OK. First off... I DID NOT DO THIS. I am a hack when it comes to doing sprite art. However, my friend Doc is not. He did this for me about 8 years ago
But yeah, this sprite is handdrawn. It's been resized for show here.
Honestly, the sprite reminds me of Brutal: Paws of Fury's artstyle. He looks toony enough for the game, but highly detailed. You can almost see this as being in a game. If he was in a game, definately would be a force to be reconned with. I"m not a fan of charge characters, so he'd be more like Dudley than Balrog in terms of inputs if I'm making any form of sense. But with a ton more power to the moves.
Again. I really wish to thank Doc for this wonderful piece. Thank you very much my friend.