Marcio Takara

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  We were wowed by artist Marcio Takara's ambitious completion of 120 tiny characters back in 2011, but it appears he didn't slow down for a second between then and now and have amassed a total of 200 illustrations. Takara's been adding characters little-by-little over the course of the past three years with a focus on heroes and villains from comic books, cartoons, video games, television and fil

Sure, today may be "Avengers Vs. X-Men Day" in celebration of tonight's release of the first issue of Marvel's latest event book, but in the widely-circulated PSA comic Hard Choices, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four are dealing with a less tactile problem in our world: underage drinking...

Artist of such comic titles as Boom! Studios' Incorruptible and former Incredibles series, plus other work at Marvel and Image, Marcio Takara makes a big impression drawing nimble figures that are bursting with life. As proven by Takara's series of tiny characters, the artist is capable of conveying the same sprightly sense of wonder to heroes and villains even at the smallest of scales... Read Mo

It turns out that our old friend Marcio Takara doesn't just draw tiny heroes. He makes big ones as well. And they are gorgeous. He's got an approach to Supergirl, The Avengers and Spider-Woman that's somewhere between Adam Hughes and Cliff Chiang, opting for clean, decisive lines, but he keeps his surfaces curvy with soft colors...

They say that big things come in little packages, and that's certainly the case when it comes to the latest artistic endeavor from Brazilian comic book artist Marcio Takara. Currently based in Canada, Takara has recently taken to working on "a series of tony superhero drawings," according to a post over at Oculoid...