Art of Final Fantasy IX

by Dan Birlew, Yoshitaka Amano (illustrator)

The Art of FINAL FANTASY IX features an inside look at the stunning art from FINAL FANTASY IX. The book includes rarely-seen concept art and detailed pencil sketches, an immense collection of character art, airship and vehicle designs, monsters and unique weapon images, and full-page scenes from the most beautiful cinemas in video game history. Entertaining and informative commentary is provided as well as anecdotal captions relevant to story and events of FINAL FANTASY IX.

Genres: Art, Fantasy, Video Games, Games, Reference

160 pages, Paperback

First published December 8, 2000

Reviews

[Morcys · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found it in a second-hand sale and, like every good fan of the franchise, I felt the strong desire to get hold of it and I did... and it was worth it!

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a beautiful artbook of one of my favorite Final Fantasy games. The book contains among other things, character artwork, sketches, design notes, weapon designs, creature designs, background art, ect.

Perfect for any Final Fantasy fan!

[Skylanth · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Final Fantasy games, including this one, have such wonderful art that it's nice to have a collection of it. An amazing amount of artistic talent went into creating Final Fantasy 9.

[Dom · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of this is beautiful and some not so much. There’s a certain art style and a picture near the end of a white guy with white hair carrying a girl in his arms with pale hair and skin and it’s so beautiful they’re flying through the sky on some creature and the clouds are below them and it’s so dreamy and I’m so high on codeine right now and the pic made me wanna do art.

[Harold Dávila Garrido · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hermosa..

[Forsythia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations with the faded pastel colours were my favourite (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+

[Darian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I only wish we had higher res images of the environments as well as more of them.

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed this book and the style