I love the stage except for the illumination which makes no sense because the lightning is happening OUTSIDE and not INSIDE of the room. So technically there should be a shadow of the dragon logo on the floor and much darker inside. You should have added the illumination effect onto the character sprites themselves as well to be consistent. It would have been great if you added slanted rain drops outside. Very nice job putting MK2 Shang Tsung on that chair! I don't think I've ever seen that done before.

It's cool to see Sonya rip Kano's head off like that, would have expected something so brutal from Sub-Zero. It's a nice change from Sonya's standard leg-grab fatalities I've seen so many times (by myself included). The blood effects on Kano are a bit cheesy looking. Straight-up copy and paste. I guess.

I'm a bit confused why you used an MK3 Kano head... he has no hair unlike the MK1 Kano so what the fuck is Sonya grabbing onto to hold it? I like Sonya's pose for this fatality though, very nice choice! It shows how she is actually yanking the head off.

Why did you re-size the wins font so small? It looks retarded. I get it, you didn't want the text to take up so much space, but it didn't really improve the look of your fake.

I actually have an "original FPK entry" as well... guess I should go post it too since everyone else is.

I agree that this doesn't have nearly the wow factor that your actual entry had. Pretty good awareness of quality for someone at your stage of the game, which is pleasant to see.

I liked the way you edited MKII Shang Tsung to look appropriate in terms of pose, but he's too large in terms of perspective. I would have slightly downsized him, but that's me. I am anal about perspective, detail, and other things that some normally wouldn't think of. What you did works, and looks good, but I'm nitpicking to keep you on your toes to help you with future work.

The rest of the background, I agree with BS. The lighting could have been adjusted and tweaked, but it still works as it is. Hell, barring a few detail if this were the early to mid-90's, this might have been able to pass for a true screenshot in a magazine.

The idea for the fatality is a mundane one, but this is executed in a very true-to-game kind of way, and I like the poses the sprites are in, so props for that. I would have edited MK3 Kano's head and added some hair to keep the MK1/2 vibe, giving Sonya something to hold on to, like BS said.

I wouldn't mind the blood nearly as much if had more depth and deeper palette. Also, Kano's neck on his body looks too undetailed, I would have edited that a little more to make it seem less cartoony.

Just some food for thought...

I'll try and continue to give you my insight and pointers as long as you keep making fakes.

Until the next time.