Yoshitaka Amano (天野 喜孝, Amano Yoshitaka?), born March 26, 1952, is an artist who designed many characters in the Final Fantasy series, as well as for other series. Amano's drawing process revolves around printmaking, with such techniques as carving wood and/or scoring copper plates, running ink, transferring ink to paper and lithography. Many of his works are influenced by ukiyo-e art, thus he typically colors his prints with acrylics to create a watercolor effect. Amano has drawn most of the main characters of the Final Fantasy series to this day.