Marvel Studios: The Art of Ryan Meinerding
By (Author) Tara Bennett
By (author) Paul Terry
Foreword by Kevin Feige
Abrams
Abrams
3rd October 2024
10th October 2024
United States
General
Non Fiction
Film: styles and genres
Film, television, radio genres: Superhero and comic book inspired
Graphic design
791.4375
Hardback
320
Width 229mm, Height 302mm, Spine 34mm
958g
Marvel Studios' Head of Visual Development Ryan Meinerding has been a key creative force in designing the look of the beloved Super Heroes and villains of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the early stages of Iron Man (2008). Marvel Studios: The Art of Ryan Meinerding showcases the artist's singular and iconic vision, from his work-in-progress sketches to his finished illustrations.
Included are:
Character designs for Iron
ManKeyframe and concept designs for Thor
Concept designs for Captain America's many suits
Character designs for Marvel's The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, created in collaboration with Charlie Wen
Suit and gear designs for Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
This lavish book includes more than 500 illustrations and provides unprecedented insight into Meinerding's creative process and his view on the essential collaborations behind contemporary concept and character design.
TARA BENNETT is a New York Times bestselling author and entertainment journalist. As an author or coauthor, she's written more than 30 official movie and TV companion books, including: The Art of Avatar: The Way of Water; The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; Sons of Anarchy: The Official Collector's Edition; Outlander: The Series official guides; The Official Making of Big Trouble in Little China; Fringe: September's Notebook (an Amazon Best Book of 2013); and many more. Tara is also the US editor for SFX Magazine, a contributing writer for Syfy Wire, NBC Insider, IGN, Paste, and others, and is a member of the TCA.
PAUL TERRY is a bestselling author, producer, and music artist. He concept-created/wrote the award-winning book series The X-Files: The Official Archives. Terry also co-authored (with Tara Bennett) The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Fringe: Septembers Notebook, and many more official film/TV companions. As a composer, Paul's scores include the multi-award-winning feature documentary Sidney & Friends (which he also executive produced), Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection, and NBCUniversals Behind the Panel. Under the alias of Aptsrs, his albums include Elders (mixed by Adam Noble). His other solo project, Cellarscape, includes the Independent Music Award-nominated album The Act of Letting Go.