There are a few people more synonymous with Final Fantasy than Yoshitaka Amano. Amano’s art has been part of the franchise since its inception, and now the iconic artist is bringing his designs and talent to Magic The Gathering’s Final Fantasy collaboration. Amano will supply brand-new art on some of the franchise’s most legendary characters in his trademark style.
Amano explained some of the new art he’s creating on Wizards of the Coast’s and Magic’s social media accounts. We also get to witness his surprise when seeing the art in card form for the first time.
“I’ve been drawing Final Fantasy art for a long time,” he began before jumping into explaining his compositions for the new art for Kefka, both in his original and final boss forms. “In this picture, I tried to make it as crazy as possible. So I drew it without following any rules. For this one, the situation is what is crazy. He puts himself in the fire. The best word to describe Kefka is ‘chaotic.’ I imagined the colors would be swirled and all mixed together, turning a vague idea into something tangible. I like this process of exploring the details.”