Kawayoo is an artist I discovered a day or two ago while browsing some loose Japanese Pokemon cards at an import store which caught my eye. With the help of a friend, I tracked the card's illustration back to Kawaguchi Yoohei, a freelance illustrator who goes by the name of 'Kawayoo.' His work could be best classified as somewhat surreal and ecclectic, with heavily layered images which employ typically desaturated color palettes with selective color pop areas to draw attention to the main subject in the composition.
I really loved looking through his works and seeing his take on the cyberpunkish worlds that his dynamic characters inhabit, full of clutter, chaos and unorthodox shapes and patterns. Despite some of his work being somewhat inspired by what people would classify as stereotypical anime, I think he gives his pieces enough of a twist to elevate them to an all new level where they are free of that negative connotation. Check out a small sampling of his work after the break!
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