Higher Learning

And now for something completely different....

It's always a challenge to step out of a comfort zone. This time, I didn't want to do anything remotely 'romantic' or 'fantastical', and simply wanted to convey a more gritty emotion - without it having to be macabre in order to do so. I've never created a piece that was solely focused on a male model, and so it seemed it was time. I had a clear vision of what I wanted this piece to be, and am really quite happy with how it turned out.

Thanks to the following stock artists:

Model: original stock photo: [link]
Cityscape: original stock photo: [link]
books: original stock photo: [link]
sky: found at - created by - original stock: [link]
texture: found out - created by - original stock: [link]