Shadow Photography

Apparently today is world Giraffe day. So here is my one and only contribution of a Giraffe / s drawing using graphite and charcoal (though I did digitally make a colored version for the website). This was drawn around 2009?

The Herd by Peter Piatt The Herd by Peter Piatt

I've been working on both of these commissions for about 2 months now. One of my most difficult projects , first time working on two at the same time on separate papers.
"Duke and Henry"
Both are 8"x10" on Bristol smooth paper
Purely Polychromos pencils
Ref photos from client.