
© Yuko Shimizu
Yuko Shimizu, a multi-award winning, New York based Illustrator and Globetrotter stops off at the TH Nürnberg to teach a five day workshop.
It’s hot outside. There’s no wind blowing and it is extremely hard to focuse today. But when Yuko Shimizu talks to the students in her Illustration Masterclass at the Design Department of TH Nürnberg (Nuremberg Institute of Technology) in June 2019 , everyone listens very carefully – to each and every word. Yuko Shimizu is a world famous artist with plenty of experience. She is originally from Japan but works and lives in New York. She teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York and has a very long client list, as well as several awards in her baggage (read at the end of the page).
She has an important message for her students today: “Everyone should do small exercises first”, she says. “The larger works will follow later.” The students are eager to show her how talented they already are and grumble. „Which is a good thing but everything needs time to grow.“
Later that day I had the opportunity to interview Yuko and she told me a lot … about her philosophy, a very important aspect of her illustration career besides of skill and personal style. We will also hear about the person Yuko, her interests and what inspires her to do her unique illustrations.
Read the full interview here: