As far as style, it's been discussed by the core group of us before back when I had an interest thread for Ryu. A lot of us really like the Street Fighter II/Animated movie style (the images posted in the original post are from the movie most of us like). Just my take from having spent awhile trying to get a Ryu project off the ground, I can probably dig the thread up..
Here we go, and I had 14 people for this project. I think it speaks for itself, and there is good discussion here.
https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113378