Updates - Archive - Yuko Shimizu

November 12, 2006

SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS 49

This year’s judging for the competition is officially over. It was a great experience judging the editorial category, and getting inspired by all the amazing submissions. Congratulations to all the accepted illustrators including medal winners. You will be hearing from them soon.

November 12, 2006

THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL THANK YOUs

Goes to my ex-roommate and the one and only James Jean, and to Kagan McLeod, how funny how we ended up becoming such good friends! Thank you both of you for coming to talk to my students despite your busy short stay in New York. You guys were AMAZING!

November 5, 2006

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Nicholas Blechman of NY Times Book review commissioned me a portrait of writer Neil Gaiman which got published today. I have to thank Neil for posting such nice comment on his site, and Nicholas for choosing the perfect subject for me to illustrate. Thank you, thank you, thank you. (I will post the image onto my site soon.)

November 5, 2006

A BLOG TO CHECK OUT

Irene Gallo, AD of TOR Books now has a blog. If you are a sci-fi fantasy art fan, it is a must read. She kindly posted a design process of They Came From Below on there. Thank you Irene!

November 5, 2006

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SOME MORE ON AI 25

I had a chance to see a sample copy of American Illustration 25on Friday, and I have to say it has one of the best selection of recent AI annuals, and I am VERY honored to be a part of it.I realized I never posted which pieces of mine got in, so here they are. Yes, the party is Thursday in NYC! See you there.

November 2, 2006

MORE SNEAK PEEK OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION 25

The first batch of American Illustration 25 books are off the printer in China and being shipped to New York. Check out the pictures. You can see how nicely Trooperguys designed this book.Click here to RSVP for the AI-AP party, and here to pre-order AI and AP books.

October 30, 2006

THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL THANK YOUs

1) Read PASTE Magazine AD José Reyes interview article here. Great resources especially for illustration students to read. Thank you José, I am very flattered. I will try to show you multiple sketches from next time on, he he.

2) Shawn Barber was in town. Thank you for showing me your new world of tattoos. And, you can own Shawn’s Tattooed Portraits book too.

October 27, 2006

AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION 25 IS COMING!

So, I guess it is official now. American Illustration 25 is getting printed right now and the release party is scheduled on November 9th. They are accepting pre-orders of the books now.I was VERY honored to create images for this silver anniversary cover, which will open up as 30″ circle double-sided poster. For sneak peak of the cover, click the icon. I will post more images once the book is out.

Thank you Mark Heflin of AI-AP, and super talented design team: Ian Allen, Tracy Boychuk and Jen Roddie of Tooper.

October 26, 2006

WELL, AFTER 4 MONTHS….

I have finally updated my illustration section. And you can see new illos at a glance here. I know, I teach seniors at SVA how they should update their site often, and this was what I had done!! How terrible. I have been traveling a lot since July, and I am finally back to my old self (= stuck in my studio, that is..). Well, at least I had been updating my news page…, blah blah blah, some excuses..

October 26, 2006

SPECTRUM?

And a student of mine told me today in class that SPECTRUM 13is out. I have not seen it, but it is out.And I have a few pieces in there, with yes, Silver Award! (Please see right) When do I get the statuette?? I am SO looking forward to it!

I have to confess, I am secretly fantasizing of becoming a sci-fi fantasy artist. As a kid, I used to collect all the Frank Frazetta paperback covers. And I am proud to say I still own them! Does any AD out there want to risk hiring me to do a sci-fi fantasy cover? ….well maybe not.. Some things are better kept as a fantasy.

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