Artist: Yoshitaka Amano – Final Fantasy
Yoshitaka Amano, undoubtedly one of the best fantasy artists in Japan and the world, his work is really inspiring (Also inspired the work of Yoji Shinkawa-MGS Artist) , Amano’s work is a blend of traditional Japanese artwork and a cartoon style.
His work offers amazing colours, with fantastic detailed textures of clothing, and magical scenes that often create part of his work on Final Fantasy game series, which he will have worked on for… 20 years now.
His work is noticeable by the colours and traditional look, but he’s also worked on other things, Like anime, examples are; G-Force, Angels Egg and Tekkaman, and most recently he did some Elektra comics for Marvel. As well as working on Vampire Hunter D, a popular Japanease anime, he did the original artwork for.
Amano currently has an exhibition in Berlin at Michael Janssen Gallery, running until the 29th of February 08.
Make sure you bookmark his site http://www.amanosworld.com/
His Website is partially been updated by the looks of it, mainly the new stuff he’s working on, ceramic medium, which would be really interesting to see, and also, the Final Fantasy Section which could be updated with Artwork from his current project Final Fantasy XIII.
Check the following sites, and carry on scrolling for Media links and pictures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitaka_Amano
Yoshitaka Amano’s Work at Michael Janssen Gallery in Berlin; http://www.galeriemichaeljanssen.de/index.php?/artist/yoshitaka-amano/
These videos of him working in front of a crowd, and the speed he does it shows his confidence at painting, granted he may have painted them a few hundred times before, but still, enjoy 
Amano Paints Judge
Amano Paints a Moogle
Amano Paints Sephiroth (FFVII)
Amano’s 1001 nights [Stage6] (Stage6 Divx is great but that site can be under maintenence) or Part 1;
Part 2;
Part3;
A Day With Amano, Day 1
A Day With Amano, Day 2
A Day With Amano, Day 3
And Finally, some images of his work from Final Fantasy IX.
And Final Fantasy X-2.
February 9, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Holy shit thats a lot of info. No wonder it took you like a bazillion years to type it up D:
June 30, 2008 at 5:56 pm
yoshitaka is truly talented! if you love his drawings you should see his new graphic novel, Mateki: The Magic Flute! his illustrations are out of this world! he is such an amazing artist and his work is breathtaking. I highly recommend looking into this new release.
August 7, 2008 at 3:01 pm
final fantasy is incredible i mean there can be no argument against that, amano’s talent is unbelievable but i did look into his new novel mateki the magic flute and i was quite impressed i didn’t expect it to be so beautiful and intricate!