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Yoshitaka Amano

Yoshitaka Amano was born in 1952 in Japan. He is an artist who is most well-known worldwide for his work on the character designs for several games in the Final Fantasy series, as well as for his illustrations of the serial novel Vampire D by Hideyaki Kiduchi. He also illustrated The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, a re-telling of a Japanese fairytale by author Neil Gaiman.

Amano's work is characterized by sweeping, flowing lines, especially when depicting hair and clothing. Much of his work is done with watercolor and ink, although he has used a variety of media in the past.

Table of contents
1 List of Works
2 External Links

List of Works

Illustration

Games

Tetsuya Nomura was the character designer of Final Fantasy VII, VIII, and X.

Animation

External Links

Amano's World - The Art of Yoshitaka Amano