
If there was a writer, how did Amano take the descriptions to make his creations? Who created the characters? Was it Amano or a writer behind the story-lines for Final Fantasy (this is me assuming there are story-lines behind the video games). Not even a paragraph letting me know the goals behind the characters. My ARC of this book has no introduction, no description of what Amano is painting. I liked what I saw and this would make a nice coffee-table art book, drawing the attention of not just fans of fine fantasy art, but also anyone familiar with the Final Fantasy video games.Īs nice as this book is to look at, there is something missing however. Much of the artwork looks like more of a sketch than a finely detailed finished painting but I suspect that this is Amano’s style.

It is delicate and beautiful – even that of the more dangerous creatures. I’ve never played Final Fantasy but I’m certainly familiar with the video game series, but my requesting an ARC of a book of Final Fantasy art has much more to do with my interest in art than it does with the subject matter in this case.
