So close yet so far

This is one of my favorite works, done my senior year in highschool. After the initial idea I had someone take photos of me laying on the floor of the art room in a way that it created the perspective. I used those to draw the figure from. After that I added a 1 point perspective grid to create depth & the "on the edge" affect. I added the cars on the street to help communicate the setting, that it was a ledge of a very tall building. I chose white prismacolor on black mattboard to somewhat convey the feelings of someone in such a position. Solitary & alone on a ledge in the dark late at night, hugging the wall in fear yet looking down contemplating wether to jump or not...

Size- 2'6"x1'2"