Yoshitaka Amano

Yoshitaka Amano is a Japanese based illustrator, character designer, costume designer, animator, and author. Known for creating beautiful paintings and writing for science fiction and fantasy novels. Notable works of his include art for the Final Fantasy Series, Worlds of Amano, The Sandman: Dream Hunters, Vampire Hunter D, and Shinjuku. Amano’s inspirations came from a mix of 1960’s comic books, particularly from Neil Adams, as well as Art Nouveau and Japanese Woodblock art. He brought these styles into his work with a mix of realism and surreal abstraction. Choosing to use bright and dynamic colors to highlight his carefully drawn linework. Amano is a five-time winner of the Seiun Awards, known for representing the achievements of individuals working within science fiction. He has influenced many industries with his work, and continues to work as a freelance illustrator and author today.