Minimal Effort

After being inspired by the minimalist StreetFighter characters from this article: http://kotaku.com/5545354/a-minimali...cters/gallery/
I got inspired to do my own of (IMO) the most recognizable characters here. See if you can recognize these forumites:

Yay! Got em all!! (I'm pretty sure.)


Those are nifty-keen! Nice job.








Spoilers (in dark so it'll be easier to not see if you wanna guess, unless you're a red-sider - highlight to see 'em):


Row 1: LJ, Soul Train, Jugg
Row 2: Kat, Bayani, Deebs
Row 3: Rowrsie, TA, Suichi!

These are cool, though I think mine's a give away... well if you know me. 1st person 3rd row threw me, thanks DE!

Frankly, I tried to omit the letters, but it just wasn't possible. The red/black/yellow combo is one of the major iconic parts of the outfit.

It's impressive how much can be conveyed with such minimal details.

Yeah thats pretty cool Suichi!

Very little to go by but pretty easy to recognize the forumites there. Nicely done

Nifty! I only couldn't get one of them... who's yellow and black?

The yellow and black one is an old forumite who doesn't post here anymore. Still pretty famous around these parts though.

I got em all, and i'm a EU player O.o

I frequent this board too much!


Kinda curious on how i would be done like that
Prob just black line, skin line and while line.

Cleavage with cat ears?

I rather like these. I think simple designs are the most challenging, because every element carries so much of the piece. Quite nice work!

Very cool stuff (got them all, yay!) ... yeah some are more challenging than others to ... minimize.

Nice, mine's easy though.

Had to try mine ... came up with two ... but it may not be quite simple enough ...



Edit: ok tried simpler


ReEdit: ok last one after checking out the original inspiring thread, hehe.

These are fun. Guess who?



Edit: And another!

I lold hard at Lounge Crooner, Bubba.

very nifty suich !!

Ok, these are the last ones for tonight, the obligatory trio.

Very cool, Suichiro. They have a very 'iconic' look to them, and it really is amazing how so little can still invoke a link to an immediate recognizable character.

Fff... I tried to make one for my troller but as usual I got too hung up on detail:



^Click image for character reference, since I'm not exactly well-known

Yeah, you'd think that these would be easy, but they're really not. The key here is to use the least amount of details in order to evoke the maximum amount of recognition. Also, I chose certain outfits and names because they were both iconic and simple, as well as being reasonably well known. This sort of thing only works when everyone has a common pool of knowledge to draw from.

I do feel that the original StreetFighter ones in the linked article ruined the point by naming the characters.

Thats a pretty cool idea! I just had to give it a try myself:



Here's the comparison reference I put up:
http://u-naught.deviantart.com/art/U...imal-165673385

I don't think I did anywhere near as good a job on it as all you guys and gals did, tho! But it was fun trying!

These are really kool! Thanks Bubba for your rendition of my character.