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MK9R: Stryker In-Game Artwork

Here are all four of Stryker's in-game art pieces, posed and rendered with his model exactly as it appears in-game in MK9R. I've also included a comparison to the original, as he is similarly posed on purpose. These are all made with extensive light and shadow painting, downscaled to MK9 graphics proportions, then swapped into the game as part of the revision mod.
Stryker's original artwork made him look a little too severe and strict for my liking, and, more importantly, didn't match his 3D model. These, like all my other artworks, are made directly as renders in XNA and painted-over in Sketchbook Pro to produce the game-quality art.
On another note, MK9 veered wildly between two separate characterizations for Stryker - relatable and dutiful everyman, and edgy heartless sadist (that ending animation!). Obviously, I prefer the former, and that was the goal with this arcade art, to reflect that side of his personality.