I’m Hazuki Uno and I am currently a junior majoring in Illustration and minoring in Communication Design at Parsons The New School of Design. My nationality is Japanese, however, I have only lived there for five years of my life. Since when I was small, I moved around the world. I have lived in places such as Mexico, Switzerland, and Germany and now I live in New York. I started to have interest in art since I was small. I realized I really liked to draw when I had to draw when I was in kindergarten.
Many of my works have a strong connection with myself. A mixture of the experiences that I gained by interacting with people from different cultures, exploring different countries and my own culture are my biggest inspiration for my works. In my work, I also tend to use multiple colors, which defines my aesthetics. I also like to use ‘flower’ as inspiration and subject of the piece, because a flower is one of the objects which can express what I want to communicate to the viewer. Some of the medium I use often is ink, watercolor, pen and digital media. My sketchbook is one of the things I need when making my work.
My main inspiration will keep being my experience and my background but I would like to use that to help other people in some way. Also, I find research helpful when getting inspiration. Recently I figured out that I adore the editorial design and editorial illustrations. I would like to combine technique of digital and analog media, as well as illustration and graphic design. My goal is to create something that is practical, something that helps others, but still make it visually pleasing and beautiful.