One year ago today on a nondescript afternoon, I hastily scribbled this sketch on my phone; it inaugurated one of The Most™ tumultuous years of my life. One year later, I’m finally ready to share it with whoever wants to see it.
I decided not to tag the fandom/character directly, but I was obviously thinking of Logan when I created this. Nonetheless, he also functions as a sort of archetype. I trust that the work will find its viewers regardless.
Moreover, the additional tags honestly oversell the gore factor, simply because the art is so impressionistic. Still, I felt that overtagging was preferable in this case.
I originally posted this AO3 work to my hidden collection the day that I drew it, along with the, what I’ll call “meta-poem” below as author’s notes; I’ve moved those to the work text itself. I composed them in a rather dark, spiteful headspace, and I feel that they offer context to the circumstances under which I created the piece.
Someday, perhaps, I hope to revisit a more refined version of this art, but for now, you have him as he is, in all his—in my—rawness: