Yoji Shinkawa

Yoji Shinkawa (新川洋司 Shinkawa Yōji, born December 25, 1971) is a Japanese illustrator and conceptual artist. He is most famous for his character, environment and mechanical designs for the Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders video game series. Image File history File links Photograph of Yoji Shinkawa from unknown source. ... Image File history File links Photograph of Yoji Shinkawa from unknown source. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Metal Gear Solid logo. ... Zone of the Enders, also known as Z.O.E, is a video game that was developed and published by Konami in 2001 for the PlayStation 2. ... This is a list of video game franchises organised alphabetically by name. ...

Born in Hiroshima, Shinkawa began working for game developer Konami in 1994; he was the first artist in the company to receive an "S"-grade evaluation for his portfolio. He first worked as a CG art director for the console versions of Policenauts. Hiroshima City Hall Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba Address 〒730-8586 Hiroshima-shi, Naka-ku, Kokutaiji 1-6-34 Phone number 082-245-2111 Official website: Hiroshima City , // The city of Hiroshima ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Konami Corporation (コナミ) TYO: 9766 (NYSE: KNM) (SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling computer and video games. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated like the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... Computer graphics (CG) is the field of visual computing, where one utilizes computers both to generate visual images synthetically and to integrate or alter visual and spatial information sampled from the real world. ... A video game console is a dedicated electronic machine designed to play video games. ... Policenauts (ポリスノーツ) is a Japanese adventure game written and directed by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. ...

Shinkawa's illustration style is generally praised as original and artistic yet technically accurate. According to himself he is inspired by anime-related artists like Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Yoshitaka Amano, but also more western-related and less contemporary artists such as Frank Miller, Aubrey Beardsley and Willy Pogany. He is also a big fan of French artists such as Mœbius. // A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime ) is a medium of animation originating in Japan, with distinctive character and background aesthetics that visually set it apart from other forms of animation. ... Yasuhiko Yoshikazu (安彦 良和) is a well-known man in the anime industry. ... Yoshitaka Amano (February 24, 2006) Yoshitaka Amano (天野 喜孝 Amano Yoshitaka, born July 28, 1952) is a Japanese artist, best known for his illustrations for Vampire Hunter D and for his character designs for the video game series Final Fantasy. ... Frank Miller on G4s Icons. ... Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (August 21, 1872 – March 16, 1898) was an influential English artist, illustrator, and author. ... William Andrew (Willy) Pogany (1882-1955), prolific illustrator of childrens and adult books. ... Jean Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. ...

He uses ink pens with a brush-like felt-tip and both Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter for his creations. Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editor (with some text and vector graphics capabilities) developed and published by Adobe Systems. ... Painter is the name of a bitmap graphics software package used to create natural-looking artistic images using a computer. ...

He is an avid fan of heavy metal and artists such as Megadeth and Yngwie Malmsteen. Megadeth is an American speed/heavy/thrash metal band led by Dave Mustaine. ... Yngwie J. Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, June 30, 1963) is a guitarist from Sweden who achieved widespread acclaim in the 1980s due to his technical proficiency and fusion of classical music elements with heavy rock guitar. ...

External links

• Yōji Shinkawa Online - fan website
• Yoji Shinkawa at MobyGames
• Yoji Shinkawa at the Internet Movie Database