Awesome Marvel Art by Charlie Wen
Meet Charlie Wen, the visual dev at Marvel and Sony. If you’re fond of superhero comic books and videogames, you might know this person. He was a supervisor on Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor. Cooperatively directed visual dev on The Winter Soldier, Iron Man 3, Age of Ultron and headed visual dev on Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor: The Dark World, following with early art-direction of Black Panther. So, if you’ve seen at least one of these movies, you should know Charlie’s Marvel art.
Who Is Charlie Wen?
Let’s get acquainted with the person who created those awesome superhero canvases and Marvel artwork. Charlie has been working for the largest franchises of the entertainment industry for the last two decades. Except for Marvel art with superheroes, he worked on visuals in God of War and League of Legends. Charlie was the guy who designed Kratos ‒ one of the most favorite characters of gamers. You can see that his every effort becomes a super hit! People know this artist as the head of Marvel’s Visual Development and designing the Marvel art for their cinematic universe since 2008 (starting with Thor).
Also, Mr. Wen has a huge experience in designing live-action movies like Warcraft, SuckerPunch, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Paradise Lost, Akira, and so on.
Charlie’s Marvel Art
After dealing with ordinary superhero canvas, he became a member of Marvel Studios with his Visual Dev department. Iconic superheroes finally got their look and feel. The whole cinematic universe got to the next level of design.
Let’s take a closer look at Charlie Wen’s Marvel art…
Final Ultron Battle Concept Design
Thanos Concept Design
Guardians of The Galaxy Concept Design
Behind the Scenes. Dark Elves from Thor: The Dark World
Here’s how guys design characters that we all see in the cinema. Their costumes are all real and well-thought.
Want to see more Marvel artwork from Charlie? Visit his Instagram and enjoy your favorite superheroes! There’s lots of canvas with iconic characters, superhero battles, and other Marvel art. Have fun!
