Sana Takeda

Sana Takeda is a Japanese illustrator and comic artist, born in 1977 in Niigata and based in Tokyo. She began as a 3D CGI designer for Sega before becoming a freelance illustrator. She co-created X-23 art for Marvel with writer Marjorie Liu before the two launched the creator-owned series Monstress in 2015, blending Japanese woodblock and yokai art influences with manga and Western comics style. Monstress has won multiple Eisner and Hugo Awards, and Takeda was named a Hugo Award-winning Best Professional Artist.