Yoshitaka Amano and the fantasy of depth

Yoshitaka Amano is a Japanese fantasy illustrator and painter, best known for his illustrations and concept art done for the video game series Final Fantasy. His work has a beautiful flow and elegance that I always found to be inspiring, with thin lines and watercolor being often his main form of mark making. Something I’ve always admired in his work, and in particular in some of his concept art, is his ability to create depth through both the usage of scale and positioning. Since his work normally involves fantastical creatures and structure, I always loved how much depth and sense of scale he gets, mainly due to the scope of most of these pieces.I also believe that his organic lines add to the overall  fantastical feeling his pieces have, and how impressive these structures are.

Sources:

http://amano-artwork.tumblr.com/

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Magitek_Armor

http://theabsolutemag.com/21586/games/yoshitaka-amanos-art-for-final-fantasy-vi/

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/8/87/Amano_Party_III.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111128215005

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Yoshitaka_Amano

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