Speaking (online) for this year’s Graphika Manila 2021 event, one of (if not the) biggest design festival(s) in Asia.
There will be 10 speakers giving talks from all around the world. Very affordable tickets are available for purchase now.
Free online lecture this Saturday for Bienal de Ilustración, Saturday, November 14, 4:00PM Mexico City time.
Conferencia gratuita para Bienal de Ilustración Esta Sábado, 14 de Noviembre, 16:00h, horario de CDMX
The online lecture series of different illustrators from around the world is a part of their Biannual Illustration Competition to celebrate Latin American artists. I’ll be speaking in English, but I believe there will be Spanish/Portuguese translations? Please register here, space is limited.
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The Unity Project is an initiative taken by Norman Rockwell Museum to inspire Americans to vote in the 2020 presidential election.
The museum has commissioned six working illustrators to each create a poster to encourage citizens to go vote.
All the posters are exhibited at the museum as a part of Imagine Freedom exhibit.
“Hanami: Beyond the Blooms pushes the limits of the cherry blossom experience, inviting visitors to enter an immersive world of spring re-imagined. Now an annual tradition, ARTECHOUSE’s cherry blossom-inspired installation continues to celebrate springtime and women in the arts and tech. This seasonal installation continues with the 2020 ARTECHOUSE theme of exploring the role of science in art and technology.
A centuries-old Japanese tradition of blossom viewing takes on a whole new abstract interpretive meaning as hand-made ink illustrations by Yuko Shimizu are transformed digitally to follow vibrant cherry blossom flowers on an exciting and interactive journey through land, sea, and air.
Hanami: Beyond the Blooms transports visitors into a new tale of spring as they contemplate the renewal and chaos of the season, engage with centuries-old traditions and explore the interconnectedness of the natural world. Shimizu’s vivid illustrations are brought to life with cutting-edge interactivity, as powerful winds sweep flowers across the sky, birds take flight, and vibrant petals fall gently. Traditional taiko drums give way to surreal paths of hand-illustrated cherry blossom trees and a Japanese-inspired environment where visitors can welcome spring. Hanami beautifully shows how technology and code can combine seamlessly with illustration and nature to breathe new life into this familiar time of year, allowing visitors to enjoy the thrills and beauty of a seasonal phenomenon beyond its limited organic time-span.”
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I am happy to announce my participation at TOCA ME Design Conference, a one day event in Munich, Germany.
Tickets are now available.
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UPDATES: you can now watch the selection of award winning films online, up to March 8, 2020
I am invited as one of the jury members in this year’s Clermont_Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which is the world’s largest short film festival, held every year in this small city in central France.
There were over 9,000 films entered into the festival. International, which is my category, has 80 films, all will be screened throughout the week. And I will be illustrating next year’s festival poster.
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I was just notified Godzilla Showa Era Film Box Set for Criterion Collection (Just released at the end of October) had won Gold Medal in advertising category from the Society of Illustrators.
Thank you AD Eric Skillman and the team for the wonderful project, and the perfect ‘Goldilocks’ art direction. Thank you jury members and everyone involved in making this happen.
Award ceremony and exhibition opening will be on Friday, January 10, 2020 at the Society of Illustrators, NY. Hope to see you there.
I will be speaking at PIXEL SHOW, a large scale design festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Coming to Sao Paulo for the first time ever. Also, my partner in crime, Marcos Chin, is also coming to speak at the same event.
Very excited. See you soon!
I don’t do events often in NY area, but I will be participating in this fun event during NY ComicCon.
Tickets: $20 Non-members | $15 Members | $10 Seniors/students (Undergrad with valid ID)
“Tripwire’s editor-in-chief Joel Meadows has spent the last three decades covering the best in comics and genre, and Masters Of Comics is a book that takes a look at the studios and work practices of the world’s finest comic artists and illustrators. This talk and signing will feature a selection of the artists featured in the book including Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire, Eight), Bill Sienkiewicz (Legion TV show, Elektra Assassin), Yuko Shimuzu (The Unwritten, New York Times) and Walter Simonson (Ragnarok, Thor, Manhunter), Dan Panosian (cover artist 100 Bullets, The Punisher), and Dave Johnson (artist, X-Men, Logan) talking about their working practices and their studios.”
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I will be a guest speaker (ahem, called a “Knight”) at a multifaceted art festival Trojan Horse was a Unicorn (THU), which will take place for five days in Valletta, in the southern island nation of Malta.
Tickets are now available. Hope you can come join and have fun time together. I am super excited about this, and hope you are too!
