A look back at Terry Bogard's original character designs

[BlackaneseNiNjA]

The 25th Anniversary of the Fatal Fury series is upon us and as the year ends what better way to celebrate than to take a quick look back at the original roughs/designs for Terry Bogard:



Not sure if the "R" stood for anything on his shirt ("Robert" perhaps? but more on that later.), but it is interesting that as iconic as the hat became, it was not always a part of his original design.



This was a rough design of Terry's appearance in Fatal Fury 2. It's interesting how much he resembled aof's Robert and certainly makes Robert's alternate color palette in kofxiii and it's ports worth an extra look:

 

[FilthyRear]

The 25th Anniversary of the Fatal Fury series is upon us and as the year ends what better way to celebrate than to take a quick look back at the original roughs/designs for Terry Bogard:

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Not sure if the "R" stood for anything on his shirt ("Robert" perhaps? but more on that later.), but it is interesting that as iconic as the hat became, it was not always a part of his original design.

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This was a rough design of Terry's appearance in Fatal Fury 2. It's interesting how much he resembled aof's Robert and certainly makes Robert's alternate color palette in kofxiii and it's ports worth an extra look:

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thats funny. That palette fits that old design prefectly.

 

[Evan]

This is weird. These look lots older than 1991.

 

[Ip Man]

terry was highly inspired by many characters. especially cody from final fight. so it would make sense that his early concept art looked very similar to cody.

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also steven seagal was a big inspiration for a lot of the snk characters.


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[sylvie]

i always thought SNK's representation of masculinity was really awesome and sexy.

DOES ANYONE HAVE THOSE TOSHIAKI MORI ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SNK CHARACTERS HANGING OUT IN JAPAN BUBBLE ERA CLOTHES AND STUFF? It was posted on this forum, in some Shinkiro appreciation thread years ago probably back when I joined.

 

[BlackaneseNiNjA]

terry was highly inspired by many characters. especially cody from final fight. so it would make sense that his early concept art looked very similar to cody.

Sup bogard! Considering T. Nishiyama and his team were responsible for Street Fighter 1, and Final Fight began as the sequel/spinoff title Street Fighter 89, it is possible that Cody and Terry were created/inspired via the same character designer(s) who left with Nishiyama to join SNK and start the garou series. I really wish we could confirm more from that era of japanese game development.

Off topic: Damn, I haven't seen a steven seagal movie in ages

i always thought SNK's representation of masculinity was really awesome and sexy.

DOES ANYONE HAVE THOSE TOSHIAKI MORI ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SNK CHARACTERS HANGING OUT IN JAPAN BUBBLE ERA CLOTHES AND STUFF? It was posted on this forum, in some Shinkiro appreciation thread years ago probably back when I joined.

Sup sylvie, I have a ton of that stuff and can repost if the old thread can't be found.

 

[BlackaneseNiNjA]

Edit: Double Post

 

[sylvie]

Sup bogard! Considering T. Nishiyama and his team were responsible for Street Fighter 1, and Final Fight began as the sequel/spinoff title Street Fighter 89, it is possible that Cody and Terry were created/inspired via the same character designer(s) who left with Nishiyama to join SNK and start the garou series. I really wish we could confirm more from that era of japanese game development.

Off topic: Damn, I haven't seen a steven seagal movie in ages



Sup sylvie, I have a ton of that stuff and can repost if the old thread can't be found.

yea just post it the search feature on this forum is fucking dumb or something

 

[BlackaneseNiNjA]

yea just post it the search feature on this forum is fucking dumb or something

I remember Curt's 20 year retrospective on urban muse (http://urban-muse.com/blog/Urban-Muse-Shinkiro-Retrospective), but the url appears to be dead now

All the other art related threads I can find in search appear to be full of broken links.

I'll go through my neo stuffs later and post some shinkiro goodness.

 

[LoneSage]

yes,2016's noob of the year here folks. loving it brother. keep it up.

 

[sylvie]

he's my noob baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BlackaneseNiNjA]

yes,2016's noob of the year here folks. loving it brother. keep it up.

he's my noob baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is true. My loyalty goes to Sylvie.

 

[Ip Man]

yes,2016's noob of the year here folks. loving it brother. keep it up.

yeah, blackaneseninja get's my vote. i'm impressed by his knowledge on the neo, especially with the fatal fury series. a true enthusiast.

 

[massimiliano]

+1, he is actually digging the mooks he bought, instead of leaving them in a shelf...quality posts.

 

[3havoc]

Nice info to know, always enjoy seeing early concept designs and comparing them to the final version.

 

[BlackaneseNiNjA]

Thanks everyone. Glad that others are enjoying the input.

Here's some of the requested art:

Terry taking a break from some baseball.


Extras:




Gotta get me a pair of "Bruce Lee" jeans like that too.

 

[sylvie]

fuck yes thanks!