Spirit and Destiny magazine
Harvey Nichols Press Book
McDonald's lunar festival mural / TMSW
Horoscope / Zest magazine
Sesoko Island feature / Hilton Club Traveller
Agony Aunt Kiss Sunday Times Newspaper Style Magazine
Wine article/ Issue One magazine
Family Agony Aunt Sunday Times Newspaper Style Magazine
Couple Agony Aunt Sunday Times Newspaper Style magazine
Eye Agony Aunt Sunday Times Newspaper Style Magazine
Agony Aunt Sunday Times Newspaper Style Magazine
Harajuku / Knot Wrap / LUSH
Mazda Automobile Magazine
Winter Wonderland
Magazine Touch Retro Girl
J Pop album cover / EMI
Superdrug Packaging
Superdrug
Agony Aunt 2 Sunday Times Newspaper Style Magazine
Harvey Nichols Press Day Invite
Country City Umbrella Fashion Poster
Japan Woodblock Yakuza Girl Bath House
Sunday Times Newspaper Style Magazine Horoscope Eco Utopia
Tokyo Wig Shop
Issue One Magazine Wonderland Twin Woodblock
Madame Butterflies
Spirit & Destiny Magazine
Fish Poster
Radio 2 Sarah Kennedy
Cypress Wig Store Poster
Love Agony Aunt Sunday Times Newspaper Style Magazine
Floral Hair Beauty Bird
Spirit & Destiny Magazine Horoscope Friendship
Wedding Agony Aunt Sunday Times Newspaper Style Magazine
123 Magazine Touch Retro Girl
Wedding Agony Aunt Sunday Times Newspaper Style Magazine
Crosstown Rebels Record Cover Techno Monster
Wedding 2 Agony Aunt Sunday Times Newspaper Style Magazine
Zest Magazine Healthy Living Caveman
Fashion Poster
Crosstown Rebels Record Cover Music Techno Monster
123 Magazine Kiss
Mortgage Agony Aunt Sunday Times Newspaper Style Magazine
Spirit & Destiny Horoscope Taurus
Mermaid
Zest Magazine Healthy Cave Man Living
Saeko was born in Japan to a painter mother who specialises in Buddhist inspired art and a philosophy professor father. Saeko moved to London in 1995 to study Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins, where she specialized in Illustration. During this time, she enjoyed experimenting with many different styles of drawings, painting and computer based picture editing skills. Saeko creates original artwork using mixed medium of pencil, water colour and cut out paper, finishing off in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Prior to becoming an illustrator, Saeko worked as a fashion stylist for clients including Vogue, Sony and JAL. Her love of fashion and beauty is clearly reflected in her artwork, and she can’t deny the influence of her mother’s Buddhist art, especially in the vivid colour scheme and heavenly mystical look she applies to her pieces. Saeko’s Japanese roots pervade strongly throughout and her sumptuous Japanese woodblock style is a look often requested by clients.
Past commissions include MAZDA, BBC, McDonald’s, Harvey Nichols, The Times, Superdrug, The Telegraph, The Independent, Management Today Magazine, Automobile Magazine, Bild Zeitung Newspaper, Waterstone’s , Zest Magazine, Spirit & Destiny Magazine, 125 Magazine, Rapt Clothing, C Book, Crosstown Rebels, Bolz Magazine, Issue One Magazine, All Access Magazine, Kawaii.
Saeko’s artwork was featured in Gestalten’s illustration collector books, ‘All Allure’ and ‘Illusive’ as well as Taiwanese design publication ‘Design Now’. Saeko’s work was also chosen by the Association of Illustrators for their industry awards, Images 36.
Saeko’s dream job is to illustrate for advertising for cosmetics, cars and prestige fashion magazines.