As opposed to the random shit they threw on this Abigail that is dumb as shit?
I don't see whats so random. Same skin tone as the original, as well as same color cloths with a change in print. Instead of chains he used rope which makes more sense with the tire. He replaced the dumb ass tires that are on his arms with 1 single, big tire. Overall it actually reminds me of Abigail, unlike whats here in Street Fighter 5, which looks like an entirely new character.
Besides, its a rough sketch.
Eh, I can see purpose on his arm bands, the shit on his legs , and the tires on his ass. But the sketch, while less... eggerated, has a bunch of purposeless shit on him. Why is he wearing a leotard, and chaps that connect to nothing. Why is he carrying a tire, how does that incorporate in to his moverset into his character , why just ropes? The reason he had chains, besides being a hugo clone is because he was in a cheesy 80's motor gang and what the fuck do ropes have to with any of that. The only cool thing they did were the zeebra stripes
This strikes me as somoene being like " i can do better" and even though they may think the thing they are doing better than is worse, had years of thought behind it and consideration behind it and wasn't just a rough sketch and doesn't really accomplish everything. A lot of folks think they are armchair art directors... and art. I sometimes think that, and sometimes fans do come up with better designs, don't get me started on sonic boom.
But this just seems more nothing and useless than the design we have, you may not like the personality the design we got has, but the one we got has a personality. And it speeks more than a traced hugo sprite with tires and ropes.