Lords of Chaos and other news!!

Apologies for the lengthy gap in posts.  I recently moved down to Olympia, WA but I am back in action now.  Here are a couple recent pieces I did for Dungeon Magazine.  These two are the Lords of Chaos: Olhydra, Evil Prince of Elemental Water and Yan-C-Bin, Evil Prince of Elemental Air.  I certainly had a lot of fun with these, especially the water scene.  

Also here is this fun market scene I completely for this months Dragon Magazine. 

 I got to work again with Kate Irwin on both these projects which is always a pleasure.

In related news, two more pieces I completed for Kate have been nominated for a Spectrum Medal!  I am certainly very honored to be considered among such amazing artists.  Fingers crossed.  It sure would be great to get a medal.  I plan to make it out to Kansas City for Spectrum Live in May.  Here are those two pieces again you missed them.

Cheers everyone!

Sketchbook Pages 7- Chris Whetzel

Sadly, the sketchbook has been neglected these past couple of months with work and social obligations (the holidays, ya know?). I'm hoping that getting back into the routine of blog posting will get me back into the swing.

Enjoy the day,
Chris

Golf Magazine: Uncle Slam - Chris Whetzel

Hello, folks!

Here's a quick piece I did recently for Golf magazine. Apparently, U.S. players are not doing well in their own tournaments. So Golf wanted to run an image with a commentary about how we always lose the Grand Slam. They had the concept in place, and so I was to parody J.M. Flagg's Uncle Sam with a golf visor. In hindsight, I think the image would have worked better with the classic golf hat (the kind with a poofy ball on top), but time is always a factor. Perhaps I'll redo the hat for myself, though.

Sketch:

It was hard to turn Flagg's beautiful gestural pint strokes into flat shapes, but I think it holds up. I always look forward to new challenges within the medium, and I would have never though I would be translating washy strokes into crisp vector.

Final :

Also, did you know Flagg's "I want YOU" poster is actually a spoof of a British poster?

And finally, it crosses my mind how our generations are still using this old archetype to represent our United States. Do we not have our own embodiment of America? Perhaps that is on the horizon with all of the social unrest we've experienced over the past year...

Thanks for reading!

Enjoy the Day,
Chris