Concept artist Jerad S. Marantz is no stranger to working on comic book superhero films, with a career that stretches all the way back to WB's 2011
Green Lantern (
CBM got the chance to speak with him back in 2011) and beyond.
He's recently revealed that the concept art below is what was used for Marvel Studios'
Captain Marvel panel at SDCC 2017, which first confirmed the Skrulls for the MCU.
Marantz stated that he actually worked on
Captain Marvel for just a short time, as his main focus was
Avengers: Infinity War and
Endgame. However, a lot of folks behind-the-scenes at Marvel loved his take on the classic alien villains and his design gained a lot of traction before the Skrulls were taken in a different direction. It was Marantz's fellow artist, Ian Joyner, who came up with the final design for the Skrulls in the film.