Isamu Kamikokuryo announced via his twitter that, as of March 31st, he is no longer working for Square Enix. He pans to continue as a freelance artist.
昨日、3/31日付けでスクウェア・エニックスを退社しました。
1999年に入社して以来18年と少しでした。FF10のコンセプトアーティストから始まってFF15まで素晴しい経験でした。
多くの人々との出会いと才能を発揮させてもらえる機会を与えてくれた会社には感謝の気持ちで一杯です。— 上国料 勇 (@kamikoku2009) April 1, 2017
Joining Square Enix back in 1999, his first project was designing the pre-renderd backgrounds in Final Fantasy X before being promoted to art director for Final Fantasy XII.
He may be most known by Final Fantasy fans for his work on the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, where he employed wildly different inspirations for the visual design of each entry: photo-realism, surrealism, and Gothic art. As a lead for the games’ art direction, he encouraged his teams to include more of their own ideas to give more life to the places they were designing. He recently worked on Final Fantasy XV, joining as an art director later on in development.
Kamikokuryo plans to rekindle his passion for writing and diction, but will continue on as a freelance artist. (Which, bears pointing out that: yes, he may still work on Square Enix projects) Some keen eyes have spotted his work in the upcoming “Project Prelude Rune” in development at the company.
#新しいプロフィール画像 pic.twitter.com/6h3zvB4DOF
— 上国料 勇 (@kamikoku2009) April 1, 2017
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