When the discussion of beautiful video games is raised, very rarely does the conversation go long without someone mentioning Square Enix’ iconic RPG franchise Final Fantasy. And with good cause, as the decades-long adventure franchise has offered fans some of the most beautiful and memorable characters and vistas in the artistic media of video games.
Among the many people responsible for these indelible heroes, villains, and worlds is artist Isamu Kamikokuryo, who plied his tried at Square Enix for almost 20 years. In this time, Kamikokuryo worked as a lead artist and artistic director in a slew of Final Fantasy titles, beginning with 2001’s Final Fantasy X, through 2017’s Final Fantasy XV. Kamikokuryo would then leave Square Enix in 2017 to go freelance, and has since worked with Nintendo on titles such as this year’s Paper Mario: The Origami King.
Source: Destructoid Legendary Final Fantasy artist Isamu Kamikokuryo discusses his work in Archipel interview