This is the drawing I mentioned in my post "Work in Progress." It has been submitted for consideration as cover art, but I don't know yet whether it will be accepted. Unfortunately, I could not get a very good picture of the work. Also, I am sure that there are many other talented artists out there who submitted their work as well. In any event, this is a drawing that I had a lot of fun with. Instead of drawing from one reference photo, I used many just to get an idea of the tiger's general features. I really like how it turned out. It does not look entirely realistic and it is not supposed to. I wanted the drawing to have some personality to it. Although this photo of the drawing is not very good (too dark!) I think that it still shows some of the highlights in the real drawing.
One of my future goals is to try to figure out a way to get better pictures of my drawings. It is difficult to get the right light, as direct lighting makes the graphite look shiny. I also want to avoid altering the images on the computer, as I think this would misrepresent what the real thing looks like.
Enjoy!
