Everything about Fangs debut. Animation, splash art + thoughts
Splash art
The splash art was drawn by the artist, J. Hwan (daver0714 on Xitter). They shared early the drawing process, featuring a few scrapped sketches.
You could notice Fang seems to look feminine in some of those sketches. According to the artist, it was due to them mistaking Fang as a girl from the character concepts/turnarounds; Theres misconception going around this info, but although, confirmed by artist, Fang was always a male character in any known developing stages. (guess hes just that androgynous lol; but gender confusion aside, I believe the version of fang with glasses and a braid got to be his earliest design, since it was still in development at the same time with additional debut content, which I'll discuss a bit further+)
The video process also features pixelated turnaround of Fang (and of the Year of the Tiger skins), which seem to ever so slightly differ from what was shown in the 2023 TTE podcast, showcasing brawlers concepts released since Season 9.
+Those slight diffrences prove again, what Fangs character design was still in development at the same time, as the splash art and his debut animation were in production; You can also notice it with Fangs hairtie being red in early concepts (pixelated one), in his debut animation and The Year of the Tiger splash art, while in finalised design (ingame model and later on content) its yellow.
Here's a little timeline of Fangs design evolution according to my theories:
Braid, headband, glasses, black belt, no popcorn accesories.
Ponytail, hat, no glasses, black suspenders, popcorn accesories, red hairtie.
Ponytail, hat, yellow suspenders, popcorn accesories, red hairtie (The Year of the Tiger animations and splash art).
Ponytail, hat, yellow suspenders, popcorn accesories, yellow hairtie (FINAL).
Year of the Tiger animations
Year of the Tiger animation - part 1 (15th jan, 2022)
Year of the Tiger animation - part 2 (29th jan, 2022)
Screencaps and assets shared by the artist.
(i love those little faces/eyes on his popcorn accesories and popcorn crown so much awww)
Process and details of creating the animations shared by the artist.
Thats all I could find! Thank you for reading! Lmk if I missed something!
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