Pencil Me In

Knowing how to hold a pencil before he could even walk, there was no one who could wield the simple wooden object quite like Min Yoongi. With the artist, the graphite seemed to draw without even touching the paper. But his specialty? Portraits. Sketches of people, to be exact.

When you look at a pencil sketch created by Yoongi, the work seems 3D. You can almost feel the texture. The shading makes everything pop out, more than normal. In fact, some people even claim they see even color through the black-and-white drawing.

Every portrait has a story. That person was once alive to Yoongi. It's almost as if he had to experience another person's life and then draw a sketch based on the summarized plot.

But he did have to.

Set to die on his own accord and peacefully in his early 30s, things were all planned out. When one of his last birthdays came around, Yoongi had already set up arrangements to leave the meaningless world around him.

Something changed.

To this day, he can't recall what happened in between; only that he was dreaming and saw the most beautiful man to ever exist in this world.

He woke up with a start, staring straight into a sunrise, feeling a sense of longing he didn't know existed.

Maybe, just maybe, if he could draw him, Min Yoongi would be able to find him somewhere in this world.