When I lived in Colorado Springs, I had a great view of Pikes Peak. I drew this one afternoon, way back on January 15, 2012, from my apartment. That was the first time in a long time that I’d drawn anything.

Some of the graphite rubbed off onto the back of another page of my notebook, and it got a little smudged, but nothing too terrible. I recently took this out of the notebook, to help keep it from smudging further.

Pikes Peak is an enormous and impressive mountain which dominates the view in Colorado Springs. It’ll always hold a special place in my heart.