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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