Yoshitaka Amano's Influences

Yoshitaka Amano is a Japanese illustrator who is influenced by Art Nouveau artists such as Alphonse Mucha and Gustav Klimt. You can see how these two artists have had an impact on his work. In Amano paintings he combines both of these influences together to create a unique style. He hasn’t copied their style of work Amano has a style of his own based on their working methods. Amano is also influenced by the early Walt Disney animations and other Japanese animations. The pictures below is Yoshitaka Amano himself and one of this piece's.