Mark Arnold:
Real Heroes
Worlds of Amano
Genre: Fantasy, Artbook
This book is an overview of the works of Yoshitaka Amano, best known for his video game design work. This art book compiles a group of different illustrations that many fans may not be aware of, let alone seen. His artwork is comprised of a multitude of styles and sources that will easily astound and surprise the reader with all of his gorgeous detail. He is currently the most well known Japanese painter in the world and the chief designer for Final Fantasy, samples of which also appear here.
Mark Arnold is a comic book and animation historian and a writing, art, and film/video production professional.
He writes comic books and articles on comic books and animation for various publications in addition to scripts,
short stories and novels. He is also skilled in sales, marketing and promotion, and has film and TV production
experience with digital video, video tape, and film. He has many online websites including
Fun Ideas, Mark's Rare Comics,
The Harveyville Fun Times!, So Rare!,
and Food Shop. He also writes an (almost) daily blog
and writes and draws a weekly comic strip called Protecto, the Little Robot.
For the curious, Mark can be reached online at thft@att.net. Whew!
