Adi Granov facts for kids
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Granov in 2019
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| Born | 1977 (age 47–48) Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
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Adi Granov (born 1977) is a talented Bosnian-American comic book artist and designer. He is famous for his painted artwork, especially for Marvel Comics. Most of his comic book work is for Marvel, and he is well-known for his art on the Iron Man comics.
Adi Granov helped create the look of the Iron Man movie that came out in 2008. The director, Jon Favreau, chose him personally for this important job. Granov also worked on the designs for other superhero movies like The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Besides movies, he has designed packaging for toys and worked on video games.
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Early Life and Art
Adi Granov was born in 1977 in Sarajevo, which was then part of Yugoslavia. He started drawing when he was very young. However, he didn't think about art as a job until he was 16 years old.
In 1994, when he was 16, Granov and his family had to leave Bosnia. They moved to the United States to escape the Bosnian War. He lived in places like Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington for ten years. During this time, he studied art and design at a university.
Granov was inspired by many different artists. He liked European comics and American poster artists. He also admired some manga artists. He mentioned artists like Moebius and Katsuhiro Otomo. He was also influenced by the airbrush painting style of Drew Struzan.
Career in Comics and Movies
Before working in comics, Granov spent three years in Chicago. He designed things for Nintendo Software Technology, a video game company. He worked on games like Bionic Commando and Wave Race: Blue Storm. He also drew pictures for Star Wars and Wheel of Time games.
Granov got his first job in comics with a company called Dreamwave Productions. He worked on their comic book NecroWar in 2003. His art was very popular.
Joining Marvel Comics
Later, an editor from Marvel Comics saw Granov's artwork. They sent him an email and invited him to work for Marvel. Granov said yes! His first job for Marvel was drawing the cover and inside art for the 2004 Iron Man Poster Book.
His work was a big hit. Because of this, Granov teamed up with writer Warren Ellis for a six-issue comic series called Iron Man: Extremis. This series came out in 2005 and 2006. At the time, Iron Man wasn't a very popular character. But Extremis became one of the best Iron Man comics ever. It made people excited about Iron Man again.
The Extremis story also caught the eye of film director Jon Favreau. He hired Granov to be one of the main designers for the 2008 Iron Man movie. The "Extremis" storyline was later used as inspiration for the 2013 movie Iron Man 3. In 2004, Marvel's editor-in-chief, Joe Quesada, named Granov as one of their "Young Guns." This group included artists who were expected to become future superstars.
Movie and Game Design
In May 2008, the Iron Man movie was released. Adi Granov helped design the Iron Man suit and the Iron Monger suit. He also drew "key-frame" illustrations. These drawings showed how the designs would look when they were moving. Granov also helped build 3D models at Stan Winston Studios.
After Iron Man, Granov continued to work on big movies. He did concept art for The Avengers (released in 2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (released in 2014). He also created art for the packaging of action figures and toys based on these characters.
In 2018, Insomniac Games released the Spider-Man video game for PlayStation 4. This game features a special suit for Spider-Man called the Velocity Suit, which was designed by Adi Granov.
Personal Life
Adi Granov met his wife, Tamsin Isles, online through an art forum. They became friends and later married. They live in Ilkley, England. Granov loves the town and its beautiful countryside.
Tamsin helps Granov with his work. She organizes his appearances at comic conventions and handles sales of his art. She also helped organize Thought Bubble, a big comics convention in Leeds.
Granov enjoys hobbies like beekeeping and rebuilding old cars, such as his 1967 Lotus Elan. He is also a big fan of science fiction.
