Drawing influence from fellow japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano, Yoji Shinkawa is a concept artist and character designer for Konami Digital Entertainment. Since 1994, Shinkawa has provided character designs for the Metal Gear franchise as well as mech designs for the Zone of the Enders franchise. His artwork is produced using a combination of penwork, photoshop, and painting.
What I like most about Shinkawa's art is the sheer expressive quality of his linework. Despite the nature of his works' subject matter, which is typically soldiers and machinery, Shinkawa always brings a certain sense of organic and emotionally charged style to his compositions. Interestingly, this style is characteristic of his work alone so much that his pieces are easily recognizable within the vast assortment of concept art for entertainment.
A gallery of his works may be found here.
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