I’m not saying that every character had to be wearing an authentic martial arts costume. The most obvious thing would be the costumes the characters wore. With that said let’s try to figure out what made the “SF Style” distinct. In short, he was the perfect person to shape the direction of this generation of fighters. Yusuke had produced Bayonetta, so he was comfortable designing all manner of characters with different outfits, skin colors, builds, and body types. The newest designer Yusuke Hashimoto, was now putting his own unique stamp on the lineup. Akiman, Shoei, Bengus, Daigo Ikeno, Edayan, Kinu Nishimura were brilliant artists that had a hand in developing the style, and direction of the SF series. This was thanks to the legacy of artists that had worked there. In the end it reminded me that there was a style of character design that could be considered uniquely “Street Fighter.” By that same token there was a style of design that worked for Mortal Kombat, Tekken, King of Fighters, and Killer Instinct. I did my best to try to figure out their roots, and fighting method, and share it with the visitors to my blog. I studied their outfits, the colors assigned to them, their nationality, and physical build. Over the last month I had talked a lot about the new, and returning faces in Street Fighter 6.
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |