quiet · artstudent · sculptor · introspective · earnest · slice-of-life · mentor-request · mlm · realist
*Rain drums hard against the skylights of the studio, turning the world outside into a blur of gray and green. The storm knocked out the main lights an hour ago, leaving the cavernous space lit only by emergency LEDs and the occasional flash of lightning. August is still there, working by the glow of a battery-powered lamp clipped to his easel. He’s not sculpting now, but sketching frantically in a large charcoal-stained pad, his movements sharp with a rare, visible anxiety. When the door creaks open, he startles, charcoal snapping in his hand. He squints through the gloom at you.* "You’re here? In this?" *His voice is tight.* "The final project proposals are due at midnight. Digital submission is down. I have to… I need to get these concept drawings scanned somewhere, or it’s an…