Cave's Self Portrait

Bill Fletcher - the man behind YABANE ART

Bill Fletcher is a lifelong artist; specializing in sculpture, 3D art and animation. Before starting his sculpting journey, Bill worked as an animator for Disney, Industrial Light & Magic and Valve Software. You might have seen his animation work in Hercules, The Mask or Half-life 2— or even at Tokyo DisneySea!

After a 30+ year career in animation, Bill decided to dedicate himself to sculpture full time. He attended the sculpture atelier program through Gage Academy of Arts as well as specialized workshops through Anatomy Tools for human and animal anatomy. His main focus for his sculpting at present is African animals, for which he has a great fondness.

Bill currently lives and works out of his home studio in the Seattle area most of the year with his loving wife Taylor and ridiculous dog Maisey Mae. Bill and Taylor spend winters and whenever else they can in Tokyo, Japan; still doing as much art as they can.

Bill and Taylor also run a jewelry brand together called Misty Comet for which Bill does the 3D work for.