Kentaro Okawara first started drawing when he was only five-years-old. It was around the time his grandfather died so, in order to cheer up his grandma, he’d send her hand-drawn postcards week after week.
Years later, Okawara lives in Tokyo where he paints and illustrates all day long. His style is refreshing and childlike in the best possible way and we fell in love with his art at first sight.
“Ever since I was young, I’ve always loved making things. I’ve always drawn exactly what I want to draw. But over time, bit by bit, I got distracted by more sensible ways of thinking,” the artist told WePresent. Adjusting to the ways things “should” be done made him feel suffocated, so he did his best to escape that feeling. The art he makes is a crucial part of that process.
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