![Marvel Cinematic Universe Inspired Icons](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580910853036-4IL3O4U1ZIIU59HM6VF4/MCU-Icons-All.jpg)
MCU Inspired Icons (Phasej 1-3)
![Marvel Cinematic Universe Inspired Icons](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580910853036-4IL3O4U1ZIIU59HM6VF4/MCU-Icons-All.jpg)
Marvel Cinematic Universe Inspired Icons
I’ve been a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) since it came out in 2008 - almost 12 years ago from when I finished this project. As my trademark of set collections, illustrations and absolute nerdiness over the Marvel Superhero world - it seemed that this icon set was…. inevitable… (yes I laughed when I wrote that - grinning to myself like Thanos pre-snap)
I’ve done a couple of different versions with some of the movies just as an alternative for colour or icon (I couldn’t decide, so I thought to provide the options)
![I’ve split the icons into phases they were released in (as the movies were split) just to group them easier](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580910872294-W6NT75LU5RE85A3YNRPC/MCU-Icons-Phase-1.jpg)
I’ve split the icons into phases they were released in (as the movies were split) just to group them easier
![Iron Man (2008)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580911621302-RZDRBEAEG5LFNSQEW7V7/Iron-Man-FShadow.png)
Iron Man (2008)
Sidenote: Most (if not all) of the Iron Man icons were inspired by his arc reactor he primarily used during the movies they represent.
![The Incredible Hulk (2008)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580911625025-T8TNGZ2K9645OP08AG5L/Hulk-FShadow.png)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
![The Incredible Hulk v2 (2008)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580911628229-57H5QEPYIJJOY8DCGC2D/Hulk-v2-FShadow.png)
The Incredible Hulk v2 (2008)
![Iron Man 2 (2010)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580911629955-1G3TMGJRVJCIHD6MV8U5/Iron-Man-2-FShadow.png)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
![Thor (2011)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580911620126-7IAX00VPVCKV5T6F306P/Thor-1-FShadow.png)
Thor (2011)
![Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580911624982-XVOZ7ZF6WO67WS2IWUND/Captain-America-FA-FShadow.png)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
![Marvel's The Avengers (2012)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580911621633-BHV7EY64NNTC0S0B4W7Q/Avengers-FShadow.png)
Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
![MCU-Icons-Phase-2.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580910872146-ZDRUCWG5P06U6SBJRIVQ/MCU-Icons-Phase-2.jpg)
![Iron Man 3 (2013)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912028703-XC6UZIPDKJILWR9CCNQ2/Iron-Man-3-FShadow.png)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
![Thor: The Dark World (2013)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912031296-P92JZU33KC48FILIB6XK/Thor-2-FShadow.png)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
![Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912022490-LQ6UV50I27B92567C644/Captain-America-WS-FShadow.png)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
![Captain America: The Winter Soldier v2 (2014)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912024523-B8VWR7M8ZF5RHY6KPTNQ/Captain-America-WS-v2-FShadow.png)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier v2 (2014)
Sidenote: I was really torn on whether to use Captain America’s WS uniform or his stealth shield that he used at the beginning. I liked his shield colours, but equally I wanted to have something more distinguishable rather than his shield, so I used his torso uniform as an alternate.
![Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912028326-AZYFMOITRAXICUF8SO6H/Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-FShadow.png)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Sidenote: It’s probably less popular and probably one that required the least amount of actual illustration design - because this is a matching logo of the official Guardians of the Galaxy badge. I had considered using Starlord’s mask as an alternative for either this or v2.
![Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912018630-ZOM8N4UQ75NJJXBR6IUV/Avengers-2-AOU-FShadow.png)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
![Ant-Man (2015)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912019931-FHS4X1K7SAHZ4HPBX0QO/Antman-FShadow.png)
Ant-Man (2015)
![Sidenote: This phase had the most icons, and it didn’t help that there was a few variations on this set - however I hope you enjoy the options!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580910875185-8BAD8DQCK1QWSYMJ9YH4/MCU-Icons-Phase-3.jpg)
Sidenote: This phase had the most icons, and it didn’t help that there was a few variations on this set - however I hope you enjoy the options!
![Captain America: Civil War (2016)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912753558-N12W82KVDV4U1V42GSL7/Captain-America-CW-FShadow.png)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Sidenote: I thoroughly enjoyed designing this - (spoiler) I was really wanting to show the divide, as well as the damage of Black Panther’s claws on Cap’s shield, as well as Iron Man’s shattered arc reactor.
![Doctor Strange (2016)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912760767-ZTIKTT05IZTQJVHYLEN1/Doctor-Strange-FShadow.png)
Doctor Strange (2016)
![Doctor Strange v2 (2016)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912763343-W7K13HNMZDO7DIUETNFO/Doctor-Strange-FShadow-v2.png)
Doctor Strange v2 (2016)
![Doctor Strange v3 (2016)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912765183-UGPMY1P5T1G1I5SCTRK5/Doctor-Strange-FShadow-v3.png)
Doctor Strange v3 (2016)
Sidenote: I couldn’t decide on the colours. There’s a lot of reds and blues already, so I wanted to try and just have a few colour choices. Red for his cape, purple for his costume and then there’s the incorporation of the glyph colours too.
![Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912766373-F1YHFOQBEDT3JMN9K51F/Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-2-FShadow.png)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
![Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912773801-BPYYBDZU9QQF8EB7D41J/Spiderman-FShadow.png)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
![Thor: Ragnarok (2017)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912773777-6KBQDAK5V2VA0L5W9M06/Thor-3-Ragnarok-FShadow.png)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Sidenote: This took a while to design, as I wanted to ensure there is a unique symbol from Thor’s other movies. Finding Thor’s gladiator helmet as a good reference was quite the feat.
![Black Panther (2018)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912751954-JYEY8YQYROKOY3N9YS8Y/Black-Panther-FShadow.png)
Black Panther (2018)
![Avengers: Infinity War (2018)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912741104-OGDTWUTIY6E2X9JICE7B/Avengers-3-IW-FShadow.png)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
![Avengers: Infinity War (2018)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912746840-JKBC7NACPOUNYYVZ3SHA/Avengers-3-IW-v2-FShadow.png)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Sidenote: This effect of the dusting (or rather what I saw as flakes rather than dust) took me a while to figure out how I wanted to approach it - as I wasn’t sure how to replicate this type of effect in Illustrator. I’m used to doing this kind of effect in Photoshop instead.
![Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912743374-PP35DF15ZRNN9UH2J6N6/Antman-Wasp-FShadow.png)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Sidenote: Helmet designs often took the longest, as the references of shape and colour with their most distinctive features really had to reflect the actual costume as accurate as I could. Half of the design process was finding a variety of good reference pictures.
![Captain Marvel (2019)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912756027-KQS7I8EOQWHJRPUNYBZ2/Captain-Marvel-FShadow.png)
Captain Marvel (2019)
![Captain Marvel v2 (2019)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912758325-V8712VRFWGC1A92EL2R5/Captain-Marvel-v2-FShadow.png)
Captain Marvel v2 (2019)
![Avengers: Endgame (2019)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912747885-K2MO8AH5RRX1IMZZOP96/Avengers-4-Endgame-FShadow.png)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
![Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c5062fc534a5aa23e0226b/1580912769538-D385AL1WHCAV007MQEQR/Spiderman-2-FFH-FShadow.png)