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Yuko Shimizu

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http://www.yukoart.com/index.html

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Arts & Photography, Comics & Graphic Novels

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YUKO SHIMIZU （日本名：清水裕子） is a freelance illustrator based in New York City and an illustration instructor at School of Visual Arts. Newsweek Japan has chosen her as one of "100 Japanese People The World Respects" in 2009.

Drawing had been Yuko's hobby ever since she could remember. However, growing up in a traditional Japanese family, pursuing a path in art was just not an option. After receiving BA in advertising and marketing – the most creative of the practical field – from Waseda University she landed on a position in PR for a big corporation in Tokyo.
It never made her quite happy, and she was in a mid-life crisis at age of 22.

It still took Yuko more than 10 years of office job before she figured out what she really wanted to do and to sa...more

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Yuko Shimizu's Blog

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things I have learned so far.

I am used to public speaking. I even enjoy it. Most of time my audience is art school illustration departments. I even have multiple slide shows ready to pick and choose from to meet each school's needs. It became easier as I did more.

But, this time, it's different.
In a week, I will be speaking at a design conference in Spain called OFFF.
Audience consists of designers of different practice... read more »

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Books by Yuko Shimizu

Average rating: 3.98 · 7,338 ratings · 771 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Yuko Shimizu 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	My rating:
	The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey, Peter Gross (Illustrator), Yuko Shimizu (Cover Artist) 3.88 avg rating — 3,541 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man by Mike Carey, Peter Gross (Illustrator), Yuko Shimizu (Cover Artist) 4.05 avg rating — 1,874 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Unwritten, Vol. 3: Dead Man's Knock by Mike Carey, Peter Gross (Illustrator), Yuko Shimizu (Cover Artist) 4.11 avg rating — 1,166 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Unwritten, Vol. 4: Leviathan by Mike Carey (writer), Peter Gross (writer/artist), Vince Locke (Finishes) 4.04 avg rating — 558 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Moribito II: Guardian Of The Darkness by Nahoko Uehashi, Yuko Shimizu (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Sweet School Day by Ellie O'Ryan, Sachiho Hino (Illustrator), Yuko Shimizu (Creator) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating: