The whole idea goes on for the other illustrations for the magazine. Another aspect I wanted to show was what kind of information we are saving like passwords, fingerprints, or our location information. To not make the вЂћData ThiefвЂњ its job too easy I added a firewall with a big eye that was watching everything all the time and little app-icons like a firewall app or a security alert app. Even though this is a serious topic I wanted to make it a little bit funnier by personifying a virus or a digital leek and making it a little clichГ© Thief, like the ones you would see in movies, with a black hat and a black, tight suit, who would sneak into your computer Mission-Impossible-Style. The idea that popped into my head while I was thinking about saving our data in Clouds was drawing a вЂћfloating in space/ skyвЂњ situation. I never make the sketches too detailed, that way itвЂ™s easier for me to let the drawing develop more over the time IвЂ™m working on it. I thought about how I could visualize complex, digital processes youвЂ™d never be able to see. we upload without questioning it too much really is. It was a commissioned work for a magazine, they needed an opener for the main story about how safe the internet and all of our data, password, credit card info, etc.

This Illustration is one of my favorite pieces I created in 2021.

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