iirc one of the big reasons Shenske didn't want to do those was because the ps2 logos are SO EFFIN' HUGE, they're harder to format for this kind of look.
That and I don't like Final Fantasy games really. If your heart isn't in it then it really doesn't turn out all that good.
Meaning that they're large width wise, especially when compared to the FF1 and FF2 logos (and those logos Amano created especially for the 20th anniv. releases, the first 3 FF games didn't have any Amano art)
Yes, those are perect examples. Plus it is quite difficult to get the art from behind the Final Fantasy text out and enlarge it witout it looking really bad. I have to kind of guess what was there because the text is covering part of the art. Also whe it is enlarged it often becomes difficult to tell what it actually is.