by Erin Emocling in New Illustration on Wednesday 4 July 2012

I have always been fascinated with Yuko Shimizu concepts and styles, which fuses oriental art and modern design. Here on Lost At E Minor, her illustrations are a frequent limelight stealer. Shimizu is also a contributor, too. This time, our favourite bad-ass illustrator has done it again, samurai-style. Shimizu creates amazing drawings for the booklet and cover of the Criterion Collection release of the Nipponese triad. She used Japanese calligraphy brushes and utilized red and white as prime colours to represent the Japanese flag.