Please Take A Moment To Locate The Nearest Exit, Law Week Colorado, August 27, 2012
By David Forster
Our production day for Law Week is every Friday. I have to produce new and original cover art every week, which is always a challenge. As you might expect from a legal publication, the topic of the cover story is often not very visual.
On Wednesday afternoon of this particular week, I sat down with reporter David Forster and discussed his cover story for the week. He explained to me that the story was about damage control. After such horrific events such as the Aurora shooting right here in Colorado, it brought up a lot of issues in the corporate legal community about being prepared — for anything. Literally anything. David talked to me for a while about his story while I tried to visualize how this would look.
Having just flown home to Montana, my mind flashed to the airplane card in the seat back pocket instructing you to hold onto your seat cushion incase of a water landing — on a flight from Colorado to Montana. Worst case scenario. Prepare for anything.
With a cover due at the end of the day on Thursday, I didn’t have access to or time to access a model. So first thing the next morning, I burst into the sales office and forced account man Dan to pose for me. I shot a couple pics of him on my phone with him posing as a running man for an airplane exit-instruction illustration — I built the illustration the rest of the day.
Thanks to Dan for being such a good sport. I suppose that I owe you a drink for that.
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