Eyes of the Leopard

This graphite drawing of a leopard seems alive despite merely being a drawing of taxidermy. The lines capture the ferocious energy of both the animal's face, and its body, getting into position. The perspective of the drawing combined with these lines, as well as careful shading, make the drawing look fully alive and three-dimensional. While the viewer's eyes are clearly drawn to the leopard's face, the rest of the body gives that face the realism it needs to capture the viewer's attention. The viewer could easily be taken out of the realism of the drawing if the anatomy wasn't accurate, but there is no cause to worry about that with this drawing.

Falling into Desperation

This image depicts a man's unfortunately downward spiral into his negative emotions. First, simply sitting, then sulking into his hand, followed by moving into the fetal position. Despite the lack of facial details, the movements in this graphite drawing perfectly encapsulate the emotions at hand. Clear care has been made to make sure these detailed outlines represent pain and sorrow. There is, however, plenty of small detail giving the figures an anatomically correct feel. Marks have been placed to represent muscles and allow the motion of the drawing to depict real human motion to go along with the real human emotion.

A Sweeping Sorrow

Here we have a graphite drawing of a man holding some sort of pole. The man is seemingly trying to cover his face out of some sort of sorrow or shame. The negative space adds to the picture's sadness. Not only do these emotions shine through in the drawing, but the anatomical details of the man do as well. His skinny muscles are very visible in his legs, arms, and chest. His legs are positioned a bit awkwardly in an attempt to capture the left leg's movement upward. This has given the right foot a bit of a flat look, however, the rest of the drawing clearly has dimension.

Building the Future

This graphite drawing is of a building on the University of Bradford campus. The building has particular looking shutters that make for an interesting drawing. Fine lines were needed to depict these shutters in the drawing at hand. The building's peculiar shape required a careful look at the vanishing point to make sure the proportions would be captured correctly. The perspective showcases this peculiar look very well, as the eyes are drawn to the doors in the middle, they can gauge the odd shape. The drawing could use a bit more detail and a showcase of surrounding elements to build contrast.

A Rude Awakening

The three figures in this graphite drawing depict a man in three different motions. The first shows this man napping, with clear attention paid to the man's face to give him the proper expression of relaxation. The second shows the man abruptly standing, seemingly very cross. This pose seems to showcase an abrupt awakening at someone else's hand. The last figure has a clear look of disappointment from both the face and the crossed position of the arms. In all three figures, the lines have carefully been drawn to capture an accurate human form. The eyes are drawn to the changing faces and arms in each one, to great effect. The legs, however, could use the same attention to detail as the rest of the bodies.

Lean into a Smile

At first glance, the anatomy of this drawing looks slightly off, however, upon further inspection the woman posing in the image is lifting a leg and leaning on a chair. The graphite drawing captures this motion despite being an entirely still frame. The eye is drawn to both the chair area, noticing the woman's interaction with it, and her raised shoulders. The lines do an effective job of capturing the woman's general silhouette and details. A smile can be seen almost creaking out of her face. The use of space gives off the illusion that she's looking at something in the distance, adding to the aforementioned smile.

Grounded

This graphite drawing is of a lone feather on the forest ground. The feather, serving as the focal point, lies atop of crumpled leaves. The picture has a sort of abstract quality to it due to its lack of color and blending of the objects. The minimal shadow leads the eye to believe they are looking at this feather from directly overhead. This viewpoint lends to the idea of this feather being "grounded". There's an unfortunate imbalance to this image that could have been cleared up my depicting it from a different angle or by using color. The frilly end of the feather came out looking like a blank space separate from the feather that it is meant to be a part of. While the lines of the feather give it a distinct shade, the rest of the image is lacking in that element of individualism.