Nomura has the cool anime-type aesthetic, but Yoshitaka Amano has this beautiful watercolor-esque, almost classical style that really resonates with me.
@definitivamenteno-malo7919
3 жыл бұрын
Amano is like a very oriental (Chinese-Japanese washed ink "shuimohua" or "Sumi-e") approach to the works of Harry Clarke poulwebb.blogspot.com/2017/07/harry-clarke-part-2.html
@oddysay
Жыл бұрын
you summarized it perfectly. amano is the fantasy of final fantasy
@EvelynL.1112
Жыл бұрын
@@oddysayYeah, his mystical artstyle suits Final Fantasy better
@oddysay
Жыл бұрын
@@EvelynL.1112 Glad someone agrees ! what other games do you think would be interesting to see translated in amanos divinely mystical style. personally i think the tales series. could go well with his style
@JardsonJean
7 жыл бұрын
FFXVI needs him as art director. Its past time Square Enix showed us all their creative vision for graphical design and make the next main game of the series completely based on Amano's art. It would be stunning.
@Fox_Whispers
7 жыл бұрын
I wonder how he'd perform with an Okami sequel.
@IRahkuBz
7 жыл бұрын
garbage !? come on man that's a bit harsh. i mean obviously it's not on tier with the legendary games : 6/7/9. but it was still a very good game. i personally think XV is the 4th best in the series.
@MurakamiTenshi
6 жыл бұрын
Amano did most of the character designs and monster art for FF1-6, before Nomura took over
@draculathevampire934
6 жыл бұрын
Your forgetting the game design part
@FA-nl5fi
5 жыл бұрын
@@IRahkuBz did you play it on release or after all the updates? cuz on release it was trash enough that I did not want to touch it ever again
@Garl_Vinland
4 жыл бұрын
“Hey Amano, draw Cloud.” Amano: “Ha ha ha, well, I didn’t really do the character designs for FF VII... maybe you want a Warrior of Light or maybe Tina Brandford From FFVI-“ “Draw Cloud.”
@Ghosthound_X
4 жыл бұрын
I would ask him to draw me Front Mission
@kujinsan26
4 жыл бұрын
He would be like ok 🤔 ☁️
@generalbutz8477
4 жыл бұрын
Can you please draw Astraea for me
@ChrolloKarma
2 жыл бұрын
I would ask him to draw a Kefka or maybe a Vivi
@lachlank.8270
Жыл бұрын
GO FORTH GARL VINLAND
@jeremyesser797
4 жыл бұрын
As someone who has a tendency to be absolutely obsessed with FF, I love Amano's artwork. As a 11 year old kid, I thought it was strange; me and my friends would swoon over how cool Cloud or Zidane is (Nomura's and others' designs) and always kind of put Amano's to the side because it wasn't contemporary enough. As I get into adult years his art just has so much more meaning behind it, it has a rich traditional Japanese look to it mixed with imaginative elements. Lots of gold. Really unique and cool.
@creamcreak
4 жыл бұрын
I thought Zidane is Amano's design
@reishiki
4 жыл бұрын
@@creamcreak Fun? fact: FF9 was the same as FF7 that characters was designed by other artist then Amano would do illustrations based on that designs. And in FF9 case, it was designed by Murase Shūkō, character designer of Gundam Wing and many other anime of all people.
@jlmedia9250
4 жыл бұрын
Amano has the kind of art that is just signature to him. I’ve loved his art since I was a kid it just looks so surreal and like nothing else.
@gameronna8600
4 жыл бұрын
@@creamcreak I only swooned for Sephiroth xD
@AaronfRogers
4 жыл бұрын
It's a shame to interview him about his work with FF7, it was the game where he really took a step back in the character design, and handed the reins to Nomura. Any previous game would've been more insightful than 7.
@Hapasan808
4 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU, man I was thinking the exact same thing! It's similar to having a once in a lifetime interview with George Lucas, and you only inquire about The Force Awakens.
@brennanlable
4 жыл бұрын
6 really was the peak for both Amano and Uematsu in my opinion. not that they aren't amazing and truly the greatest art design duos in just about any media on other titles but in FF6 they really shine. I cry almost every time when i see Aerith's face at the end of FF7 but 6 has me in a prolonged state of awe throughout.
@leeroyleeroy
4 жыл бұрын
@@Hapasan808 🙄 stop complaining
@Hapasan808
4 жыл бұрын
@@leeroyleeroy Only if you stop making shitty avant-garde videos.
@leeroyleeroy
4 жыл бұрын
@@Hapasan808 Wow you checked my videos from 10 years ago 👏 Coming from the obese dork weeaboo who gets upset over Star Wars, Goosebumps and pretends to know about Japan 😂 How about you move out of your parents basement you cliché.
@zfv3336
7 жыл бұрын
Yoshitaka Amano's art is absolutely beautiful. It really stands out as an aesthetic of it's own.
@hennidapoet
7 жыл бұрын
I love watching behind the scenes footage like this being a artist myself.
@hennidapoet
7 жыл бұрын
Evelyn L. Years of trail & error lol but most artist get inspired by others then build on top of that then you got some who can make it look easy.
@Victoria-so1in
7 жыл бұрын
yeah same.
@Mark_nobody3
7 жыл бұрын
I designed some good characters myself but not as good but I'm still proud of my drawing more or less
@BinaryDood
7 жыл бұрын
People underestimate the role of Amano. he should be brought back has an actual art designer for the games
@Garl_Vinland
4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a current gem game that looks like Amano’s prints.
@riomigz1305
4 жыл бұрын
He's a living national treasure. He should be granted a lifetime award.
@BetaXeeta
4 жыл бұрын
I completely agree with everyone saying that Amano should come back art director again. Sure Tetsuya has cool designs and very contemporary looks but he’s had the reigns of Final Fantasy for long enough and so Amano should take them once again. We’ve only ever seen his art direction in 2D, but imagine what he could do in 3D. It would be a wonderful sight to see
@gateauxq4604
4 жыл бұрын
I love this man’s beautiful art. He’s a gift to the world.
@th3azscorpio
6 жыл бұрын
His works for final fantasy VI we're legendary. The game fully enveloped his style perfectly.
@uscssnostromo7431
7 жыл бұрын
Incredible. Thanks for the great interview Polygon!
@uscssnostromo7431
7 жыл бұрын
Wow, that article is great as well.
@SprocketTalker
7 жыл бұрын
It's lovely to see Amano talk about his work, thank you!
@joyyunie1514
4 жыл бұрын
One of the best characters done in ff Edea from ffviii was based on Amano's work. "I was trying to do an Amano's style character "-Tetsuya Nomura.
@SplitxHeart
7 жыл бұрын
I'd love to meet the man in person one day, though I don't believe myself to be that fortunate. I think his positive attitude is enough to inspire me for 10 paintings at once! What a man, what an artist!
@Weird_Dog_
7 жыл бұрын
thank you for interviewing my favorite (and most influential to my personal style) artist of all time.
@kyleefaren3075
5 ай бұрын
Amano-san's work made final fantasy fantastical and mysterious
@coreo881
7 жыл бұрын
Games journalism is alive and well as long as Polygon exists. Keep making shit like this guys n gals.
@crowofcainhurst
4 жыл бұрын
I wish more people know how legendary this man is. He deserves worldwide recognition
@PScoutmanJ
6 ай бұрын
his art is exquisite, every cover of FF series is memorable, FF8 is a personal favorite, thank you for your work Amano sensei.
@robinchaniago8386
4 жыл бұрын
the most important reason why i become final fantasy fan because i saw his art which very beautiful and unique.
@mu73hhh
7 жыл бұрын
i love his art style is so awesome, he is a legend!!!!!
@silvershadowsaber
4 жыл бұрын
I meant him twice in person, once at Dragon con and Onicon and his one of the nicest artist I had the pleasure to meat. I inspired by his work.
@WayneTully1
4 жыл бұрын
I love these artist in their studio clips and Amano is a true Artist and draftsman, some one to look up to.
@polybomb9640
7 жыл бұрын
Stuff like this is why I'm subbed to Polygon. Keep it up y'all - this rules.
@orazioborgato3365
4 жыл бұрын
there is no words to describe your art , master.
@DanielaViegas
6 жыл бұрын
Someday I will put many of those paintings and make a wallpaper for my room.
@yobilllin9939
4 жыл бұрын
his imagination is unbelieveble, take a look at all his art for games and anime...amazing
@HardboiledBread
3 жыл бұрын
I dream of a day where he gets to art direct a whole ff game. His vision is so unique, mythical, mysterious, grandiose. Hes the soul of final fantasy and what makes it feel so timeless, for me at least.
@jillsandwich5684
7 жыл бұрын
He also does the artwork for the Vampire Hunter D novels!
@DOFIXERR
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite ARTIST of all time. It's not that he's the most techical, but his works always evoke a feeling or an emotion to me. I was always mystified by the character portraits in FFIII (FFVI jpn). And even though his versions of the VII characters aren't entirely accurate, they are still amazing and appreciated. I always looked at his work like "fine arts".
@WirelessC0ff33
4 жыл бұрын
His design of cloud and sephiroth really brings out that fantasy world theme with his design
@negakega8764
6 жыл бұрын
Good god, that original old style looks so good!
@unclesuave
4 жыл бұрын
I would proudly hang that silkscreen of Cloud and Red-XIII on my wall for all to see. An Amano piece would be a treasure to own
@MrGrimlocksmash
4 жыл бұрын
Favorite artist hands down.
@nombre2781
5 жыл бұрын
You forgot the most important question, Terra's hair is blonde or green?
@meteornome2556
5 жыл бұрын
Amano drew her with Blonde hair originally but Nomura recommended that she have green hair to set her apart as something different from a regular human. I personally like her better with green hair.
@SailorSetsuna7
4 жыл бұрын
The sprites were first and she had green hair (so that she wasn't confused with Celes). The staff even jokes that if they did sprites based on Amano's artworks, almost all characters would be blonde.
@jti13
4 жыл бұрын
He is also and has been the logo designer for all the main franchises
@miguelangelrodriguezmendez117
4 жыл бұрын
Es una persona muy especial, su virtud es única.
@freyrik
4 жыл бұрын
My dream is to see this artist at a Adobe conference. #crewlove final fantasy VII is the G.O.A.T.
@kwillpen
4 жыл бұрын
His art is some of the most beautiful art to me, esp when he teamed up with Neil Gaimen.
@Azira_Amane
3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to know more about this!
@franciscobutte
4 жыл бұрын
A living legend. I'll rather a new FF with full Amano's artstyle than Nomura's one.
@eltoncdb
4 жыл бұрын
The most iconic are Amano's monster design, its rarely change since the first FF and like when you see a Malboro and Behemoth its from FF.
@WindowOfFantasy
6 жыл бұрын
this is rare video !! I love it its so precious
@whackedoutpoobrain
7 жыл бұрын
Great series of videos! Thanks for this!
@sup3rzee453
4 жыл бұрын
I remember in the back of the FFIX PS1 game manual, it had artwork of zidane and princess garnet. It looked dark, and gothic but flowy and elegant at the same time, and now after watching this video, I know who the creator of that art was :)
@etienne8792
4 жыл бұрын
Just a Living Legend ! His art ......
@tats_sacs
4 жыл бұрын
Amano and Yoshida are the best character designers for square. Yoshida did FF tactics FFXII and FFXIV also vagrant story.
@Momoka7
4 жыл бұрын
Sad, I hoped to see more of his work. I love especially the work he done for Final Fantasy 4, 5 and 6 ... i really like that style, you can see some around in this Video.
@fall5923
3 жыл бұрын
Sephiroth in Amano's style is GODLY!
@botanbutton
7 жыл бұрын
Man, if I could get my hands on signed art by Amano, I would die right then and there, happy.
@JTQA_Tester
4 жыл бұрын
So he's the one who draws the fancy Victorian meets old school Japanese mideval style art. Very cool
@the_jolly_bunny
2 жыл бұрын
It's incredibly most of Final Fantasy characters born from Amano's head
@freyrik
4 жыл бұрын
My biggest costume design inspiration
@mateuszborodziuk741
7 жыл бұрын
what kind of paint is in the "big art color" pouch on his desk, is it acrylic? I've seen those same bags in other videos of him painting
@joyyunie1514
4 жыл бұрын
The best illustrator in the world. He is known as the "sublime artist"
@Seifiros
4 жыл бұрын
Damn that editing had me fooled that he is ambidextrous!
@snowf6307
4 жыл бұрын
He's left-handed ! How cool
@MatthewPalaje
7 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@hemerafos2655
4 жыл бұрын
Even Yoshitaka Amano ships Cloud and Aerith !
@clairefarron9414
4 жыл бұрын
Can you keep your shipping nonsense out of here? It’s really irritating
@hemerafos2655
4 жыл бұрын
Claire Farron I’m free ! I do whatever I want. You could have just ignored it ! 🤷♀️
@thesamuraix881
5 жыл бұрын
Sephiroth in the style of Yoshitaka Amano looks like Alucard from Castlevania.
@sandravillalobos19
4 жыл бұрын
Mi hija es fan de final fantasy y dibuja súper profesional apena tiene 18 años espero algún día llegue a ser una ilustradora famosa 👌💓
@johnvincentzubia4685
4 жыл бұрын
Ffvi illustration one of my favorite
@williamleonhart177
4 жыл бұрын
once i saw the 1st pic, i know right away he's the one behind the legendary FFVI. terra, celes, sabin, edgar, locke, shadow...etc
@grpryovv7714
3 жыл бұрын
I really wanna get his autograph in person so bad. Unfortunately im still a kid, cant travel and go in anime expos
@Greenjah81
6 жыл бұрын
So wicked to watch this
@exortus359
7 жыл бұрын
Ok!! next Yoko Shimomura!!
@thundageon5962
2 жыл бұрын
The video game industry has some of the most iconic artists in the world next to the Renaissance artists but society still thinks gaming isn't art... Until BioShock came out
@RitaFonseca-g2g
8 ай бұрын
! ! Yoshitaka Amano!! !.Gracias por Ser el "Creador de Sephiroth"! ! Y los otros "Maravillosos Personajes de Fantasia Final! ! Y el Creador de Vampil D Hunter! ! Mis respetos "Señor Yoshitaka Amano " ! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@yh9728
Жыл бұрын
Legend🙌🏽
@frankiecardona1656
Жыл бұрын
damn i want that big hand drawn print of FF7 with his autograph
@roypradipta4371
4 жыл бұрын
An artist like him or Takehiko Inoue (both work with Hironobu Sakaguchi) is what Final Fantasy need. Nomura is a very good character designer but all we need is a classic touch for the next FF. Final Fantasy is lack of medieval fantasy touch right now. They need to get it back to it's roots to make Final Fantasy great again. If Amano didn't want to take the job as the next FF designer, they could hire Itahana or Yoshida at least. They're proven can bring medieval looks to FF series.
@wwld9823
3 жыл бұрын
Amano and Sakaguchi were the soul and body of Final Fantasy
@vexcarius7100
Жыл бұрын
You forgot Uematsu
@wwld9823
Жыл бұрын
@@vexcarius7100 Uematsu carried the spirit
@earljerohbacabac6974
9 ай бұрын
Couldn't help noticing that this video was uploaded 7 years ago and then FF7 Rebirth comes out next month.
@efrenarevalo2025
4 жыл бұрын
As a kid, I liked Nomura's deaign because they are "cool" but as I grew older, I learned to appreciate Amano's design because it's more "artistic" and less "childish" compared to Nomura.
@TheFartsandCrapsShow
5 жыл бұрын
I would've rather heard about FFIX or 5 or the first game, but sure, FFVII works. I only bring this up because FFVII (and projects after it) had more artists on staff than their earlier ventures, and I believe FFIX was the most artistically directed around Amano's style between 7 through 12.
@Warui6t6k6
4 жыл бұрын
Watching this while waiting for FF7Remake!
@1114Daisy
4 жыл бұрын
what medium does he use?
@rye2n
4 жыл бұрын
It's sad that the most of his speaking doesn't make sense in Japanese because of the bad editing.
@lucydream64
4 жыл бұрын
i wish this was 2 hours long
@stephaniesmith5454
7 жыл бұрын
As much as i liked the video that was completely different from how it was described in the article. I didn't see Aeris/th once
@Demmarra
7 жыл бұрын
Stephanie Smith She was in the silkscreen print laying down as Cloud looked over her. It was hard to see her since the box with english translation mostly covered her up lol.
@stephaniesmith5454
7 жыл бұрын
ohh i see her now
@zsky718
4 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece!
@NotThatResponsible
7 жыл бұрын
does it involve any backflips?
@GARCIIIAmonster
4 жыл бұрын
i would love to see kefka and gogo in the quality if ffviiR
@chimedemon
2 жыл бұрын
It might just be me but I kinda wish that his concepts were actually used for the character models BEYOND just the traits. I mean like… to make the models feel like they’ve come from his style. I don’t know, just me but I really wish that were the case.
@sujoysen7389
4 жыл бұрын
cool. i liked Final Fantasy 7!
@mrj.kottari8453
4 жыл бұрын
I thought Nomura illustrated FF7 characters, not Amano? Next game after VII where Amano was character designer was IX and then the "Crystal Chronicles" spinoff series
@clairefarron9414
4 жыл бұрын
It’s a shame he didn’t do new artwork for FFVII remake. I wonder if he would design a new logo for the part 2
@88set
4 жыл бұрын
I want to draw like him.
@typical_snowflake
4 жыл бұрын
I met him, I was so happy and shaking, he was drawing a little sketch for everybody. When it was my turn I asked him, my voice trembling, "Aerith please". He looked at me, turned to the person next to him and asked " Aerith? I don't know who it is". HE BROKE MY HEART! 😭😂
@21stCenturyDub
4 жыл бұрын
A shame that it's so short
@ClydeBlood
4 жыл бұрын
Aw i wanted to hear more 😂
@judahosborne8868
5 жыл бұрын
He didn't just work on FF7.. He's been there since the beginning.
@edotendo2196
4 жыл бұрын
Yess, since Final Fantasy 1 until this day. Damn what a dedication...
@derjahgalgion
4 ай бұрын
I love vampire hunter D
@Madison-ut6bz
7 жыл бұрын
i must suck to always be asked about something you did 30 years ago... its like, ya know, between then and now, I've been alive... I think?
@makhyusnimakhyusni401
4 жыл бұрын
Why ff7, you must ask him of how he designed ff6
@鈴の音ちりん猫
4 жыл бұрын
日本の宝です。知っている人は、あまりいないけどね。
@lancelovecraft5913
6 жыл бұрын
Amano > Nomura
@raisingwings2913
5 жыл бұрын
Nomura is more modern while Amano is traditional
@CapoElChivo
3 жыл бұрын
This man was a animator??? Did he use this artstyle???? Theres no way an anime exists that looks like Amano’s work n isnt toted as a classic alongside shows like Cowboy Bebop
@jet44444
4 жыл бұрын
I miss Amanos colorful designs, I like Nomura, but his designs always lack color.
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