Female Character Design for Comics
Introduction
A course by Marcio Takara , Comic Book Artist
About the video: Introduction
Overview
“In this first lesson I will introduce myself talking about the start of my career until where I am at the moment. ”
In this video lesson Marcio Takara addresses the topic: Introduction, which is part of the Domestika online course: Female Character Design for Comics. Learn the traditional techniques to draw a female figure with volume, movement, balance, and expression from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction In this lesson I'll introduce myself. My name is Marcio Takara, I'm a comic book artist. I've been drawing since I was a kid. Then I went to university, I have a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design. I worked as a graphic designer for a few years, but that was too boring. I was living in Rio at the time, then I moved to Toronto. I worked in Toronto in a few companies doing the kind of thing I was doing at the time. Then I decided to quit everything and try to work with comic books. I just told everyone around me at the time that I would starve for a while. The more work I did an...”
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Course summary for: Female Character Design for Comics
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Comic, Drawing

Marcio Takara
A course by Marcio Takara
Marcio Takara is a comic book artist who has lived in Toronto and Rio de Janeiro over the years and has worked on comics for Marvel and DC, mostly. He used to be a graphic designer but made the switch to working with comics in 2006.
He has done work for videogames, ad agencies, and toy companies but spends most of his time working with comics for Marvel and DC, doing the covers and interior art for the books. Some of his most recent works include Detective Comics, Nightwing, Birds of Prey, and Hellblazer for DC Comics; and Captain Marvel, All-New Wolverine, Jessica Jones, and Wolverine for Marvel Comics.
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