Concept artist Fano Rakotoh explains his step-by-step technique for creating a character in Photoshop.

The dark, classic atmosphere of film noir is often difficult to capture in games. The task only becomes more difficult when the choice is made to combine that film noir aesthetic with a stylized, ...

Since then, Akiman has worked as a freelance character designer and artist, extending his career in the industry to 37 years. His recent work includes designing characters for Square Enix’s Star Ocean ...

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Of all the enemy characters that I designed for this game, the one I have the fondest memories of working on was Ardyn. When I started working on him, it was hard to figure out how his complex ...

Gematsu recently sat down with Toshiyuki Kubooka, the character designer and animation director behind the LUNAR series, to discuss the remastered editions of LUNAR: Silver Star Story and LUNAR: ...

Publisher ATLUS and developer Studio Zero have released a 15-minute “Creator’s Message” video featuring comments from director Katsura Hashino, character designer Shigenori Soejima, and music composer ...