When said artist can roll out artwork like this:
More here:
...Why isn't Shinobu getting more work?
Art gallery here (I was constantly wide eyed by this guy's work):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/janus-ama ... 377604825/
Guess guys like these (like yourself and Thief both posted) don't draw "kawaiiiii desu uguu uguu" [under age girls] enough for most Japanese game companies nowadays.
Good art sure is a hard sell now in that country, dunno what the fuck happened over there.
EDIT: Thief - Yoneda also seemed to be the illustrator/artist for Silent Bomber (PSX) and Elemental Gearbot (PSX) too.
Also just found his artbooks on Amazon.co.jp
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%9C%AC-%E7%B ... 1%E5%A3%AB
It's absolutely beautiful art.