You vs. Your Friend: Fighting Game VS Screen

Use the attached photo(s) as identity references. If two photos are attached, the first person is PLAYER 1 and the second person is PLAYER 2. If only one photo is attached, that person is PLAYER 1; invent an original rival for PLAYER 2 with a clearly contrasting look and attitude.

Create a VERSUS loading screen inspired by late-1990s 3D arcade fighting games such as Tekken 3.

IDENTITY:
Preserve each person's recognizable face, facial structure, skin tone, hairstyle, age, and gender. Keep glasses, facial hair, and distinctive features when present. Translate their likeness into the game style without replacing them with a generic character face.

FIGHTER DESIGN:
Choose the fighting archetype that best suits each person's style in the photo: martial artist, street brawler, kickboxer, wrestler, or ninja. Design an original costume for each, using the bold silhouettes and confident details of classic fighting games, without copying any existing character's exact outfit. Give PLAYER 1 a warm red-and-gold color scheme and PLAYER 2 a cool blue-and-silver color scheme.

POSES:
Show both fighters from head to mid-thigh in three-quarter view, turned toward the center in ready fighting stances, fists raised. PLAYER 1 has a confident smirk; PLAYER 2 has an intense glare. Keep both faces fully visible, unobstructed, and similar in size.

RENDERING:
Render both fighters like premium pre-rendered CG character art from a late-1990s fighting game: slightly simplified polygonal forms, crisp hand-painted textures, glossy specular highlights, strong rim lighting, and saturated colors. Keep the faces detailed enough to stay recognizable.

LAYOUT:
Use a vertical 4:5 composition. Place PLAYER 1 on the left and PLAYER 2 on the right, separated by a diagonal split with a crackling electric seam. Put an enormous chrome "VS" with orange flame trim in the center, overlapping the split.
Beneath PLAYER 1, render "JAKE" in bold italic uppercase chrome lettering. Beneath PLAYER 2, render "RIVAL" in the same style. Add small "1P" and "2P" labels in the top-left and top-right corners.

BACKGROUND:
Set the scene on a neon-lit Tokyo rooftop at night, shown behind both fighters with dramatic lighting, drifting sparks, subtle CRT scanlines, and a faint arcade-screen glow at the edges.

AVOID:
Official game logos, real fighting game characters, any text other than "VS", "1P", "2P", "JAKE", and "RIVAL", misspelled names, watermarks, merged bodies, extra limbs, distorted hands, and photorealistic faces pasted onto CG bodies.