The series of illustration were created for Men's Health Magazine (US edition) in 2014. There were three illustration to accompany the story about the danger of swimming in open sea. They are in sequence, getting hit by a large wave, then getting drowned, and at the end, the man who may be hitting the bottom of the sea. Any of the client work is more about research rather than inspiration. They accompany specific articles, and whether you can come up with good images or not depends on how well you understand the subject matter. So, after I read, it is followed by research on the subject. Once you have a full understanding, it is so much easier to come up with the images that fit the topic nicely.

- Yuko Shimizu

About Yuko Shimizu

Yuko Shimizu is a Japanese illustrator based in New York City and instructor at School of Visual Arts. She works at her studio in midtown Manhattan, and fulfills her passion of world travel by giving lectures and workshops around the world and various cities in the US. She has not gotten into mid-life crisis since she has became an artist. You can find more of her works on her Behance profile or website.