There is only one Final Fantasy. Through more than a dozen wildly diverse adventures, from the release of the first game in 1987 to the most recent expansion on the story, the international influence of the game is legendary both inside the video-game industry and throughout popular culture. It is a tale of bold heroes and heroines, breathtaking landscapes and terrifying creatures. Through Final Fantasy, names like Luneth, Refia, Rosa Farrell, Cecil Harvey, and many others have become household names to millions of players across the globe. With two feature films, a host of action figures and apparel, posters, soundtracks, and more, the vast landscape, defined by the Final Fantasy storylines have all begun with the games, and for the first six games those worlds grew from the remarkable vision of one man: Yoshitaka Amano. Now, for the first time outside Japan, Amano and Square Enix, Inc. have permitted the artwork that inspired the designs of the Final Fantasy games to be published. In Dawn you will see the development of the first four games through Amano's paintings, detailed line art, and preliminary sketches. Plus, in a special afterward, you'll learn the genesis of this history-making collaboration.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By A. White
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When I first saw this book I was really excited, finally I thought a book that will explain the start of Final Fantasy and give me a real proper insight into it's making and the worlds, in that I was dissapointed.
When I read information about this book it made it sound like a book that would contain textual information along side Amano's illustrastions, but sadly not.
All this book is is a collection of Amano's work ranging through FFI to FFIV and doesn't even contain headers as to when you have gone from one game to the next. Brief titles are presented as a list at the back of the book with a corisponding number, which are as brief sometimes as 'Final fantasy. . .' so doesn't provide any real clue as to the subject as if like me you haven't played the early games, you'll be abit bafferled.
I DO however STILL give this book four stars as it is very nicely put together with very good printing quality that shows off Amanos concept art brilliantly. Esencially this is a glorified sketchbook, but I do love art like this, just dissapointed that it wasn't what I first through and still think that it could do with some explanation along side.
When I read information about this book it made it sound like a book that would contain textual information along side Amano's illustrastions, but sadly not.
All this book is is a collection of Amano's work ranging through FFI to FFIV and doesn't even contain headers as to when you have gone from one game to the next. Brief titles are presented as a list at the back of the book with a corisponding number, which are as brief sometimes as 'Final fantasy. . .' so doesn't provide any real clue as to the subject as if like me you haven't played the early games, you'll be abit bafferled.
I DO however STILL give this book four stars as it is very nicely put together with very good printing quality that shows off Amanos concept art brilliantly. Esencially this is a glorified sketchbook, but I do love art like this, just dissapointed that it wasn't what I first through and still think that it could do with some explanation along side.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Omnes
Format:Hardcover
I first discovered Yoshitaka Amano`s artwork when Final Fantasy VI was released, but also in a guidebook for this game, which was filled with many characters or scenes from the game. The designs were unlike anything that I imagined. To me, the paintings were wild, unique, excentric, and much more adult than the conventional character designs I found in 1990`s video games.
Though there is of course a sense of caricature in his artwork, I felt Yoshitaka Amano's penstroke was dramatic and told a story about each character, whether it was Celes, Locke, Terra or the devilish Kefka. In fact, each drawing clearly defined the context and personality of the characters that were there. But I was disappointed that the only drawings I could find were in this guidebook or on the Web.
But when I found out that Amano had released some of his character designs, sketches, and paintings for the first four Final Fantasy in this volume, I had to purchase a copy and relished each page. In each of them, I managed to spot and catch characters that I had found or played in the first four Final Fantasy. And I was marveled by the large sumi-ee painting called Dawn or Reimei in Japanese. To me, this painting was a visual presentation of Yoshitaka's imagination bubbling up before getting to work and bringing down the visual designs of the characters, monsters and architecture of the Final Fantasy worlds.
Then again, I still wish that all the illustrations had been separated together into chapters identified by the games they were involved. It would have make it a little easier in identifying who went for what game, especially for some of the monsters. But then again.... Read more ›
Though there is of course a sense of caricature in his artwork, I felt Yoshitaka Amano's penstroke was dramatic and told a story about each character, whether it was Celes, Locke, Terra or the devilish Kefka. In fact, each drawing clearly defined the context and personality of the characters that were there. But I was disappointed that the only drawings I could find were in this guidebook or on the Web.
But when I found out that Amano had released some of his character designs, sketches, and paintings for the first four Final Fantasy in this volume, I had to purchase a copy and relished each page. In each of them, I managed to spot and catch characters that I had found or played in the first four Final Fantasy. And I was marveled by the large sumi-ee painting called Dawn or Reimei in Japanese. To me, this painting was a visual presentation of Yoshitaka's imagination bubbling up before getting to work and bringing down the visual designs of the characters, monsters and architecture of the Final Fantasy worlds.
Then again, I still wish that all the illustrations had been separated together into chapters identified by the games they were involved. It would have make it a little easier in identifying who went for what game, especially for some of the monsters. But then again.... Read more ›
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By nikki
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
i got this as a gift for a friend and he loves it!
and so do i!
the artwork is wonderful and a great addition to any final fantasy fan's merchandise collection :]
and so do i!
the artwork is wonderful and a great addition to any final fantasy fan's merchandise collection :]
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