About yonazagi

An expressive artist working across illustration and 3D, exploring raw emotion and form through both traditional and digital mediums.

Artist Statement

I create to feel, and the feeling never stays the same.

As yonazagi, my work shifts between digital illustration, sculptural 3D experiments, and painterly textures. I'm drawn to contrasts — fragility and intensity, tradition and technology, quiet minimalism and loud color. Every piece is a snapshot of an emotion in flux, a way of holding onto something fleeting.

My art isn't about polished perfection. It's about experimenting, breaking edges, and finding beauty in what emerges from the mess.

Artistic Process

Tools & Mediums

  • Digital Illustration — bold strokes, layered textures, experimental palettes
  • 3D Sculpting & Rendering — organic forms, masks, surreal figures
  • Traditional Influence — Japanese aesthetics, ink textures, raw sketching

Approach

I work in bursts — sketch, sculpt, distort, repaint — until the piece feels alive. Each artwork is less a finished object and more a trace of energy captured in form and color.

Creative Philosophy

My art is guided by two principles:

  • Emotion first — the work must move me before it can move others.
  • Experiment always — I embrace accidents, distortions, and the unexpected.

Recurring elements:

  • Surreal forms
  • Bold, shifting palettes
  • Contrast of tradition vs. digital
  • Identity, fragmentation, transformation

Inspiration & Themes

I draw from personal memory, Japanese culture, and the digital age's fractured aesthetic. Themes of identity, impermanence, and transformation weave through my work. I'm fascinated by how technology reshapes art — not as a replacement for tradition, but as another brush to paint with.

Connect

I share new experiments and works-in-progress across my platforms. Always open to collaborations, conversations, and collectors.

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