There's something so whimsical about Akihiko Yoshida's artstyle I can't put it in words, his artwork tells a whole story by itself by just looking at any of his pieces. My favorite works by him are his illustrations for Bravely Default and Second, I proudly own both artbooks, and I really love the characters he has designed such as Magnolia Arch or Edea Lee.
Exactly. One observation I did not mention in the video was that he kind of seems to favor these ''blonde'/light' hair colors. IIRC he said that Edea was one of his favorite characters in an interview, but I am not 100% sure where I read it.
Akihiko Yoshida's art has a very unique appeal to it that I can't really explain. I remember going into Kmart one day many many years ago and looking at the 3DS games. Bravely Default's cover just stood out so much to me (the black cover), and I would just stare at it in what I can only describe as wonder and awe. I ended up getting the game, and despite not knowing anything about the game and only playing it for about an hour, that cover art still sticks with me for just how strange it makes me feel inside. It's incredible.
i remember seeing an ad for a bravely default game in an old gaming magazine when i was a kid. i wasn't really into gaming at the time, but i loved art, and i fell in love with how soft and graceful akihiko yoshida's art was. of course, i didn't know who had drawn it at the time, but it stuck with me. years later, it is still a style that captivates me.
Well, I know the channel and see my 2nd favourite, Yoshida and then my favourite, Amano. ACTUALLY in a "normal" world, Yoshida is my favourite, and Amano is just... Amano... A league of his own.
awesome analysis. he is one of the greatest charcater artists who ever lived. his characters are so full of life and unique, unlike most these days that feel so cheap and uninspired, a blatant copy of many styles. very few in the industry are actual artists, most just technically good.
I love the details in every art style that act almost as their own copywright. Thank you for the video analysis. I personally hope you make an analysis on ryoko kui, creator of dungeon meshi.
It's a bummer indeed. In this case I think it has a lot to do with copyrights etc; Yoshida mainly does game art so there are multiple companies/IP's involved to bundle his works. In case of another artist Like Amano, he mainly did 'Final Fantasy' and a lot of personal art so he has more options to do so. This also counts for Ayami Kojima, artist of Castlevania with many personal works as well.
It is nice to know that he has drawn inspiration from traditional western art to combine it with Eastern influences he has seen in his Japanese manga. Not something I would do as I do not care much for traditional western art, but still. I believe I should take inspiration from his art to develop my own art style.
I know your channel namesake is Game arts but I'd LOVE to also see video essays from you on the JP Light novel artists like BUNBUN/abec etc.. that also had big influences. VN artists like Orion or famous Anime character designers/adapters like Shingo Adachi.
Hey I just discovered your channel so I don’t know if you’ve done videos on these yet, but I’d love to see one on the artists behind Panzer Dragoon or mega man zero
Hey NHFY, I did a video about megaman artists, but not the zero games. Actually I did plan to do this, but from the two video's I already made the spin-off titles didn't do so well, and I have only x amount of time to work on YT. Unfortunately, at the moment there are no plans for me to do so.
Thanks for the suggestion. Actually BlazBlue was on my list, but atm I focus more on individual artist as many 'game art' vids of mine don't seem to get much views in comparison. (and sadly YT is a numbers game if you want to grow.)
@@flavorgod This is all I could find from the Japanese Wiki: Films Ise Jingu Shrine 62nd Ceremony New Year's Relocation Commemorative Video (Art Direction) Movie "Let's Hold the Promised Flower in the Morning of Goodbye" (Character Draft) Anime "OBSOLETE" (character design)
Is it that bad? On what device are you tuning in? (Just curious because I check my sound on phone, television and laptop) and It's not studio quality but then again, I don't have a studio haha.
@@GameArts1 I mean, it's not terrible, but it's also not great either. What I mean is, check out the sound on some other high quality youtubers it will sound much fuller, yours has a slight tinny and echo effect which is common on a lot of bad mics. It's perfectly listenable btw I was just suggesting because it could be improved a lot, even with a cheap entry level proper mic.
@@MFDOOOOM Thanks for your honesty. the thing is, I already have an HyperX (very popular among Ytubers). I personally think the audo software and settings I use is the bigger issue here/can be improved. But I will test around with it. Personally idc about audio on YT videos (that's also the issue) Because I only listen for the content, but that's just me haha.
The legs or lower body are emphasized if the upper proportions are small. I don't think anime/manga has typical proportions as you'll find just as many smaller cup sizes. It sometimes depends and in Japan, the chest is going to be commonly the proportion that will be prominent with their women. He emphasizes curves and proportions yet never to any great extent. Just enough you get the suggestion and it's sultry, not erotic. His chibis are cute as their whole form becomes the emphasis.
