Ryan Meinerding is an American concept artist and the Head of Visual Development at Marvel Studios, a role in which he has been instrumental since the early days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). He is also a member of the Marvel Studios Parliament. Growing up in suburban Northeast Ohio, Meinerding developed a passion for art at a young age, initially wielding crayons and later transitioning to an airbrush during high school. He pursued a degree in Industrial Design at the University of No...