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FUN FACTS:
The
iconic, high-quality character illustrations for the original Street
Fighter (featuring dynamic,
gritty renderings of Ryu, Ken, Sagat, and the rest of the cast) were
drawn by Bengus
(also known as CRMK), an artist who heavily shaped Capcom's visual
identity.
This artwork was not
for a canceled game. While it was released well after the original
1987 arcade
game debuted, it was created later as promotional material, strategy
guide illustrations, and anniversary art to retroactively flesh out
and redefine the visual aesthetic of the cast for fans and
subsequent merchandise.
Much of Bengus's definitive character
artwork for the original Street
Fighter cast (which
retroactively fleshed out characters like Birdie, Eagle, Gen, and
Joe alongside Ryu and Ken) first saw widespread release in the
mid-to-late 1990s.
While some pieces debuted alongside later
arcade ports or strategy materials earlier in the decade, they
became widely popularized through Street
Fighter art books, strategy
guides, and official company illustration collections published
around 1998
to 2001 (such as Capcom
Design Works in
2001), long after the original 1987 arcade game's release. |
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