Guile's all-American image includes military fatigues and United States flag tattoos on each shoulder following standard United States military protocol, the stars are on the left hand side to give the illusion that the flag is flying 'towards' battle. Capcom source books suggest that Guile's famous hairdo is styled with a special-order army hair spray to keep it up, though he usually fixes it quickly after a match. The length of Guile's hair varies greatly from appearance to appearance it is relatively realistic in Street Fighter II, and impossibly tall in SNK vs.
His physical appearance is strikingly different from the many Asian characters in the Street Fighter series, with light blue eyes (green in Street Fighter V) without eyebrows (pre- Street Fighter 6), a chiseled jaw, a permanently displeased expression, and his most recognizable feature: a particularly tall flattop haircut. Furthermore, Guile's Sonic Boom was called the "Divine Sandstorm" during developmentĮarly Street Fighter II sketches and notes suggest that Guile was developed specifically to appeal to American fans. Noritaka also explains that Guile's name was derived from Polnareff's archenemy, J.Geil, though this was apparently the result of a mix up from the development staff at the time.
The team found it amusing and decided to give him "the always distinctive Stroheim look" instead. Guile's page in Street Fighter X Tekken Artworks goes into detail, explaining that early designs included Polnareff's vertical, yet modest hairstyle, but at the time the sprites were being made for Street Fighter II, the pixel artist jokingly stretched Guile's hair out to the sides. In an interview with producer Noritaka Funamizu, he reveals that Guile's overall appearance was modeled after Jean Pierre Polnareff, a character from the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
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