Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimizu

Award winning Japanese illustrator based in New York City and instructor at School of Visual Arts.

HOW INTERNATIONAL DESIGN ANNUAL

HOW MAGAZINE‘s 2008 International Design Annual just came out.3×3 MAGAZINE issue in which my work was featured has won Merit in Editorial Category. Yay!

Congratulations to Editor, Art Director and Designer Charles Hiverly, and everyone who worked on this issue including my dear friend Kai Kiuchi, photographer for my feature article.

BOOK SEASON IS HERE!

Posted above are some recently published books. How exciting, it feels like everything is coming out at the same time! Because of this, I quickly organized PRESS SECTION and added them as well as some old press and sample page spreads as links. Check it out.

3×3 ANNUAL No.4 IS HERE!

I haven’t updated illustration section in a while, I know. It is not that I haven’t been working, it is just that a lot of the jobs I have been doing recently are not ready to be shown due to the contracts with my clients. So, plese stay tuned…I posted series of mural images to my top page. They were actually created about two years ago. The library where the mural is supposed to go up is still under construction.

Some jobs just takes a long time to mature like that. I will make a page with all the mural panels very soon.

In the meantime, check out this cute young ILLUSTRATiON ANNUAL 3×3. I am loving this unpretentious annual filled with fresh talent, and so are my students at SVA.I was honored to receive Gold Award and Silver Award this year. Big thank you to the judges and my art directors, Antonio De Luca of The Walrus Magazine and Chie Araki of MTV!

YUKO HAS JOINED SKETCHTRAVEL

I have officially joined SKETCHTRAVEL, a traveling sketchbook drawn in by artists from around the world. Please read more about this interesting project on their site and on the blog. I received it from my former roommate James Jean (who lives in LA) when we met up in Atlanta two weeks ago. Tomer is next in the line. I will call you when I am done.

February 27, 2008

My mail program crashed this morning. I have lost some of the incoming e-mails that were sent between last night and this afternoon. If you are expecting a reply from me but haven’t heard back, I may not have gotten your message. Please e-mail me back again.

Big thanks to the guys from LaptopMD, all the data is recovered and my e-mail program is back and running again. Yay!

YUKO IS AWAY

I am on a business trip to Atlanta, Georgia. I will be back to my studio on Monday, February 25th. Have a good weekend.

SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS EDITORIAL SILVER MEDAL

Thank you Society of Illustratorsfor giving me a Silver Medal on the Editorial Category. Also, American Illustration 25 cover has been accepted into the Book category.Unfortunately I won’t be around for the award ceremony on Friday, February 22nd. The show will be up till March 22nd.

Society of Illustrators is located at 128 East 63rd Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues) New York, NY 10021.

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