Some CharacterDesigners I admire:
AkihikoYoshida
Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy III DS version
YoshitakaAmano
Final Fantasy – Final Fantasy VI
Img:Yoshitaka+Amano
http://www.amanosworld.com/html/work.html
Interview - http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3152237&did=1
TetsuyaNomura
Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2,Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIII
responsible, i think, for the crazy fashions.
YojiShinkawa
Character Designer/Cocept Artist for the Metal Gear Solid/Zone of the Enders games.
http://yojishinkawa.com
When and why did you start using the brush pen?
Shinkawa: This is where Yoshikazu Yasuhiko comes into the story.
When was this?
Shinkawa: There were books on how to draw manga, and the books tell you to use a “G pen.” I bought a G pen and couldn’t draw with it at all. Then I came across “Arion” by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. The lines were really beautiful. They were done with brushes. That’s when I decided to use a brush. It worked so much better than the G pen. So I imitated his technique.
Do you have any tutorials on your drawing methods and if not are you planning to make any? The graphics in-game and your illustrations are incredible! Something like “Your First Illustration” by Yoji Shinkawa.
Shinkawa: No way! I’m not that much of an artist.
Have you ever been asked to teach at an art school?
Shinkawa: Me? No way!! I’m the one who would like to be taught. (laughs)
Can you please give him some kind of advice?
Shinkawa: Buy a “Pentel brush pen!” (laughs)
Buy a brush pen sold by the company Pentel. “Import it if necessary,” is your advice, right?
Shinkawa: I use one whose tip has become a bit rough. If I want to draw beautiful lines, I use a proper one. A genius can draw with any brush, but I have to make different choices accordingly.
Does it have to be a brush pen? How about a regular brush?
Shinkawa: I’ve tried using regular brush many times, but they are too fine and soft. The brush of a Pentel brush pen uses Nylon or some synthetic fiber and is coarse. This works better.