Draws out the daydreams, the longings. Shoko Ishida is a Japanese artist and illustrator currently residing in Michigan, US, with BFA in Illustration from College for Creative Studies. Inspired by the idea of transience, nature, fashion, the nostalgic culture of Japan, she strives to create works that sparks a story. The coffee and tea enthusiast creates her mixed media works mainly using acrylics, watercolor, color pencil, ink, gouache, and pastel, for stories and gallery shows.