Only She Can Paint Like This! Ayami Kojima's Gothic Castlevania Art (Breakdown & Analysis)

Art break down and analysis of the art style from Ayami Kojima ( 小島 文美 ) mostly known for her illustrations and artwork Castlevania series by Konami, however, she’s actually a self-taught artist that did a variety of free-lance jobs for novels and magazines. Although there were more Castlevania artist, Ayami kojima is the artist with the true Castlevania art style.
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Link to Ayami Kojima's art book which is way overpriced: amzn.to/3WG4w81
They need to re-publish this.
About Kojima:
Ayami Kojima is a Japanese artist and character designer known for her gothic-inspired style, particularly in the Castlevania video game series. Her intricate and ornate designs have received numerous awards, including the PlayStation Award for Best Art Direction. Kojima's work has been featured in exhibitions and art books, and she has also contributed character designs to other popular games such as Suikoden Tierkreis and the Lord of Vermilion series.
Music: Castlevania SOTN ost
About: The Female Artist Behind Castlevania's Art Style: Ayami Kojima (Breakdown & Analysis)
Ayami Kojima is a renowned Japanese independent artist who has worked extensively as a character designer in the video game industry. She is best known for her elegant and haunting character designs in the Castlevania series of video games by Konami. Kojima's style is characterized by strong shading, monochrome colors, and a pastel-like technique. She often uses molding paste, Conté Crayon, acrylics, India ink, gloss polymer medium, stumps, and finger smudging in her paintings to achieve their unique look and depth. Despite being self-taught, Kojima has created some of the most remarkable and memorable game art in the industry.
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[@GameArts1]

Ayami Kojima is just one of the talented artists we feature in our breakdown & analysis series on the channel. 🎨If you're keen to elevate your own art style, I highly recommend delving into this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL3QxJ3Qn1S7b7wjWykYQ_Bk9J2UGeaXAB Immerse yourself in a variety of manga/anime art styles and absorb as much inspiration as possible!

[@jamilfrost6217]

The artwork for Castlevania is gorgeous.

[@OldEnemy1]

Ayami Kojima is what Yoshitaka Amano to Final Fantasy, what Kazuma Kaneko is to Megami Tensei, what Yoki Shinkawa is to Metal Gear.

[@brycetheoddball]

Her artwork is gorgeous. Also whenever I think of Castlevania, I think if Obata’s work on it.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Ayami is like a classic Renaissance illustrator embracing mix media with Goth overtones. Her characters are beautiful and mysterious. No matter if it's death, a young maiden, a Shogun Warlord or even Dracula himself...there's always an element of beauty and wonderment to them. Also her being a mixed media illustrator is very fascinating as I also use a series of gouache acrylics and copic markers so it's cool to see them fully utilized by a master!❤

[@UpYaGet]

God I love these videos! This channel deserves way more subs

[@nemous365]

I am amazed that she didn't go to art school with her amazing creativity and skill set

[@MEMEMEME-dl8ii]

Thank you telling me about a great artist again it really helps

[@AndilevanderPutten]

Cool breakdown! I really like the bishonen style in this case. It suits the vampires. Also good points on her emphasis on details in the characters and in the backgrounds

[@Byrdstar6423-un3me]

Castlevania has the best art out of any game series in my honest opinion

[@GameArts1]

That's quite the claim! But I do agree that her art style is a perfect fit for the genre. And I also must say that she makes the type of art that could fit into an art museum which by all means is almost unthinkable for manga/game artist.

[@nathanvertil7355]

I remember reading something about her favorite manga is Shonen Manga, and I found that incredibly interesting.

[@Victorialoved]

I wanna have this artstyle so bad she’s so amazing 😭

[@fierypickles4450]

Beautiful art. To this day still takes my breath away. Excellent video

[@JohnnyQuaykersBelmont]

3:56 reminds me a bit of H.R. Giger.

[@brunomartins-mw3yq]

Cam you do a video about Shinkiro Someday ? He was Snk biggest artist in the 90s and early 2000s , however , when the company filled bankruptcy , he joined capcom , making his artwork change a bit since them . It would be Very interesting to see his evolution in a video

[@GameArts1]

Great suggestion. I will put him on the list and add him to the community choice polls.

[@warrenbradford2597]

Tetsuya Nomura does some great art. He is a great artist!

[@Slipdash]

I love their art so much!!!!!

[@bluespark777]

Her artworks are so beautiful

[@demitry2oo9]

Thank you for this video bro.

[@Prosecutor_justice]

godly character art

[@VJFranzK]

Do you remember when you first played SOTN, after knowing CV previously? WHOA... this is really different

[@pierrelewis6819]

I will love to see JoJo characters, drawing within this art style.

[@spin6828]

He only worked on Order of ecclesia but I think Masaki Hirooka's art is also incredible.

[@ProjectMirai64]

Nice !

[@JonathanDamasceno]

Very Nice

[@pierrelewis6819]

I will love to see an Castlevania manga, but that's just mean, things that have to look a bit more simplified, listen to look a little similar to the book and show, claymore.

[@BlueEarthFantasyArt]

Most expensive artbooks except for lords of shadow 😭😱😭👍😭

[@VJFranzK]

Great Channel! (Possible subjects: Odin Sphere, Jojo games?)

[@GameArts1]

Nice suggestion thanks! (But I'm atm more focused on individual artist than game overviews)

[@bruhudumb]

Beutiful art but I prefer the classic castlevanias realistic western style

[@Vavqu_]

Hideo Kojima was right

[@sikViduser]

you put in a lot of works that aren't hers

[@GameArts1]

You need to do your DD

[@odothedoll2738]

It’s her your honor