Preview of a series in progress. I’m taking the official Street Fighter 4 artwork and making vector duotone silhouettes from them. Each character’s form is done in black and then an accent is added, matching the character’s main signature color and attack. The process of vectorizing is simplified with live-trace, but I’m still doing a lot of cleanup and individual adjustment to ensure recognizability. I got the idea from a series of linoleum block prints that I did back in college that were black & white silhouettes of 6 different Soul Calibur 2 characters.

Tags: Games, Illustrator, Vector