Isamu Kamikokuryo, Art directing Final Fantasy

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3 жыл бұрын

Isamu Kamikokuryo is a veteran art director, who has worked at Square Enix for 18 years on the Final Fantasy series, starting with Final Fantasy X all the way up to Final Fantasy XV, before turning freelance in 2017.
He told us more about the art director position in the Japanese game industry, as we explored some surreal places that inspired him through his career.
Locations:
- Kawasaki Industrial Zone
- Izu Oshima
Music by Hakobune: hakobune.bandcamp.com/
Track List:
Nebulous Sequences - Part. 4
All the other hearts I knew - Blackland Prairie Part 2
All the other hearts I knew - Interlude
Nebulous Sequences - Part. 10
Seamless And Here - Your Unwavering Fidelity
Nebulous Sequences - Part. 6
Away From The Lunar Waters - Away From The Lunar Waters
All the other hearts I knew - All the other hearts I knew Part 1
Seamless And Here - Heathered
Seamless And Here - Seamless and Here
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Thanks to SubTube for the Portuguese (BR) and Tsvetoslav 'SEAN' Shalev for the Bulgarian subtitles!
#finalfantasy #ff #artdirection

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@p5rsona 3 жыл бұрын

This actually really inspired me because I am 30, working a 9-5 office job, but want to create art for a living. Never too late.

@RegalState 3 жыл бұрын

This one is a true gem, a few minutes in and I already feel at peace. There's just something about true unabashed and quiet commentary about the creative process, without anything else that feels like perfection.

@Arximand 3 жыл бұрын

This documentary is a piece of art by itself. Truly impressed. Best regards from Germany.

@marclopez9232 3 жыл бұрын

FFXII the best

@Ks-ou2cl 3 жыл бұрын

現実のビルとかデザインしてよー！

@rustyroche1921 3 жыл бұрын

the locations and sound are the icing on this christmas cake

@Bloodylaser 3 жыл бұрын

FFXII was easily one his best works. He made Ivalice feel alive.

@tristanjp6823 3 жыл бұрын

This was such a good one. Kamikokuryo-san seems very down to earth.

@Jiggelmeister Жыл бұрын

It's interesting contrasting what he's saying at 40 minutes with how Amano describes his artistic process. Amano says he doesn't experience much internal resistance, he's just vibin and keeps on goin. Kamikokuryo talks about feeling it relentlessly, battling himself lol.

@Dreamboum 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this video! Isamu Kamikokuryo is one of my favorite artists! I especially love the world he has crafted for FF12 and how much it still stands up timelessly. Kamikokuryo proved that strong art direction can elevate graphics so much further than hardware limitations can allow!

@franckateba2970 3 жыл бұрын

These guys knows how to direct documentaries

@MikasaSiM 3 жыл бұрын

Worked from "... could barely afford art supplies" to driving a Porsche.

@UKERU00 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit I always wanted to know more about Kamikokuryo and always found pretty weird how the guy behind the concept for many of square's most famous world's almost got no coverage and as always you guys at Archipel did it again, hell yeah you guys rock!

@ImSofaKingGood 3 жыл бұрын

I love his designs. He really made the worlds of Final Fantasy stand out from other RPGs for me.

@GameArts1 3 жыл бұрын

Kawasaki industrial zone looks like Midgar, freakin awesome. Japan is such a beautiful country, it almost has it all in the sense of nature and city landscape. This was great - I hope to see Yoji Shinkawa on your channel someday, very inspirational videos.