
Chris Whetzel was commissioned by Semper Fi magazine to create an image for an article outlining a new approach in the fight against terror: the cyber soldier. Hacking is a major national security threat, and the military is training soldiers as well as incorporating tech-savvy civilians into a cyber-defense task force.

Here are the sketches: #1 is Chris’s take on a soldier at a CPU juxtaposed with his "cyber-self." #2 takes a Matrix-type approach of a soldier being made of code. #3 is a soldier in "cyber-gear," that is schematic/blueprint looking and glowing (Tron shown as example of glowing).

Originally created to run as a full page in this dynamic spread, the artwork was so successful, it was commissioned for use on the cover as well.


