Sana Takeda

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Sana Takeda
Born1977
Niigata, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Area(s) Manga artist, Letterer, Colourist
Notable works
 Monstress
Awards Hugo Award, Eisner Award
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Sana Takeda (born 1977) is a Japanese illustrator and comic book artist [1] known for her work on the Hugo Award [2] winning series Monstress .

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Biography

Takeda was born in Niigata, [3] [4] and now resides in Tokyo, Japan. At age 20 Takeda started working as a 3D CGI [5] designer for Sega, creating pictures of soccer and NBA athletes. [5] She became a freelance artist when she was 25. [3] After sending her portfolio to C. B. Cebulski, she began working on several projects for Marvel Comics, including X-Men, Venom, Civil War II [6] and Ms. Marvel. [3] In 2006-2008 she worked with C. B. Cebulski on their creator-owned series Drain . [7] In 2010 she started to work with Marjorie Liu on X-23 [5] for Marvel Comics and in 2013 the two started to work on their creator-owned series Monstress .

The artists identified by Takeda as major influences include: Kuniyoshi Utagawa’s ukiyo-e woodblock prints, Shigeru Mizuki’s yōkai (Japanese spirits) art, and illustrations of Ishihara Gōjin. [8] [4]

Bibliography

Interior art

References

  1. ↑ "Google knowledge graph". www.google.com.
  2. ↑ "MONSTRESS Wins 2017 HUGO AWARD". Newsarama. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  3. 1 2 3 Liu, Marjorie; Tekada, Sana (2017). Monstress Vol. 2. Image Comics. ISBN   9781534305465. bio
  4. 1 2 Kelts, Roland (19 March 2017). "Breaking the comic book glass ceiling". The Japan Times. Retrieved 25 January 2018. image Archived 2017-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 3 Harper, David (9 February 2016). "Sana Takeda on the Beauty and Darkness of Monstress - SKTCHD". SKTCHD. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sana Takeda". marvel.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Rogers, Vaneta (15 November 2006). "NEWSARAMA.COM: ONE TO WATCH: SANA TAKEDA". Archived from the original on 15 November 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ↑ "Gojin Ishihara – 26 Japanese 70's illustrations to scare kids". 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015.


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