Ah yes, much better. Now that the backup has been put into place (and man, am I happy to see our 1000+ archive of Vagrant Story screenshots again!), I guess I can say that Sketch Artist is 100% back... although this does make me realize how horribly out of date the archives really are. I'll be working on that over time, and if any artists happen to notice that their profile is missing or has out of date information, please let me know - trying to figure out exactly which ones are missing and which might have been changed since being backed up is a fairly... well, outright insane task.

   And just because I've gotten some mail asking - no, the Amano artwork is not in Sketch Artist. Sketch Artist is a fan art section... and although it would be incredibly cool to have fan art sent in by a professional character designer and illustrator for video games, it hasn't happened. ...I don't think. If it did, I'd gladly put on a moogle suit as well... though probably not AV's. Come to think of it, I'm kind of surprised we don't often see professional designers in the industry doing their takes on other designers' characters. I imagine that if I were to get a job like that (yes, an impossibility, but a nice one, thanks), I'd still be drawing fan art in my off time, just because there's always some character catching my attention, intriguing me enough that I just have to figure him or her out on paper...

   At any rate, more info on the Amano artwork, as well as how to acquire it, is over in the donation section. Here in this section, you'll find artwork from remarkable artists who haven't designed Final Fantasy characters. So far. Who knows what the future may hold...? We've got an awful lot of talent within these galleries.

- Andrea Hartmann - "Someday maybe I'll tell you about my ROMANTIC dream!"