Keiji Terakoshi's Profile

Keiji Terakoshi

Keiji Terakoshi (photo: Oct, 2015)

  [Simplified personal history]
  1950  
  Born in Toyama Prefecture (Northern Japan).
  1968  
  In summer, impressed by the Rembrandt's pictures, especially his representation of
the light & shade. Started to draw pictures.
  1969  
  After graduated from Urawa senior high school, studied classic and modern painting,
and Dadaism for five years by himself.
  1975  
  Studied the methodology of composing images at the Bigakko (Chiyoda ward, Tokyo).
  1976  
  Studied the painting method of miniature at the Bigakko.
  1979  
  Started drawing illustrations for publication like travel guide books, scientific
magazines, and so on.
1981  
Mechnikov and phagocytosis, or white blood cells engulfing bacteria   His works were selected for the yearly book "ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN" (Kodansha)
for the first time, which contains Japanese famous artist's works.
Drew illustrations for the scientific magazine "Newton" from the first issue to 1989.
1983  
Started drawing illustrations of "Japanese birds" series for the monthly education
magazine "The Education Notebook". This series continued 48 times, and many of
those birds are exhibited in this gallery now.
Indri & Sifaka: Leaping lemurs in the forest of Madagascar 1985  
Started drawing illustrations of "Animals at crisis of the extinction" series for the
scientific magazine "Utan" (Gakken), and some of those animals are exhibited in this
gallery now.
1986  
  Yearly book "illustration file" (Genkosha), which contains selected illustrators' works,
was published. From the first issue, his works have been invited every year.
  1987  
From this year to 1990 (when it finished the publication), he had been one of the
invited illustrators for the yearly book "ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN".
Sinomegaceros yabei & Stone age Japanese 1988  
Drew the illustration of the Original Japanese & Sinomegaceros yabei for the poster of
"The Origin of the Japanese" exhibition (at The National Museum of Nature and
Science, Tokyo).
1990  
Maiasaura: Mothering her babies Drew the illustration of Maiasaura for the poster of exhibition "Dinosaur Collection of
The Museum of The Rockies, Montana State University" (at The National Museum of
Nature and Science, Tokyo).
1993  
  Drew plenty of illustrations of dinosaurs for the poster etc. of the exhibition
"The DINO-PARK" (at BIG EGG CITY, Tokyo).
  1994  
Started drawing with computer (using Photoshop). Since this year, his painting style
changed into 2D or 3D digital, not acrylic.
Chipmunk: Filling cheek pouches with acorns 1995  
Drew illustrations of chipmunks, animals, and birds for the picture books for children
"Chipmunk" and "The House of Small Lives" (Froebel-Kan).
Little Grebe: Mom, I want a piggyback ride, too! 1996  
Participated in "Super illustration exhibition: drawings of nature of space and the earth"
with Mr. Kazuaki Iwasaki, Mr. Hisashi Saitoh, and Mr. Ukei Tomori (at Aichi prefecture).
Brachiosaurus: Gigantic three, marching 1997  
Drew illustrations of dinosaurs for the picture book for children "Dinosaurs" (Froebel-Kan).
Established his website "Gallery DOFU-AN".
Red Swamp Crayfish in Ostentation: The first-ever close-up of the mouth, perhaps 1998  
Published Photoshop technique book "Photoshop Super Illustration" (Graphic-sha),
which have got good reputation.
Started "Photoshop lecture" on "Gallery DOFU-AN" in March (until 2001).
A Detailed Map of Huis Ten Bosch: An amusement park in Nagasaki, Japan Drew illustrations for the picture book for children "Red Swamp Crayfish" (Froebel-Kan).
Drew the illustration map of "Huis Ten Bosch", an amusement park at Nagasaki
prefecture (JTB).
  1999  
Honeybee and Chinese Milk Vetch: Collecting nectar and pollen 1 Drew illustrations for the picture book for children "Honey" (Froebel-Kan).
2001  
Released CD-R version "Photoshop Super Illustration" (DOFU-AN, until 2006).
Seven-spotted Ladybug: Approaching a prey Drew illustrations for the picture book for children "Ladybug" (Froebel-Kan).
Drew cover illustrations for the monthly magazine "Nikkei Biotechnology & Business"
(Nikkei Business Publication, until June 2002).
Pill Bug: Rolled up into a tight ball against an Ant 2002  
Drew illustrations for the picture book for children "Pill Bug" (Froebel-Kan).
2003  
January, revised "Gallery DOFU-AN" greatly.
Tyrannosaurus: Rushing at Ornithomimus Drew cuts for the monthly column titled "To Children & Adults" written by Masao Kawai
(The Tokyo Shinbun news paper) until August 2004.
Drew illustrations for the educational pictorial book for children "Dinosaurs"
(Hikarinokuni).
Maiasaura: Mealtime for dinosaur babies 2004  
Drew illustrations for the picture book for children "Dinosaurs" (Froebel-Kan).
Drew illustrations for the front cover & frontispiece of the dictionary "The Way of
Counting" (Shogakukan).
  Jointly wrote the Photoshop technique book "Practical Technique of Photoshop for
Illustrators" (Genkosha).
Mammuthus: Lumbering across an ancient snowfield 2005  
March, his illustration of Mammoth was selected for the composition of
commemorative stamp of "EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN" (click here for more info)
Participated in the revised edition of "The Text of Guidance Course" (Kodansha
famous schools), the training course for illustrators.
  2006  
  January, changed his drawing system to Mac OSX.
A Cretaceous Scene with Tyrannosaurus : T. rex looking around peacefully on a full stomach November, revised "Gallery DOFU-AN" greatly.
Drew plenty of illustrations for the picture books for children "The Dinosaurs Great
Collection", "Perfect Dinosaurs Illustration Book", etc. (Nagaokashoten).
A Cretaceous Scene with Tarbosaurus: The predator striding over the old Mongolia 2007  
April, visitors to "Gallery DOFU-AN" exceeded a hundred thousand.
Published "Dinosaurs: Keiji Terakoshi's World" (Froebel-Kan), his first personal
anthology of dinosaurs works.
Red Swamp Crayfish: Tackling together Drew illustrations for the new picture book for children "Red Swamp Crayfish"
(Froebel-Kan).
2008  
Drew illustrations for the new picture book for children "Ladybug" (Froebel-Kan).
A Cretaceous Scene with Fishing Spinosaurus: Spinous teeth crunching down on a big bony fish, Lepidotes. Drew illustrations for the picture book "Dinosaurs Pop-up Sound Book"
(Nagaokashoten).
2009  
  "Dinosaur Walk", the latest permanent exhibition at Melbourne Museum, Australia,
displays a variety of his illustrations of Dinosaurs on explanatory panels, etc.
Tyrannosaurus: Attacking Edmontosaurus 2 2010  
Drew illustrations for the new picture book for children "Dinosaurs" (Childbook).
Two bees are passing honey from mouth to mouth Drew illustrations for the picture book for children "Honey" (Froebel-Kan).
2011  
Black Carpenter Ant: Let's store foods in our house! Drew illustrations for the picture book for children "Bug's life in the garden"
(Froebel-Kan).
  2012  
Tyrannosaurus: Chasing Edmontosaurus Drew illustrations for the picture book for children "Dinosaurs & the Prehistoric Lives"
(Froebel-Kan).
  2013  
  Drew illustrations for the picture book for children "Eggs - and the start of life - "
(Froebel-Kan).
  2014  
Tyrannosaurus vs. Triceratops:  A serious threat in the thick forest   Drew illustrations for the picture book for children "Finding Dinosaurs!"
(SEKAI BUNKA PUBLISHING INC.)
Tyrannosaurus vs. Triceratops: A moment of tension The Temporary Exhibition "The Last American Dinosaurs: Discovering a Lost World",
at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Washington, have started to display Terakoshi's illustration on panel (to 2018).
Tyrannosaurus growling in his run 2015  
Drew illustrations for the picture book "The Ultra-complete Picture Book of Dinosaurs & Paleofaua" (Nagaokashoten).

  [Books - in a chronological order]
  1991  
  "Nature illustration" (joint work) / Tokuma shoten
.Anthology of a dozen of Japanese illustrators mainly drawing lives. Contains his
...31 illustrations.

1992  
  "ANIMAL ILLUSTRATIONS" (joint work) / Bijutsu shuppan
.Anthology of a dozen of Japanese illustrators mainly drawing lives. Contains his
...13 illustrations.
  1995  



"Chipmunk" (Kinderbook Nature series) / Froebel-Kan
.Afterward, he drew illustrations for this series for children: "The Houses of Small
...Lives", "Ladybug", "Red Swamp Crawfish", "Honey ", "Dinosaurs", "Pill Bug", and
...so on. Kinderbooks are subscribed only through kindergartens and nursery schools
...since the first publication more than 80 years ago (click here for more info).
to "Photoshop Super Illustration: All of Superreal Technique" 1998  
"Photoshop Super Illustration: All of Superreal Technique" / Graphic-sha
.It shows in detail the process of how the author draws pictures by Adobe
...Photoshop 4.0.
  2003  
  "Dinosaurs" (Child picture book "Mio" No.6) / Hikarinokuni
.Made the plots by himself, and drew illustrations for the whole 64 pages.
  2007  
to "Ladybug" (Loving nature "Daisuki shizen" / insect 1) "Ladybug" (Loving nature "Daisuki shizen" / insect 1) / Froebel-Kan
."Ladybug", one of most popular titles selected from the monthly Kinderbook
...Nature series, was published in the form of a hardcover book, and is now widely
...available at bookstores. This is a scientific picture book for children that depicts
...life of seven spotted ladybugs in the story style.
to "Pill Bug" (Loving nature "Daisuki shizen" / insect 2) "Pill Bug" (Loving nature "Daisuki shizen" / insect 2) / Froebel-Kan
."Pill Bug", one of most popular titles selected from the monthly Kinderbook Nature
...series, was published in the form of a hardcover book, and is now widely available
...at bookstores. This is a scientific picture book for children that depicts behavior of
...pill bugs, a favorite with children.
to "The Dinosaurs Great Collection" "The Dinosaurs Great Collection"
"Perfect Dinosaurs Illustration Book" / Nagaokashoten
.These books for children contain works on the prehistoric lives and over 60 species
...of representative dinosaurs. As variations, there are "Dinosaurs Magnetic Seal Book"
...and "Dinosaurs Figure Illustration Book".
to "Dinosaurs: Keiji Terakoshi's World" "Dinosaurs: Keiji Terakoshi's World" / Froebel-Kan
.This is his first personal anthology of illustrations and essays, containing over 160
...works of dinosaurs. All works have author's comments, and there are eight pages
...of explanations of how to draw illustrations by Adobe Photoshop.
  2009  
to "Dinosaurs Pop-up Sound Book" "Dinosaurs Pop-up Sound Book" / Nagaokashoten
.This is an A4 size, 16-page illustration book that contains beautiful 4 panorama
...scenes, 3 amusing pop-ups, and unique 12 sounds of dinosaurs reproduced by an
...inside module.
to "Red Swamp Crayfish" (Loving nature "Daisuki shizen" / aquatic life 4) "Red Swamp Crayfish" (Loving nature "Daisuki shizen" / aquatic life 4) / Froebel-Kan
."Red Swamp Crayfish", one of most popular titles selected from the monthly
...Kinderbook Nature series, was published in the form of a hardcover book, and is
...now widely available at bookstores. This is a scientific picture book for children that
...depicts life of Red Swamp Crayfish in detail.
to "The Great Discovery of Dinosaurs" 2015  
"The Great Discovery of Dinosaurs" / SEKAI BUNKA PUBLISHING INC.
• This book contains more than 40 species of dinosaurs, and you will enjoy some vivid
... scenes like "Tyrannosaurus vs Triceratops" or "Marching Apatosaurus".
to "The Ultra-complete Picture Book of Dinosaurs & Paleofaua" 2016  

"The Ultra-complete Picture Book of Dinosaurs & Paleofaua" / Nagaokashoten
• This book contains more than 120 images of dinosaurs and other paleofauna, and you can also find out new reconstructions such as Spinosaurus, Regaliceratops, Nastoceratops, etc.


  [Specialized publications concerning his techniques or works]
  1981  
  "ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN" / Kodansha
.His works were selected for this book for the first time. He had been one of the
...invited illustrators from 1987 until 1990, when the publication was discontinued.
  1984  
  "Realistic Illustrations in Japan" / Graphic-sha
.4 works were chosen (for 2 pages).
  1985  
  "Atelier" No.698 / Atelier publisher
.7 works were picked out (for opening 7 pages).
  "Illustration" No.37 / Genkosha
.His works and techniques were featured with 12 pages as "Keiji Terakoshi's HOW
...TO DRAW".
  1986  
  "DESIGNERS' WORKSHOP" No.15 / Bijutsu shuppan
.His works, techniques, and comments were featured with 5 pages as "Illustration
...Part 2 -Restoration of Techne".
  "Illustration today" / Graphic-sha
.3 works were chosen.
  "Illustration file" / Genkosha
.His works have been invited since the first issue throughout today (as mentioned
...above).
  1987  
  "Realistic Illustrations in Japan 2" / Graphic-sha
.2 works were chosen.
  "Illustration dictionary part 1" / Visual design institute
.This book demonstrates many works with various analyses and comments for
...student. 7 of his works were selected as examples.
  1991  
  "Nature illustration" (joint work) / Tokuma shoten
.Anthology of a dozen of Japanese illustrators mainly drawing lives. Contains his 31
...illustrations (as mentioned above).
  1992  
  "Animal Illustrations" (joint work) / Bijutsu shuppan
.Anthology of a dozen of Japanese illustrators mainly drawing lives. Contains his 13
...illustrations (as mentioned above).
  1994  
  "SUPER DESIGNING" No.11 / Genko-sha
.His digital works and techniques were featured with 4 pages as "Art Works on the
...Macintosh".
  1995  
  "illustration" No.99 / Genko-sha
.His digital works and techniques were featured as "Technique of using pen-tablet
...perfectly".
  1998  
  "AGOSTO Art & Design No.01" / Agosto
.His Photoshop techniques were featured with 8 pages as "The post CG realism".
  1999  
  "Photoshop Professionals Vol.7" / MdN
.His works and techniques were featured with 6 pages, mainly how to use the
...custom-brushes.
  2002  
  "MdN CREATOR'S FILE / 340 Creators of 21st century" / MdN
.His profile and main works were selected and introduced.
  "COMMERCIAL PHOTO 2002/10" / Genko-sha
.2 recent works were introduced as the feature on "15 illustrators' Digital Work File".
  "Computer Graphics World" / IDG Japan
.His works, techniques, and comments were featured with 4 pages as "Masterly
...skills of the digital illustrators".
  2004  
  "The practical technique of Photoshop for illustrators" / Genko-sha
.His several works and techniques were introduced with 9 pages, with a special
...focus on the effect of layers.
  2005  
  The training course of illustrator "The Text of Guidance Course" / Kodansha famous schools
.His 2 works and a comment about originality were appeared on the theme of
..."Miniaturistic Illustration".
...