If you mean Nomura, he wasn't the art director of the titles he worked on, Naora was lol.<_< Does that really need to be a question
If you mean Nomura, he wasn't the art director of the titles he worked on, Naora was lol.<_< Does that really need to be a question
If you mean Nomura, he wasn't the art director of the titles he worked on, Naora was lol.
Nozue was the co-director of Advent Children and Kingsglaive was apparently an idea for FFXV he pitched and Tabata supported him. It was his pet project. Nozue is even credited for the story concept of Kingsglaive iirc.
Thanks for the great work on these titles especially 7 8 and 10, but why does ff15 say TBA for the date.... scary stuff indeed and hoping it was just something before the release date of ff15 was announced.
What does an art director do anyway? Nomura may have to have been doing double duty on that front, especially if Naora was already working on FF15 since the beginning.
I'm not very knowledgeable of the job but I think they are in charge of the visual style of the game, not designing the characters. Though XV was slightly different than normal because Naora did do some character design (like old Noctis). I'm guessing Kamikokuryo is art director of FFVIIR since Kitase heavily implied his team (the XIII trilogy team) are working on FFVIIR, and Kamikokuryo was art director for all three XIII games. So Nomura probably isn't doing it.What does an art director do anyway? Nomura may have to have been doing double duty on that front, especially if Naora was already working on FF15 since the beginning.
Doing what any sane person should do at this point: staying out of FFXV-GAF until (after) release. Still the same old, tired discussions that make your head spin and question your very existence. I've seen enough of the game now anyways after the last few, meaty TGS/PAX/EGX streams.Koozek, mah boi, where you been at?
You can't really consider it the same game. Its not. A lot of staff was changed/removed/added around in the cancellation of Versus and renaming of what was kept of the project to 15. Because there was a lot more staff needed to put it at full priority as a numbered title.
And Nomura had to change certain things as well from the original concept to 15 in order to fit a mainline title, even though i think he had in mind keeping things more similar to what he originally envisioned than what they are going to turn out in the final result, which makes sense considering him and those people working on the original concept have not been on it for a long time.
Jun Akiyama got demoted to working on Kingsglaive instead of the main game, which makes me think there aren't going to be that many CG sequences in the game. Fine by me, it would look weird putting Luna in CG after already having a kingsglaive design, they would have to have the two designs side by side which would be very strange in the same game.
Yoko Shimomura? Although even she's a contractor.
Interesting story -- one of the original CG artists on Versus quit due to stress and then got roped back into the project when his new company got hired to help with Kingsglaive.
As for full time employees.... maybe there are a few who worked on it the entire time but I don't know any by name.
Funny how that works out, it's good that they tend to have those kind of working relationships though.Welp, so much for Type-1! Although I guess he could work freelance with S-E in the future, like every other talented ex-S-E artist.
The credits list must be huge.Are there actual employees who have worked on this game continuously for 10 years?
Isamu Kamikokuryo.PSY・S;218709395 said:who else generally handles art direction?
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No, not usually.are art directors responsible for stuff like enemy/monster designs?
As someone who only recognizes Amano and Nomura as FF art staples, what is this person known for?
I'm curious because I'm a big fan of VIII and would like to know what he's responsible for, for context and appreciation.
...Think of the iconic backgrounds in FFVII, FFVIII, FFX, and FF Type-0. The steampunk of Midgar, the colorful flamboyant style of Balamb Garden, the mystic eastern flavor of Spira, and the imperial Japanese military setting in Type-0. That's all Naora.
I don't agree with this at all. Naora has contributed a fantastic variety of worlds and tone throughout the series, and each entry feels different enough because of it.His art was great, but I'm glad Final Fantasy is finally moving on from his aesthetic. It was caged by it. He can do wonders as a freelancer I think.
This also tells me that XVI is happening and Square Enix doesn't have backup work for Naora (He worked on X during IX and Agito XIII during XII)
That's cool - maybe he will be able to consult and give more conceptual direction, without being mired in the same projects for a decade.I'm wishing him the best and the retirement is mostly merited, so thank you! But it's not the end, my french FF news website said he'll still do freelance job for square enix in the future, so I guess we'll still have a chance to see him around sometime.
Dug out my ancient V Jump FFVIII Visual Guide Book which they released before the game was out to take some Naora photos:
Huh, how? His style ranged from Steampunk-ish Medieval (FFVI) to Industrial Dieselpunk (FFVII) and Fantastical Reality (FFVIII), from South East Asia-inspired (FFX) to now Reality-based Fantasy (FFXV). I'd say the garbage writing since Nojima and Watanabe joined is caging FF creatively way more.His art was great, but I'm glad Final Fantasy is finally moving on from his aesthetic. It was caged by it. He can do wonders as a freelancer I think.
This also tells me that XVI is happening and Square Enix doesn't have backup work for Naora (He worked on X during IX and Agito XIII during XII)
Whew, I'd love to see all of those books. What other FFs had those?Dug out my ancient V Jump FFVIII Visual Guide Book which they released before the game was out to take some Naora photos:
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Awesome, does this mean potentially less J-Pop styled entries in the series?
Awesome, does this mean potentially less J-Pop styled entries in the series?