One aspect of mental illness that isn't often talked about is how isolating it can be. Though a diagnosis comes with social stigma, what people often neglect to bring to light is that it's often very hard for other people to relate to our experiences, should we open up about them. I wanted to put this to an image using the concept of feeling alone among friends to connect the feeling to the viewer. The first image is a tentative mockup of the composition itself, and second is the final piece.
To be entirely honest, I'm not too happy with how the shading came out, but I feel like I've learned something new about my usage of lines.
To be entirely honest, I'm not too happy with how the shading came out, but I feel like I've learned something new about my usage of lines.