Is Your Portfolio Good Enough To Get You Hired at Marvel?

Marvel Comics Editor in Chief C.B. Cebulski shares with you the mistakes you should avoid making when creating a comic art portfolio! There’s advice on visual storytelling, developing a unique style, using reference wisely, and avoiding common mistakes. Cebulski also covers crucial artistic skills like consistency in character design, dynamic panel layouts, and guiding the reader's eye that you’ll want to focus on within a portfolio.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro
00:08 - 1. Don’t Break the Panel Borders
00:51 - 2. Don’t Blacken Your Gutters
01:23 - Check Out the Premium Course!
01:42 - 3. Don’t Crop Out Tough Elements
02:23 - 4. Use Reference
03:25 - 5. Stick to the Grid
03:44 - 6. Consistency
04:20 - 7. There is a Fine Line Between Inspiration & Imitation
00:00 - How Many Portfolios Have You Reviewed?

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[ascendedsavage]

Very detailed explanation from Akira Yoshida

[minime]

Generally sound advice that Marvel themselves often fails to put into practice.

I had a good laugh at the part where he said "don’t just trace it" as if they didn’t still have infamous tracer Greg Land on their payroll.

[ericb]

Has anyone looked at a marvel book lately?? No way hes holding the current artists to these standards lmao

[jackb]

I’m old and have no interest in working for a comic company nor creating a portfolio.

That said, this is good advice for anyone wanting to create a comic.

This advice is similar to any artistic pursuit - less is more and focus on the fundamentals.

Thank you Proko for sharing content like this for free.

[joechill]

Not C B cebulski telling me to go outside

[matthewshelley]

4:28 #7 is especially important. I spent years copying my idols (McFarlane, Capullo, Mignola) without understanding WHY so it never developed beyond that until I broke free.

[UnnamedVibesTree]

Advice from master comics artist, Akira Yoshida.

[GooeySlime]

remember kids, if it says you pretended to be Japanese to get some work, you might just become editor in chief!

[jonovangelion]

Great personal preferences- I mean, 'advice' Akira! My favorite part is when you said "I pretended to be a Japanese person to get hired at Marvel and now our entire comic division is being outsold by a single Japanese manga.". Just wonderful! I hear Image is hiring.

[cupsfilledwithcups]

I love this advice but what I recommend the most is to simply make comics yourself and read and re-read comics until it goes from fun to study.
because a lot of things are difficult to learn until you do it yourself, do critiques or find someone to critique it for you and improve

[brycetheoddball]

This is a great idea for another series on this channel. I hope Proko interviews Animation / storyboard recruiters.

[infernoeagles]

i think people who say don't do things because you haven't been doing it for 20 years and your not allowed or you don't have a right too because you haven't done your time are really just shooting themselves in the foot because some of the greatest minds in science, art, and engineering have been breaking the "rules" or told you can't do that or it won't work and it I'm not saying it always works but when it does its so special.

[Jo.A.]

yes. literally any portfolio these days is good enough to get you hired at marvel, since clearly artistic ability isnt their main concern

[fukkendermohammed]

I'd say about 60% if this is disregarded by practically any mangaka and look what's outselling the American comics market, sometimes even just one series on its own.

[tomicart]

This is extremely help for someone like me trying to break into higher publisher company! Thank you Proko for sharing! 🙏❤️

[stevehutch]

I love the artwork of Olivier Coipel. This artist is so talented. Mark Morales inking complements Olivier’s artwork so well. Olivier just does covers these days, which are great, but i would like to see Olivier and Mark return to creating comics again one day.

[juliogaytan]

Isn't the same guy that pretended to be Japanese just to get work?

[eg]

This is honestly helpful thank you, I’m currently rn working on a superhero type comic and honestly trying my very best on it.

and it’s my first ever actual complete story comic and trying to learn everything ofc the story and how it goes and flows with it and it’s amazing

If u have a dream, don’t give up on it, it’s not impossible because if others can do it and achieve it, so can you too as well! ^^

[HughMansonMD]

I'm glad I wasn't the only thinking "good enough to get into a publisher in the midst of it's death throes?"

[Wheeco]

Not only is Marvel not holding any of their own in-house artists to any of these standards, but Manga pretty much ignores all of this advice and outsells comics like 30 to 1.
Also…isn’t this the guy that pretended to be Japanese? Lmao he’s marvels EiC now? Embarrassing.