Marcio Takara is a

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artist known for his work on books such as '' Incorruptible'', '' The Incredibles: Family Matters'' and ''

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''.

Career

Takara has named

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and

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among his artistic influences. From 2010 to 2011, Takara worked on '' Incorruptible'' for

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, providing art for 16 issues in total beginning with Irredeemable No. 11.Takara, Maracio
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. MarcioTakara.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011. As of 2014, he is currently working on '' Captain Marvel'' for

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. Takara has been working as a comic artist professionally since 2006 for several publishers like Boom! Studios, Image Comics, Marvel and DC Comics.

Reception

Rich Johnston from bleedingcool.com praised Marcio's artwork in ''Family Matters'' comparing it to

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and stating it has "wonderfully composed pages that make real emotional points, emphasis funny gags, and give a real sense of reality to these 2D versions of 3D CGI characters."

Technique and materials

Takara begins his pages with ink thumbnail sketches with which he shows his overall ideas to his editor. When he begins the actual pencils, he keeps them "loose", because he will eventually ink over them himself, and does not require greater specificity. The penciling stage is the fastest stage for Takara, who does all of his pencil work with an HB 0.5

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, completing two or three penciled pages a day, sometimes even inking all three by the end of the day, which he does with Micron pens ranging in size from .005 to 1.0,

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brush pens and cheap brushes for filling in large black areas.'' The Incredibles: Family Matters'' trade paperback. (July 2009)

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Personal life

In 2011, Takara moved from

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. Previously, he lived for eight years in Toronto, Canada. According to his social media postings as of 2025, Takara stated his most recent projects include: "Detective Comics, "Nightwing", "Green Arrow", "Hellblazer" and Hawkman for DC Comics. "Captain Marvel", All-New Wolverine", "Daredevil", "Jessica Jones" and "Wolverine" for Marvel Comics. He also stated that he is a huge fan of Diet Coke.

Selected bibliography

* '' The Incredibles: Family Matters'' (with writer

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, March to June 2009)

References

External links

Marcio Takara – Homepage
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Interview with Marcio Takara
– Sigmate Studio

Family Matters
– Comic Vine

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