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I'll attempt to do a series of semi-realistic portraits of the original 12 Street Fighter II characters. I'm going to redesign their look, but I'll try to remain true to what defines them. The goal is to make them look like real street fighters or something that could work in a movie.

Mike Ty... I mean Balrog.
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Wow this awesome
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~SpineBender Feb 27, 2013  Professional
Thanks!
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:iconsyclown:
Amazing work! :)
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~SpineBender Jan 30, 2013  Professional
Thanks!
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Random Street Fighter trivia time: In the U.S. versions of Street Fighter 2, Balrog, Vega, and M.Bison's names were rotated. Balrog in the U.S. Version was actually M.Bison -- or "Mike Bison" -- in Japan. It was changed to prevent a potential lawsuit from Mike Tyson over likeness rights. The character we know as "M.Bison" was originally Vega, which was considered by Capcom USA to be too feminine a name for a final boss, so the name was given to the original Balrog, who we now know as Vega.

A short film premiered at Evo 2011 (Evo is a yearly fighting game tournament in the U.S.) making fun of this situation, called Balrog: Behind the Glory which you can see here: [link]

--=:star: The more you know!
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Mood: Wow! ~Clauzer Nov 10, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
LOVE it!!!
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Mood: Joy ~AmayaLOD Aug 19, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
strava :D
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~SpineBender Sep 12, 2012  Professional
Hvala!
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*TilTheNext6Months Jul 20, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
This is the best rendition of Balrog, ever.

I think what I love about this the most is how wartorn he looks. It goes for every picture I've seen you do of the SF guys, but it shows it the most here. He's taken a lot of beatings, yet Balrog carries on.

It's amazingly deep as far as realism goes; this is truly amazing. :D
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~SpineBender Jul 23, 2012  Professional
Thank you very much dude! :D
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