Honorific Prefix: | The Great Digital Artist |
Kagaya Yutaka | |
Native Name: | 加賀屋豊 |
Birth Name: | Kagaya Yutaka |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1968 |
Birth Place: | Saitama |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Field: | Art |
Works: | Digital Art |
Website: | Kagayastudio.com |
is a Japanese digital artist, illustrator and photographer who is known for painting elaborately detailed and spectacularly colored images of space and utopian worlds.
Kagaya Yutaka born in Saitama, north of Tokyo(Japan). He studied and graduated from the Tokyo Designer Gakuin College. He then became an illustrator for the astronomy magazine Hoshi Navi.[1]
The International Astronomical Union named the asteroid number 11949 after Kagaya Yutaka in 2003.[1]
His images often include elements with a luminous quality. Some of his favorite subjects are astronomy and visions of utopian worlds.[1]
His most famous works focus on three main topics: Celestial Exploring, Galactic Railroad and Starry Tales. Kagaya really likes the night sky with stars and he often uses the blue color in his work.