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    A Great Final Fantasy Artist Draws Final Fantasy XIII

    Did Final Fantasy Artist Draw 2ch Bear Character?

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    Image of TSFMfest TSFMfest
    10:51 AM

    In reply to A Great Final Fantasy Artist Draws Final Fantasy XIII
    Can we get a whole game--maybe a VI remake--that's just his art? That would be so gorgeous...
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    Image of LiQuid! LiQuid!
    10:18 AM

    In reply to A Great Final Fantasy Artist Draws Final Fantasy XIII
    Man, even Amano can't make these characters appealing. This game is screwed.
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    Image of Rachel Fogg Rachel Fogg
    10:14 AM

    In reply to A Great Final Fantasy Artist Draws Final Fantasy XIII
    God Amano...

    I mean I never was a fan (outside of Vampire Hunter D) of your work but this looked like he just phoned it in. However it's a nice change of pace from Nomura who I'm sure SE is just cattle prodding.

    You know who I would love to get for like guest art for a FF, Ayame Kojima, Oh Great or Tite Kubo. It would be really nice.
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    Image of Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D
    11:20 AM

    @Rachel Fogg: Oh Great? REALLY? D:
    Dammit girl we need talent, not a hentai artist.
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    Image of Ryan_the_D Ryan_the_D
    12:11 PM

    @Rachel Fogg: I agree wholeheartedly.
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    Image of striferoks striferoks
    12:15 PM

    @Rachel Fogg: I'm on the other end of that, I'm a big Amano fan. I did feel like these were a little phoned in though.

    Still, half-assed or not, I still feel all warm and fuzzy to see new FF character art by him.
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    Rachel Fogg promoted this comment striferoks was starred striferoks was unstarred
    Image of Rachel Fogg Rachel Fogg
    01:09 PM

    @Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D:

    He's a GREAT hentai artist and I rather have him at this point then Amano's lazy ass art or Nomura's overdone art.
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    01:09 PM

    @Ryan_the_D:

    Why thank you!
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    Rachel Fogg was starred Rachel Fogg was unstarred
    Image of Rachel Fogg Rachel Fogg
    01:11 PM

    @striferoks:

    I'm not a big Amano fan....but man, this art really is one of the worst I've seen from him.
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    Image of striferoks striferoks
    01:31 PM

    @Rachel Fogg: I dunno, the more I look at it the more I like it....

    To each their own though, that's the beauty of it...
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    Image of Rachel Fogg Rachel Fogg
    01:36 PM

    @striferoks:

    LOL! Don't worry about it my man, if you like it then all power to you.
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    Image of Psudonym Psudonym
    05:26 AM

    In reply to A Great Final Fantasy Artist Draws Final Fantasy XIII
    I'm going to be a bit of a bitch and say it looks like he phoned it in on this one. He doesn't fit this new Final Fantasy, and I'm not sure he should care to. They are of different worlds now and I feel it's unkind tradition that lashes them together. Like "Elektra and Wolverine", I don't believe his heart was in this bit of fanart, and even if it was it's as if his fanciful languid lines do not adjust well to Nomura's rigid (but deceptively beautiful) fashion. This disconnect was cause enough for me to wonder what exactly Amano was up to these days.

    *goes over to Wikipedia* *scrolls through lists of projects...* *checks out the videogames...* "title logo designer... title logo designer... title logo designe... eh? Art Designer? What game is that fo..." *jaw drops*

    How the hell did I forget he was doing that!?! Well now... color me excited for another Ubisoft artbook then.
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    Image of indyit indyit
    12:51 PM

    @Psudonym: Since when is Yoshitaka Amano involved in B&E2?? is this just someone's wishful thinking or truth??
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    Psudonym promoted this comment Edited by indyit at 12/09/09 12:51 PM indyit was starred indyit was unstarred
    Image of Psudonym Psudonym
    06:40 PM

    @indyit: Well, you don't have to take Wikipedia's word for it...

    [kotaku.com]
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    Image of shaunmcilroy shaunmcilroy
    03:08 AM

    In reply to A Great Final Fantasy Artist Draws Final Fantasy XIII
    Amano's art is by far superior to Tetsuya Nomura who hasn't deviated from his generic designs (and they have been since the invention of the belt buckle)

    Bring back Amano, reduce Nomura to an understudy and restore the balance.

    I dig this mans work!
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    Image of Yazied Hasan Yazied Hasan
    03:35 AM

    @shaunmcilroy: Apples to oranges, my friend, apples to oranges. Amano's work is of a more traditional style. Tetsuya's work, on the other hand, is more modern.
    Though I can't blame you for liking one (passionately) more than the other. To each their own. Not everybody can just enjoy art just as art.
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    Image of Beardbeardly Beardbeardly
    06:45 AM

    @shaunmcilroy: MORE BELTS. THESE CHARACTERS NEED MORE BELTS.
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    shaunmcilroy promoted this comment Beardbeardly was starred Beardbeardly was unstarred
    Image of ninjaDance ninjaDance
    11:50 AM

    @Beardbeardly: MY GOD, THERE ARE TOO MANY BELTS. GET MORE ZIPPERS TO BALANCE THEM, STAT!
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    Image of Barts Barts
    02:48 AM

    In reply to A Great Final Fantasy Artist Draws Final Fantasy XIII
    I know that Amano's art is hit-and-miss in a sense that some will always hate it and some will always love it, but I would like to point out that his, admittedly somewhat bizarre, style is perfectly fit to some FF stories, such as for example this one:
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    02:49 AM

    @Barts: Uh, oh, I don't always know where the image will pop up with the new commenting system, so here is link to full screen:
    [artofvg.files.wordpress.com]
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    Image of falz3333 falz3333
    02:51 AM

    @Barts: I saw his art on a strategy guide(for ff 6) in third grade. I still remember the feeling I got from how awesome it looked. I was in love!
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    Image of falz3333 falz3333
    02:53 AM

    @Barts: oh wait no it was for anthology.
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    Image of Deunan Deunan
    02:58 AM

    @falz3333: I love this one.
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    -MasterDex- promoted this comment Deunan was starred Deunan was unstarred
    Image of September September
    03:10 AM

    @Barts: Man, I'm not going to lie. I used to hate Amano's stuff. With a passion. But the key word is "used to." Past tense. I'm current a graduate student majoring in Biology, but I was seriously thinking about taking up artistic endeavors for college instead of the usual scientific route. Even as an art student, I wasn't a huge fan, but over the years (I don't draw/paint much anymore, but still appreciate and admire looking at art and the techniques that go into creating something) I just kind of got engulfed by his imagery. The point of games like Final Fantasy is to completely immerse you into a completely different world, make it exotic and novel. Lately, when I look at Amano's artwork, that's exactly the sense I get; I feel like I just got thrown into an entirely fantastic world that just gushes with all sorts of creativity.

    Back then I saw Amano's artwork as some gibberish of slapped together washed out colors. But, that's not the point. It's why he uses the style that he does that matters.
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    Barts promoted this comment September was starred September was unstarred
    Image of Ciraa Ciraa
    03:11 AM

    @Barts: I have that design as a tattoo on my back, loving FFVI along with this being as awesome picture.

    #yoshitakaamano
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    -MasterDex- promoted this comment Ciraa was starred Ciraa was unstarred
    Image of Zolbrod Zolbrod
    03:23 AM

    @Barts: I think it's just plain hit-and-miss in the sense that he's done some really wonderful stuff, but he's also done a lot of really hideous ones.

    Like, well, pretty much every artist EVER.
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    Barts promoted this comment Zolbrod was starred Zolbrod was unstarred
    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    03:30 AM

    @Ciraa: You have that on your back?! Man that must have been painful! Pic for great justice!
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    Image of Barts Barts
    05:37 AM

    @Ciraa: Would you be as kind as to show some photo of it? Not necessarily as a proof, but rather for me (and probably a few others, too) to see how it looks on human skin?

    Pretty, pretty plese with sugar on top.
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    Barts was starred Barts was unstarred
    Image of Barts Barts
    05:41 AM

    @Zolbrod: Yes, that too. Plus, in some games or movies his art was perfectly fit for the product (Final Fantasy VI, Vampire Hunter D), in some others, not so much.
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    Image of Barts Barts
    05:42 AM

    @Barts: A good example of how well his art can translate to character design that goes very well with the game theme is this cinematic from PS1 version of Final Fantasy VI.
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    Image of gordo789 gordo789
    06:03 AM

    @Barts: this is one of my favorite FF drawings. I love Amano!
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    Image of traumafox traumafox
    06:45 AM

    @Barts: I'm a firm believer that Unlimited SaGa/Romancing SaGa's Sketch Motion system was originally meant to translate Amano's art into full 3D graphics, but he's never been involved with more than promotional artwork for the SaGa series (albeit very good promotional artwork), and the engine itself never rendered more than very brief animated scenes.

    Pardon me while I fantasize about a remake of SaGa Frontier rendered completely with hybrid 3D Amano sketches.
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    Image of Zolbrod Zolbrod
    07:18 AM

    @Barts: It would be really interesting if someone would make a (cell-shaded?) game that tried to stick to Amano's art style as close as possible.

    Especially his environmental design could lead to some really beautiful stuff.
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    Barts promoted this comment Zolbrod was starred Zolbrod was unstarred
    Image of Barts Barts
    07:27 AM

    @traumafox: This is actually very interesting point, I will need to do some googling in my spare time!
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    Barts was starred Barts was unstarred
    Image of Barts Barts
    07:28 AM

    @Zolbrod: Yes, especially since now such things are technologically possible (last Prince of Persia, for example, or Valkyrie Chronicles).

    Would be rather cool.
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    Image of Pombar Pombar
    01:38 AM

    In reply to A Great Final Fantasy Artist Draws Final Fantasy XIII
    Amano, I love this guy
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    Image of Ashurahori Ashurahori
    01:04 AM

    In reply to A Great Final Fantasy Artist Draws Final Fantasy XIII
    I love this man's art. It's a shame that Nomura's got the main character designer role, Amano was LEGENDARY.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    12:29 PM

    @Ashurahori: Amano's not legendary strictly on the strength of his character designs, though, which are honestly a little strange in a 3D world. (The one or two 3D FF's that have featured them have felt a little off to me.) He's more legendary for his art and for being the guy during the rise of FF's initial popularity.

    Nomura's a better 3D character designer, though, and I think that someday he'll be as legendary as Amano is, if he isn't already. I personally feel like any modern FF game that *isn't* character designed by Nomura just looks wrong, and not like how I expect Final Fantasy to look. Probably the same way you would feel that about a 2D FF not drawn by Amano.
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    Image of Ashurahori Ashurahori
    03:16 PM

    @badasscat: I do sympathize with your opinion, but I somehow think that Amano gave characters alot of life, while Nomura just drags on the same style over and over again with characters.

    ...well, not in the vein of the repetitiveness that is Akira Torayama's designs, but still... =P
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    Image of gordiehowe5 gordiehowe5
    08/26/09

    In reply to Did Final Fantasy Artist Draw 2ch Bear Character?
    Anybody that visits any of these stupid chan sites ought to be locked up in jail.
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    Image of Ghetto Cornetto Ghetto Cornetto
    08/26/09

    @gordiehowe5: Anybody that anybodys any of these anybodys ought to be anybody in jail.
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    Image of Protector one Protector one
    08/26/09

    In reply to Did Final Fantasy Artist Draw 2ch Bear Character?
    Drawing, eh? Don't quit your day job.

    You what?! Oops.
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    Image of chaindrop chaindrop
    08/26/09

    In reply to Did Final Fantasy Artist Draw 2ch Bear Character?
    Maybe 4chan could invite Stan Lee or Dave Gibbons..
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    Image of youruglyclone youruglyclone
    08/26/09

    @chaindrop: too bad stan lee's a writer.
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    Skunky promoted this comment youruglyclone was starred youruglyclone was unstarred
    Image of Skunky Skunky
    08/26/09

    @youruglyclone: that'd make it funnier.
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    Image of potatojenkins potatojenkins
    08/25/09

    In reply to Did Final Fantasy Artist Draw 2ch Bear Character?
    Oh, how much better 2chan is than 4chan :x
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    Image of D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!
    08/25/09

    @potatojenkins: You obviously can't read Japanese, and haven't been there on a regular biases...

    It is just as bad. Just as bad...
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    (Starman) AnalysisDialysis promoted this comment D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! was starred D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! was unstarred
    Image of tsukasa1288 tsukasa1288
    08/25/09

    @potatojenkins: But this article is about 2ch, not 2chan or 4chan.

    2ch = 2channel @ www.2ch.net
    2chan = Futaba Channel @ www.2chan.net
    4chan = English copy of Futaba Channel

    It seems most people don't realize this and always confuse 2ch and 2chan.
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    Image of Kicken Kicken
    08/25/09

    @tsukasa1288:
    >It seems most people don't realize this and always confuse 2ch and 2chan

    Yes, a common mistake.
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    Image of doomsaber doomsaber
    08/25/09

    In reply to Did Final Fantasy Artist Draw 2ch Bear Character?
    looks nice
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    NoBullet promoted this comment doomsaber was starred doomsaber was unstarred
    Image of NoBullet NoBullet
    08/26/09

    @doomsaber: No
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    Image of (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD
    08/25/09

    In reply to Did Final Fantasy Artist Draw 2ch Bear Character?
    ...
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    Is that bat (top left corner) doing that butterfly? O_o
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    Michael Dukakis - What the hell do the Mets need to do? Sacrifice a chicken? promoted this comment (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was starred (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was unstarred
    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    08/25/09

    @(Zombie) Goldwings: Bats need love too...

    ...

    But from butterflies?!?!
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    Image of [ZTF]Auspiciously Liminal [ZTF]Auspiciously Liminal
    08/25/09

    @Michael Dukakis - What the hell do the Mets need to do? Sacrifice a chicken?: How do we know the butterfly didn't go down on that bat? Why can't the butterfly be a slut?
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    Michael Dukakis - What the hell do the Mets need to do? Sacrifice a chicken? promoted this comment [ZTF]Auspiciously Liminal was starred [ZTF]Auspiciously Liminal was unstarred
    Image of kyosti23 kyosti23
    08/25/09

    @[ZTF]Is my Name: OBJECTION! We all know that butterflies are innocent creatures! That butterfly was SEXUALLY assaulted!
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    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    08/25/09

    @[ZTF]Is my Name: Because... well just because!
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    Image of (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD
    08/25/09

    @kyosti23: Wait a minute though. That bat looks a little shocked, so maybe it was the butterfly?!!
    *throws up*
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    Michael Dukakis - What the hell do the Mets need to do? Sacrifice a chicken? promoted this comment (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was starred (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was unstarred
    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    08/25/09

    @(Zombie) Goldwings: Oh my god...
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    Image of [ZTF]Auspiciously Liminal [ZTF]Auspiciously Liminal
    08/25/09

    @Michael Dukakis - What the hell do the Mets need to do? Sacrifice a chicken?: @(Zombie) Goldwings: Yeah. And it was dicks like you who drove the butterfly to that debasement, what with your unrealistic standards for winged insect chastity. You guys make me sick.
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    Michael Dukakis - What the hell do the Mets need to do? Sacrifice a chicken? promoted this comment [ZTF]Auspiciously Liminal was starred [ZTF]Auspiciously Liminal was unstarred
    Image of kyosti23 kyosti23
    08/25/09

    @(Zombie) Goldwings: I just don't know what to think anymore!
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    kyosti23 was starred kyosti23 was unstarred
    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    08/25/09

    @[ZTF]Is my Name: We were to quick to judge!
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    11/21/08

    In reply to 1UP Editor In Final Fantasy Nerd Engagement Extravaganza
    It makes me happy that he went to Amano rather than Nomura. Now Square needs to follow suit.
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