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Final Fantasy XVI's main illustrator and potential character designer is Kazuya Takahashi (art inside)
- Thread starter Dreamboum
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Wow, this all looks great!
And they feel suitably realistic, or at least, not too bombastic or "over-detailed."
Anyone else feel the same way?
And they feel suitably realistic, or at least, not too bombastic or "over-detailed."
Anyone else feel the same way?
I would feel this way if they toned down the hair just a bit.
Ah, fair enough, but this is a JRPG after all so we probably shouldn't expect otherwise, imho.
Wish the game itself looked paintery like this art, but at least we have the art (I remember with FFXIII they pretty much didn't show any art and focused on the 3D renders instead)
Yeah I'm really a fan of his stuff, but I always thought it looked super similar to Akihiko Yoshida's stuff (not that that's a bad thing at all, Yoshida is the GOAT FF artist). Was he like a pupil of his or something?
Good thread for bringing awareness to an artist that maybe not a ton of people are familiar with.
I certainly wasn't, so thanks to everyone who mentioned him in the site opening thread and to OP.
Looks fucking sick. All of it. The one with all the characters looks especially good.
I certainly wasn't, so thanks to everyone who mentioned him in the site opening thread and to OP.
Looks fucking sick. All of it. The one with all the characters looks especially good.
Loooove this style. Have that shadowbringers group pose as one of the pictures in my desktop rotation right now, so good.
I know people really like amano's stuff, but while stylistically cool, it was always a bit off putting to me. I think this strikes a much nicer balance personally.
I know people really like amano's stuff, but while stylistically cool, it was always a bit off putting to me. I think this strikes a much nicer balance personally.
i feel like they are trying to be wishy washy with the realism is weird. Like realistic skin shaders and facial animations with cartoon hair is weird. It would be fine the art direction in game tried to mimic the the illustrators work but they do not and I'm sure the illustrator knew what type of way square would render his work so he should have designed around that.
Yeah that's the real bummer here. I love this art but I feel like the tone of all the most recent final fantasy games don't actually reflect this kind of style.
Is this the same artist who worked on Octopath and/or Nier? I was discussing this earlier with a mate when the blog post came out and neither of us were 100% sure.
Nope. Naoki Ikushima and Akihiko Yoshida did the artwork for Octopath and Nier, respectively. Though Ikushima and Takahashi are heavily inspired by Yoshida's artwork (the latter especially with his work in XIV and now XVI).
Takahashi is one of the reasons I own three FFXIV artbooks despite the fact I'm yet to play FFXIV, lol. He's a fantastic artist, and I'm so pleased he's working on FFXVI. (There better be an FFXVI artbook, Square!)
My bad! I did mean offline main titles. Actually finished ARR earlier this year but did not get into Heavensward because work picked back up. Definitely want to someday though.
Wow, I'm impressed by this art direction and tone. It's beautiful work and carries a nice level of mystique to it. I can't wait to get lost in that world...
