The after-work ritual of Hanna Asfour, a 32-year-old architect in Jordan, has begun to look like artistic meditation: slipping in earbuds, he breaks out his pastel pencils and, in the zone, creates feline textures and tiger stripes.
His newest creation—a tiger’s head, drawn in colored soft pastel—is still in the early stages of work. Still half-finished, many layers of the cat visibly show the array of techniques he uses to create illusionistic bouncy fur and eyes that feel wildly alive.
