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Mel&lt;3: When you can draw better than Yoshitaka Amano, you can critique Yoshitaka Amano. Til then, just watch and learn. <a href="http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/08/watch_yoshitaka_amano_speed_dr.php#comment-364709" title="full comment on: Watch Yoshitaka Amano Speed Draw 2ch ASCII Art">read more
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Watch Yoshitaka Amano Speed Draw 2ch ASCII Art

August 27, 2009 4:00 PM | Eric Caoili

As you may have heard, acclaimed Final Fantasy and Vampire Hunter D artist appeared on Japanese streaming video site Nico Nico Douga earlier this week to draw popular ASCII art from popular bulletin board 2ch. Someone recorded the live stream, complete with scrolling Japanese comments, and posted the drawing session (starting around 03:55 in the video above).

I was already impressed with Amano's detailed re-imagination of 2ch's Yaruo figure, but I'm even more blown away by how quickly he sketched the piece! The artist also speed-sketched Final Fantasy IV's Kain, shown below: