It’s the most complete collection of official Street Fighterartwork ever! The Art of Street Fighter gathers over 1,500 illustrationscreated by Capcom’s top artists over the past 20 years. Included arecharacter designs, concept art, sketches, promo artwork, plus manynever-before-published pieces from both Street Fighter’s past andfrom the all-new Street Fighter IV!
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Parka –
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SF20: The Art of Street Fighter is actually a translated edition of the Japanese art book Street Fighter Art Works (ISBN:4862332145). It’s really great that Capcom (or Udon Entertainment) has decided to translate it and pushed it out so fast.
SF20 is a 20th anniversary tribute art book to Street Fighter, which was actually released in 1987. This is a pretty thick 320-page paperback. It doesn’t come with a dust jacket like the Japanese edition. On the non-glossy pages are printed with over 1500 illustrations, paintings and sketches. The spine is a bit inflexible for a book this thick and will definitely have wrinkles if you open the pages too wide.
The illustrations are divided into chapters by artists, namely:
Akiman is the designer for the classic Street Fighter characters. Daigo Ikeno is the art director and character designer for Street Fighter IV. The last chapter is a collection of work from other artists.
Since this is a character based game, you’ll see a lot of character designs. They are a mixture in sizes from small portraits to the full page group splash art. Most are full colored illustrations in myriad manga styles. There are captions for everything and several artists interviews.
Work comes from all the various different versions of Street Fighter, including spin-offs like Super Puzzle Fighter II, or even some SNK-vs-CAPCOM illustrations — rivalry between King of Fighters and Street Fighter is strong and burning. Included also are the latest Street Fighter IV character profile designs used in the game.
The art here spans over an impressive 20 years, I’m very sure there will be more to come. This satisfying thick compilation is recommended to all Street Fighter fans and collectors.
If you have bought Street Fighter Tribute and Udon’s Art of Capcom and like them, I’m very sure you’ll like this book as well.
(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
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Emily –
I’ve had my copy of “SF20: The Art of Street Fighter” for about maybe 6 months -1 year? I got it around my birthday. And I was really anxious to get it because I’ve been wanting it for a long time. (P.S I wanted it in 2 days top haha. “Fast delivery”) the package came at about 6-8 at night. It’s a bit funny. I wasn’t mad, I was scared that it wouldn’t come. But like I said my doorbell was rung and there it was. Oh my god I’ll never forget the feeling of holding the thick book (almost 400+ pages) in my hands.
I litterally ripped the box in half, and then glorious. Every cent spent on this book is so worth it. Every page is filled with detail beyond belief. Every Chun – Li picture is on point. I’m still trying to find a clear protective jacket for the book. I want to keep as long as I live.
Long Live SF! <3
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Andrew Brake –
This book is amazing. Its thick pages hold all sorts of amazing things. For fans of any of the series (alpha, EX, e.t.c) it has everything. From the original line up to the original art work. To all the new characters and even more artwork. This was a great buy. It fills in any gaps in the street fighter universe that your heart could possibly of imagined. You get to see any and all the characters and how some of them have developed over there years.
One of my best buys yet.
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Javier Vicario Vazquez –
Si eres fan de Street Fighter no debes perderte esta maravilla de libro, gracias a amazon y otras webs ahora es muy sencillo importar desde cualquier parte del mundo y gracias a esto puede hacerme con esta maravilla de libro que recopila 20 años de ilustraciones de la mejor saga de videojuegos de la lucha de la historia. Unas ilustraciones preciosas y una presentacion perfecta. Imprescindible
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D. Malik –
Cet artbook est indispensable, si tout comme moi, êtes fan de la (longue) saga Street Fighter. On y retrouve toutes les artworks officielles des jeux, d’autres totalement inédites à ce jour, des croquis et aussi des diverses anecdotes de la part des différents artistes ayant participé à la série… un pur plaisir pour tout fan qui se respecte. Une vraie pièce de collection à un prix abordable (pour le moment…!), donc n’hésitez pas à vite vous le procurer !!!
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b(rad) –
This book is fantastic! It’s a big fat book chocked full of some amazing art. It’s interesting as a Street fighter fan or if you are just into the art and character design. The book consists of a massive range of, styles, illustration ideas and techniques that that appealed to me as an illustrator and it has little notes by the artist on most images that are a great insight into the artists thoughts and ideas. The array of art mediums used also really stands out, there are traditional things like pencils, markers and oil paints in the early art then you can see early Photoshop illustrations and the exploration of all the traditional mediums again as they became digitised. If you’re after a great reference for character design and fighting poses, you’ll find plenty throughout this book.
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I bought this product –
Not only did this bring back childhood memories, but it enlightened me on the stellar artwork done behind the scenes, to bring all these famous characters to gaming console life. The book has everything from raw charcoal sketches, fully colored, as well as a short biography for each character. This one gets a generous 5 star from me and very high recommendation (P.S. amazing deal as well for over 300 pages of epic art)
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Andre Schürmanns –
Udon,der Herausgeber dieses Sammelbandes,geizt echt nicht mit schönen Motiven!Auf fantastischen 320 Seiten findet ihr klassische alte,wie neue Motive aus den nun 20 Jahren Street Fighter Geschichte!Neben Charackterskizzen und Artworks kommen auch die Künstler vereinzelt zu Wort und erinnern sich daran was Street Fighter ihnen bedeutet und ihnen möglich gemacht hat.Die Druckqualität ist echt hochwertig und die Verleimung des Bildbandes auch klasse,so das man ohne Angst zu haben die Seiten auseinander klappen kann,ohne befürchten zu müßen das sie sich lösen. Ich kann das Buch jedem Street Fighter Fan ans Herz legen!
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Low-Quality –
This book is over 300 pages ( most of which are full colour ) of the official artwork used in the Street Fighter games, as well as official Promotional and concept artworks too.
There are a great variation in styles and artwork throughout the book , but all capturing the spirit of the characters despite their differences. Your favourite characters are bound to be represented in this book in some form or another , as this book covers most games the Street Fighters appear in.
Alongside some art pieces are thoughts of the artist themselves on their thoughts certain pieces of work and the characters, as well as self-critique.
I find the quality of the artwork throughout the book rather amazing itself.
There are also short Q & A interviews with each of the major artists of this book exploring their inspirations and interests , both concerning the art and the game series too.
All in all this is most likely to be the best compilation of Official Street Fighter artwork you can find in one book. So I greatly recommend it to dedicated Capcom/Street Fighter fans , who are into the artistic side of the game and appreciate good character designs
The only downer is that it is paperback which is pretty sad when you consider how heavy the book itself is…. the paper/card used for the outer cover is rather flimsy/ easy to damage. A protective sleeve would have been much appreciated or if they would release a hardback cover edition it would be perfect.
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Gene Harris –
Hi All,
Firstly this book is a great addition to any Street Fighter fans book shelve. The book is a well presented and has a flash floppy cover with sprinkles of silver graphics, it has every great Street Fighter image from the last 20 years in high print quality, beautifully laid out over 320 pages and more importantly Artist interviews -explaining what materials they used, what they were thinking when they designed the images and which ones are their favourites (which for me as an Artist was most interesting. One thing I would have liked to see is the actually pixel art of the character models, but I’m more than happy with this purchase and would recommend it to anyone. My verdict 4 stars…..
Parka –
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SF20: The Art of Street Fighter is actually a translated edition of the Japanese art book Street Fighter Art Works (ISBN:4862332145). It’s really great that Capcom (or Udon Entertainment) has decided to translate it and pushed it out so fast.
SF20 is a 20th anniversary tribute art book to Street Fighter, which was actually released in 1987. This is a pretty thick 320-page paperback. It doesn’t come with a dust jacket like the Japanese edition. On the non-glossy pages are printed with over 1500 illustrations, paintings and sketches. The spine is a bit inflexible for a book this thick and will definitely have wrinkles if you open the pages too wide.
The illustrations are divided into chapters by artists, namely:
* Akiman
* Kinu Nishimura
* CRMK
* Daigo Ikeno
* Daichan
* Edayan
* Shinkiro
Akiman is the designer for the classic Street Fighter characters. Daigo Ikeno is the art director and character designer for Street Fighter IV. The last chapter is a collection of work from other artists.
Since this is a character based game, you’ll see a lot of character designs. They are a mixture in sizes from small portraits to the full page group splash art. Most are full colored illustrations in myriad manga styles. There are captions for everything and several artists interviews.
Work comes from all the various different versions of Street Fighter, including spin-offs like Super Puzzle Fighter II, or even some SNK-vs-CAPCOM illustrations — rivalry between King of Fighters and Street Fighter is strong and burning. Included also are the latest Street Fighter IV character profile designs used in the game.
The art here spans over an impressive 20 years, I’m very sure there will be more to come. This satisfying thick compilation is recommended to all Street Fighter fans and collectors.
If you have bought Street Fighter Tribute and Udon’s Art of Capcom and like them, I’m very sure you’ll like this book as well.
(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
Emily –
I’ve had my copy of “SF20: The Art of Street Fighter” for about maybe 6 months -1 year? I got it around my birthday. And I was really anxious to get it because I’ve been wanting it for a long time. (P.S I wanted it in 2 days top haha. “Fast delivery”) the package came at about 6-8 at night. It’s a bit funny. I wasn’t mad, I was scared that it wouldn’t come. But like I said my doorbell was rung and there it was. Oh my god I’ll never forget the feeling of holding the thick book (almost 400+ pages) in my hands.
I litterally ripped the box in half, and then glorious. Every cent spent on this book is so worth it. Every page is filled with detail beyond belief. Every Chun – Li picture is on point. I’m still trying to find a clear protective jacket for the book. I want to keep as long as I live.
Long Live SF! <3
Andrew Brake –
This book is amazing. Its thick pages hold all sorts of amazing things. For fans of any of the series (alpha, EX, e.t.c) it has everything. From the original line up to the original art work. To all the new characters and even more artwork. This was a great buy. It fills in any gaps in the street fighter universe that your heart could possibly of imagined. You get to see any and all the characters and how some of them have developed over there years.
One of my best buys yet.
Javier Vicario Vazquez –
Si eres fan de Street Fighter no debes perderte esta maravilla de libro, gracias a amazon y otras webs ahora es muy sencillo importar desde cualquier parte del mundo y gracias a esto puede hacerme con esta maravilla de libro que recopila 20 años de ilustraciones de la mejor saga de videojuegos de la lucha de la historia. Unas ilustraciones preciosas y una presentacion perfecta. Imprescindible
D. Malik –
Cet artbook est indispensable, si tout comme moi, êtes fan de la (longue) saga Street Fighter. On y retrouve toutes les artworks officielles des jeux, d’autres totalement inédites à ce jour, des croquis et aussi des diverses anecdotes de la part des différents artistes ayant participé à la série… un pur plaisir pour tout fan qui se respecte.
Une vraie pièce de collection à un prix abordable (pour le moment…!), donc n’hésitez pas à vite vous le procurer !!!
b(rad) –
This book is fantastic! It’s a big fat book chocked full of some amazing art. It’s interesting as a Street fighter fan or if you are just into the art and character design. The book consists of a massive range of, styles, illustration ideas and techniques that that appealed to me as an illustrator and it has little notes by the artist on most images that are a great insight into the artists thoughts and ideas. The array of art mediums used also really stands out, there are traditional things like pencils, markers and oil paints in the early art then you can see early Photoshop illustrations and the exploration of all the traditional mediums again as they became digitised. If you’re after a great reference for character design and fighting poses, you’ll find plenty throughout this book.
I bought this product –
Not only did this bring back childhood memories, but it enlightened me on the stellar artwork done behind the scenes, to bring all these famous characters to gaming console life. The book has everything from raw charcoal sketches, fully colored, as well as a short biography for each character. This one gets a generous 5 star from me and very high recommendation (P.S. amazing deal as well for over 300 pages of epic art)
Andre Schürmanns –
Udon,der Herausgeber dieses Sammelbandes,geizt echt nicht mit schönen Motiven!Auf fantastischen 320 Seiten findet ihr klassische alte,wie neue Motive aus den nun 20 Jahren Street Fighter Geschichte!Neben Charackterskizzen und Artworks kommen auch die Künstler vereinzelt zu Wort und erinnern sich daran was Street Fighter ihnen bedeutet und ihnen möglich gemacht hat.Die Druckqualität ist echt hochwertig und die Verleimung des Bildbandes auch klasse,so das man ohne Angst zu haben die Seiten auseinander klappen kann,ohne befürchten zu müßen das sie sich lösen.
Ich kann das Buch jedem Street Fighter Fan ans Herz legen!
Low-Quality –
This book is over 300 pages ( most of which are full colour ) of the official artwork used in the Street Fighter games, as well as official Promotional and concept artworks too.
There are a great variation in styles and artwork throughout the book , but all capturing the spirit of the characters despite their differences.
Your favourite characters are bound to be represented in this book in some form or another , as this book covers most games the Street Fighters appear in.
Alongside some art pieces are thoughts of the artist themselves on their thoughts certain pieces of work and the characters, as well as self-critique.
I find the quality of the artwork throughout the book rather amazing itself.
There are also short Q & A interviews with each of the major artists of this book exploring their inspirations and interests , both concerning the art and the game series too.
All in all this is most likely to be the best compilation of Official Street Fighter artwork you can find in one book. So I greatly recommend it to dedicated Capcom/Street Fighter fans , who are into the artistic side of the game and appreciate good character designs
The only downer is that it is paperback which is pretty sad when you consider how heavy the book itself is…. the paper/card used for the outer cover is rather flimsy/ easy to damage. A protective sleeve would have been much appreciated or if they would release a hardback cover edition it would be perfect.
Gene Harris –
Hi All,
Firstly this book is a great addition to any Street Fighter fans book shelve. The book is a well presented and has a flash floppy cover with sprinkles of silver graphics, it has every great Street Fighter image from the last 20 years in high print quality, beautifully laid out over 320 pages and more importantly Artist interviews -explaining what materials they used, what they were thinking when they designed the images and which ones are their favourites (which for me as an Artist was most interesting. One thing I would have liked to see is the actually pixel art of the character models, but I’m more than happy with this purchase and would recommend it to anyone. My verdict 4 stars…..
Hadouken!