Fading Away

This ended up being a pain to upload. I wasn't able to upload the original file for some reason as a message kept popping up saying error, so I just copied what I submitted to deviant art.

Anyway, I've been working on this picture for a couple of weeks now, off and on. I wanted to set up a contrast between soft edges and sharp edges, which you can see with the area where he is "fading" and the sharp side in closer view. I'm pretty satisfied with how this turned out, charcoal is probably one of my favorite mediums now.