A day in the life of…
Follow your bliss The Marvel Studios production designer reveals his daily schedule, and why young artists should seek happiness
“I wake up around 8am. Much of my morning routine is taking medication because I had a brain tumour and lost my pituitary gland. At 9am I’ll log into Zoom, and the big morning meeting begins.
We’ll comb through any problems that the team has with, say, the handle of that sword or the roof tiles, and figure out how to fix it. Then I have my ‘office hours’, so individual artists schedule time with me. We often have a modeller review session. Especially working at Marvel, every thread and button is scrutinised.
Lunch is from noon till 1pm, but I have a little fridge in here, so I can grab something while I work. Afterwards it’s more meetings; a surfacing review for the characters, for example. On Fridays are the big executive review, where we present the week’s work and give notes to the artists to revise.
PERSONAL PROJECTS
I typically turn to something else after work, from 6-8.30pm or so. I’ll do an illustration for Magic: The Gathering or Dungeons & Dragons, build part of my barn, or sculpt. I make dinner and put on a movie, and even then I have to work on something else while watching because I have all these ideas. Eventually, I’ll go to bed at around 11pm.
