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Yuko Shimizu

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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

Whether you make it or not is never about talent. message to the aspiring artists

“Can you tell who’s going to make it in your class?” I sometimes get this big question. And my answer is YES, I CAN. Their eyes open up twice as big. But wait! I need to explain a bit more.

Recently in my class, a students, who is very talented, but lacking a bit of focus, and hasn't been creating work up to his talent, said “I always wanted to be a concept artist, but not anymore”. I asked why. Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.86 · 49,060 ratings · 4,874 reviews · 105 distinct works

	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Yuko Shimizu (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 5,800,213 ratings — published 1925 — 5684 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1) by Sōsuke Natsukawa, Louise Heal Kawai (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Kevin Shen (Narrator) 3.71 avg rating — 80,959 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silence by Shūsaku Endō, William Johnston (Translation), Martin Scorsese (Foreword) 4.09 avg rating — 38,334 ratings — published 1966 — 163 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde, Yuko Shimizu (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 33,874 ratings — published 1888 — 911 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Bill Willingham (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Peter Gross (Writer, Artist) 3.74 avg rating — 20,203 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unwritten, Vol. 4: Leviathan by Mike Carey (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Peter Gross (Writer, Artist), Vince Locke (Finishes) 4.01 avg rating — 4,930 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Wild Swan: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham (Goodreads Author), Yuko Shimizu (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.64 avg rating — 5,300 ratings — published 2015 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unwritten, Vol. 6: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words by Mike Carey (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Peter Gross (illustrator), Yuko Shimizu (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 4,054 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yuko Shimizu 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living With: Yuko Shimizu 4.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド（下）（新潮文庫） (Japanese Edition)

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Patriot: A Memoir

by Alexei Navalny

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君のためのバラ

by Natsuki Ikezawa

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Yuko Shimizu wants to read Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Yuko Shimizu wants to read Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America by Beth Macy (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Yuko Shimizu liked ツツ's review of 末期ガンでも元気です 38歳エロ漫画家、大腸ガンになる: "the rabbit characters are so cute and expressive, perhaps emotionally insulating too given the heavy topics. not only about the medical field but also touches on depression and child abuse. very informative on the subject of colon cancer, and the ite" Read more of this review »
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Yuko Shimizu is 50% done with Patriot: I’m totally mind blown by how much humor this man had in unthinkable circumstances. The book is funny. I did not expect that. At all. Hugest respect. RIP. Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny progress:	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“If getting old is about appreciating more in life, then getting old doesn't sound too bad.”
― Yuko Shimizu, Living With: Yuko Shimizu

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“Motherfuckers will read a book that’s one third Elvish, but put two sentences in Spanish and they [white people] think we’re taking over.”
― Junot Díaz

tags: elvish, lord-of-the-rings, racism, spanish, white-people

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“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”
― Deepak Chopra

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“It's because of you when I'm in bed in the morning that I can wind my spring and tell myself I have to live another good day.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

tags: life

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“Choices are made in brief seconds and paid for in the time that remains.”
― Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers

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