Yoshitaka Amano : Illustrations

I first encountered Yoshitaka Anamo's artwork through the Final Fantasy series. But to simply call him "that guy who does FF logos" is doing him a dire injustice. Amano's artwork covers anime, manga, novels and original art projects. And this book is an excellent example.Like the "Journeyman" artbook related to Chris Moore, this is a large amount of artwork from across his body of work combined with interviews and comments from the artist himself about his life, career and style. The artwork includes work from his days at Tatsunoko Productions working on Gacthaman and other anime series, to his illustrations for the Vampire Hunter D, Guin Saga and Arslan novels, and samples of his original narrative art project Hero. A substantial section of the book covers his work on Final Fantasy, but it doesn't dominate the entire book as it might other works. This book does more than show what the man is like, but shows his style extends far beyond the stylised line drawings that adorn the front covers of Final Fantasy games.The quality of the book is superb, with paper that can take both careful and rough handling, and a general standard of construction that means you can just lay it on your lap and read - or just stare. The cover itself is two-fold; the dusk jacket and the book cover each have different Anamo illustrations. At the price (around £13 as of May 2019), it's more than a bargain. Maybe not as meaty as some art books, but it does a better job at demonstrating the artist's varied style and sensibilities than just focusing on his Final Fantasy work.A must-buy not only for Final Fantasy and Amano fans, but anyone who appreciates true art.

Surprisingly nice for a paperback. Amano's work is always real nice to flick through, especially if you're brains not working and you need inspiration.

Esperava mais ilustrações....basicamente tem algumas bem legais e não vistas antes, mas apenas nas primeiras 15 ou 20 pgs; O resto do livro conta com alguns comentários meio inúteis e outros desenhos e sketches dispensáveis. Pensei q fosse um livro tipo The Sky FF, apenas ilustrações ordenadas por ano.

si es la primera vez que vas a adquirir un art book de Amano por el precio y el contenido está es la edición adecuada, ilustraciones bellísimas ya sea de comisiones, diseño de personaje o ilustraciones personales a cada momento encuentro fascinante sus diferentes facetas, incluye algunas anotaciones y entrevistas lo cual se agradece ya que en internet no se encuentra este tipo de contenido. Edición en perfecto estado y envío en tiempo acordado.

Es un libro muy interesante sobre el autor. Una pena que no lo hayan editado en español. Me gustaría que incluyese todavía más ilustraciones, pero sigue siendo muy buen libro en cuanto a la relación calidad-precio.