Giraffe Sketch

Here is a little sketch of a giraffe.
I love their shapes and especially their eyes with long eyelashes :)

Illustration Friday -Dip

To face your fear, you need to take one step at a time.
First step: dipping the foot!

Bath time

A quick sketch of a girl and a relaxed penguin in a bubble bath :)

Illustration Friday -Focused

This guy seems really focused.
(The word means "focus" in Japanese.)

Illustration Friday -Entangled-

Entangled scarf can be nice sometimes ;)

Illustration Friday -Flying

Some penguins are still trying to fly...!

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Just a little sketch

I haven't been updating this blog for a little while now...
Here is just a little sketch I did recently.

Flying Penguin

This is another short animation of a penguin.
It's a little hard to see, but it's about a penguin who dreams of flying...

Flying Penguin from Junko Miyakoshi on Vimeo.

Illustration Friday -Contagious-

Yawn can be pretty contagious. I don't know how many times I yawned drawing this and looking at yawning faces.

Turning Point

"There is a new beginning to every ending"

This is my last piece of the Penguin/Haiku series. At least for now :)

Possibility

"What seems impossible is the limitations set by yourself"

Often times we draw the line by ourselves between what we think we can and we can't. I think one can display greater ability by giving oneself unlimited possibility.

Kindness

"You don't need a reason to be kind"
There always seems to be some sort of reason to hurt or be mean to someone, but I think you don't really need a reason to be nice and kind to others.

Illustration Friday -Heavy-

Illustration Friday -Leap-

Look before you leap!

Tancredi

This is a book cover illustration of a story called "Tancredi" It's about a man with two heads, one good and one evil. I wanted to depict how there are both good and evil in everyone without being too obvious.

Book dummy from the past...

This is a children's book dummy I made when I was around 13 or 14 years old. The story is based on my own experience of the time when I moved to Canada for a few years as a child.

"Junko's Black Hair"








"Illustration & story by Junko Miyakoshi"

"One day, Junko arrived at an airport with her mom. As she looked around and saw unfamiliar people, she thought..."

"Wow... brown hair, blond hair, red hair... they're so beautiful! Why is my hair black...?"

"I got it! Hair color changes if I stay here!"

"'What hair color do I want? Brown? But blond is also good..' Junko excitedly waited her hair color to change but..."
"Her hair color stayed black in the morning and at night."


"One day, Junko got into a new school. She felt uncomfortable being the only kid with black hair, but then..."
"Everyone gathered around her saying, 'Wow, you have such pretty black hair!'"

"That night, Junko looked herself in a mirror and thought, 'Maybe this black hair isn't bad after all... Maybe this black hair is only for me!'"
"Ever since that day, Junko proudly had her black hair down."
-The End-

"How Junko's day starts"














This actually is a true story, and I really thought my hair color would change..!! All Japanese people have black hair (unless dyed), and it was pretty shocking for a 5 year-old kid who had never been outside her country!!

Aging

This is an illustration about whether we can stop/cure aging or not.

A dream of penguins

I wanted to depict penguins' desire to fly.

The Reluctatnt Dragon

I was given a project to do a book illustration of a story "The Reluctant Dragon". I chose to illustrate what a Japanese version would be, and here are the sketches and the final of the boy, the dragon, and the samurai. I wanted to paint this somewhat flat, but I was afraid it might look too flat on one layer, so I decided to put more than one layer to get some depth. It was harder than I thought to paint on acrylic paper pads.. and it sure wasn't easy to cut out those delicate lines.. I had to really focus on the tip of the knife so I didn't even realize that I had cut my finger until my finger was covered with blood, which I thought was a red acrylic paint!! But I enjoyed crafting in spite of the pain :)

Illustration Friday -Little Things-

Global warming has been one of the big issues for a while now. Some say that the North Pole will melt away by the year 2040, and also 2/3 of polar bears will die by the year 2050. We may not be able to completely stop the global warming, but there are "little things" that we can do to slow down the process, such as idling stop, recycling, less use of water and electricity, etc.. And little things can turn into something big.