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Phoenix New Times: Lifelock

13 Aug

Peter at Phoenix New Times recently contacted me for a cool assignment about securing personal information; for those of us that are a bit paranoid, this was a pretty interesting concept.

The art director's description:

Turns out the founder's identity has been taken 13 times!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Headline: Cracking LifeLock

Story:
Even a $12 million penalty for deceptive advertising can’t make this
Tempe company be honest about its worthless identity-theft prevention service

A main theme is that CEO Todd Davis' ID has been unlocked, picked and abused
to commit more than dozen successful identity crimes. The service can't protect
people in (Read more...)

Posted by: Chris Whetzel, chris-whetzel.com- Blog

Phoenix New Times: Lifelock

13 Aug

Peter at Phoenix New Times recently contacted me for a cool assignment about securing personal information; for those of us that are a bit paranoid, this was a pretty interesting concept.

The art director's description:

Turns out the founder's identity has been taken 13 times!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Headline: Cracking LifeLock

Story:
Even a $12 million penalty for deceptive advertising can’t make this
Tempe company be honest about its worthless identity-theft prevention service

A main theme is that CEO Todd Davis' ID has been unlocked, picked and abused
to commit more than dozen successful identity crimes. The service can't protect
people in (Read more...)

Posted by: Chris Whetzel, chris-whetzel.com- Blog

Sketchbook Excerpts #4

21 Jul

Hi!

Here are some recent sketchbook pages done on a cheap craft paper. Its a small sketchbook I work in when I feel like my regular sketchbook work is getting stale or if I feel like I need to do some academic-type studies to keep my rear in gear.

As with the regular sketchbook, no eraser to make myself commit to a line. Just playing with working on a mid-tone surface, different pens and pencils, line vs shape, etc:





Enjoy the Day,
Chris

Posted by: Chris Whetzel, chris-whetzel.com- Blog

Sketchbook Excerpts #4

21 Jul

Hi!

Here are some recent sketchbook pages done on a cheap craft paper. Its a small sketchbook I work in when I feel like my regular sketchbook work is getting stale or if I feel like I need to do some academic-type studies to keep my rear in gear.

As with the regular sketchbook, no eraser to make myself commit to a line. Just playing with working on a mid-tone surface, different pens and pencils, line vs shape, etc:





Enjoy the Day,
Chris

Posted by: Chris Whetzel, chris-whetzel.com- Blog

Philadelphia Magazine; The Bruppies

8 Jul

I was very lucky to get a call from Philadelphia for a 1/2 page illustration at the end of April. The article was about white-collar workers seeking out blue-collar jobs as the economy changes. This new workforce, called "bruppies" (blue-collar yuppies) is growing as more people either seek out labor jobs after being laid off or after just getting bored with cubicle life. In the article, several examples of people starting their own business as well as places to get training for such careers are discussed in great detail.

My initial sketches:
I favored sketch #1 as I felt it (Read more...)

Posted by: Chris Whetzel, chris-whetzel.com- Blog

Philadelphia Magazine; The Bruppies

8 Jul

I was very lucky to get a call from Philadelphia for a 1/2 page illustration at the end of April. The article was about white-collar workers seeking out blue-collar jobs as the economy changes. This new workforce, called "bruppies" (blue-collar yuppies) is growing as more people either seek out labor jobs after being laid off or after just getting bored with cubicle life. In the article, several examples of people starting their own business as well as places to get training for such careers are discussed in great detail.

My initial sketches:
I favored sketch #1 as I felt it (Read more...)

Posted by: Chris Whetzel, chris-whetzel.com- Blog

SMASH Magazine: Footwork!

1 Jul

Hello again! Featured in this post is some sport-based artwork for SMASH, a teen magazine published by Tennis. In a great turn of events, an AD I worked with at Cincinnati relocated to NYC and took a position at Tennis. Congrats to Dennis for making his big move to the Big Apple!

The article is an instructional section of the magazine that helps kids and teens improve their tennis game. This particular article addresses a player's footwork. To me, the main emphasis was on constant foot movement and small steps at a high volume to maintain control (Read more...)

Posted by: Chris Whetzel, chris-whetzel.com- Blog

SMASH Magazine: Footwork!

1 Jul

Hello again! Featured in this post is some sport-based artwork for SMASH, a teen magazine published by Tennis. In a great turn of events, an AD I worked with at Cincinnati relocated to NYC and took a position at Tennis. Congrats to Dennis for making his big move to the Big Apple!

The article is an instructional section of the magazine that helps kids and teens improve their tennis game. This particular article addresses a player's footwork. To me, the main emphasis was on constant foot movement and small steps at a high volume to maintain control (Read more...)

Posted by: Chris Whetzel, chris-whetzel.com- Blog

Star Wars Visions: Boba Fett

16 Jun

I was very fortunate to be included among some awesome artists to submit artwork for a Star Wars "coffee table" book. From what I gather, it is just a really cool book of Star Wars art by all your favorite illustrators including Greg Manchess, Donato Giancola, Alex Ross, and others. While my artwork made it to the final round, it was not chosen for inclusion in the book. I had very little time to complete the artwork, and from what the AD said via email, it seems it was not included as Mr. Lucas had enough artwork for the book. (Read more...)

Posted by: Chris Whetzel, chris-whetzel.com- Blog

Star Wars Visions: Boba Fett

16 Jun

I was very fortunate to be included among some awesome artists to submit artwork for a Star Wars "coffee table" book. From what I gather, it is just a really cool book of Star Wars art by all your favorite illustrators including Greg Manchess, Donato Giancola, Alex Ross, and others. While my artwork made it to the final round, it was not chosen for inclusion in the book. I had very little time to complete the artwork, and from what the AD said via email, it seems it was not included as Mr. Lucas had enough artwork for the book. (Read more...)

Posted by: Chris Whetzel, chris-whetzel.com- Blog

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