Ratatinha is Rita’s best friend and her confidant. She's a funny and stylish hippie mouse who owns a candy shop. Beto’s best ...

In his more than 30 years of work with Square Enix, Itahana also defined the characters of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles ...

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Final Fantasy IX main character designer Toshiyuki Itahana announced he left Square Enix to work as a freelancer.

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A Code Vein II Character Creator Demo will debut a week ahead of the game so we can get our avatars ready ahead of time.

Since then, Akiman has worked as a freelance character designer and artist, extending his career in the industry to 37 years. His recent work includes designing characters for Square Enix’s Star Ocean ...

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With its 25th anniversary coming and going with less fanfare than is usually given to the company’s mobile games, the ...

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Dosch Textures: Character Designer — an application to build 3D characters and the third Dosch Texture product released this year — has arrived. Character Designer is Mac compatible, as are most Dosch ...

A legendary Final Fantasy artist has officially left Square Enix after decades of working for the company primarily as a character designer.