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Less Is More With This Abstract Street Fighter Art

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by Meagan Marie on August 10, 2010 at 09:19 AM

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Like our ability to comprehend words where only the first and last letter are correctly in place (It is sgnifciatnly esiear than one wulod tinhk), it's surprising how easily our brains can identify these iconic Street Fighter characters in their ultimate abstract form.

Artist and blogger InfiniteContinues recently debuted the above image, inspired by Bauhaus and De Stijl era designs and the simple presentation of early Atari and Intellivision games.

Infinite Continues previously garnered attention for his similar studies in video-game minimalism – using only the most primitive shapes and colors of industry-staple characters to prove just how recognizable they are. Check out his Flickr stream to see the entire set.

How long did it take you to identify the characters above?

[Thanks to Tony Goff for the tip!]

Filed under: News, street fighter, Gamer Culture, nerd art, infinitecontinues

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by Farrell Maniac Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 09:33 AM

Incredibly detailed!
by monkeyman2547 Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 09:46 AM

i love those first and last letter things it amazing
by BATTLESUIT Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 09:49 AM

Well, this is just awesome!
by InvisiKid Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 09:55 AM

Awesome! Our brains are totally cool!
by Derek Amoako Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 09:56 AM

love it, although correct me if I'm wrong. In assuming the last figure is Dhalsim his looking a little pale???
by born4this Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 09:56 AM

Very cool. I recognize all of them! :)
by spiderj33 Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 09:58 AM

This is cool!
by xplay92 Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 10:03 AM

That is pretty awesome.

To answer your question Meagan, it only took me a few seconds, it is pretty surprising, as you said, how the human brain recognizes stuff like this so easily.
by Gili Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 10:04 AM

Less than one second. Uncanny.
by Trebor Howell Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 10:07 AM

Ha, this is freakin' amazing :)

It kinda reminds me of those "pick your paint color" things at home depot and other places :)
by Xan Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 10:09 AM

Took me a bit to figure out who the second guy was supposed to be.

The two red lines were throwing me off.
by eyros2k Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 10:09 AM

Too funny. I wonder if this artist has an electronics background...
by Jon Gregory aka JMan240 Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 10:23 AM

... I feel like I'm being left out... because I don't like fighting games and don't play Street Fighter. :(

Thanks for making me feel bad GI.

Btw, is the left most one Ryu? Cause he's about the only Street Fighter character I know.
by Chelsea Paulsen Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 11:22 AM

At first I was like "Wha?" then, "Oh, I see what you did there." About 5 seconds overall...

Where can one find prints of some of the art pieces GI continues to advocate?
by Cepxico Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 11:30 AM

Man, I recognized all but E. Honda. I totally forgot about that guy, jeez. I feel less of a man for not knowing my street fighter, luckily im only 1/8th less of a man.
by save_the_krogans Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 11:31 AM

Wow, I love this. Thanks for sharing!
by drpain Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 11:37 AM

That's pretty cool
by Austin T. Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 11:42 AM

Ncie!
by Amín Fernández Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 12:33 PM

Wow this is pretty cool. i would buy this.
by Harvester of Sorrow Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 12:49 PM

It is ridiculously easy to identify all of the characters. It's just too bad that humans are still too stupid to actually harness the power that the mind offers.