Looks like me a bit ^^ lol he wants to feel loved.

*gives him cookie*

Or be loved

He looks like he's feeling quite down - like he wishes something would go right for him.

Pensive/thoughtful. I love the fur detail and how you worked the empty space. Very nice.

I see longing... it is touching.

I was going to say longing as well.

sad. Like he is about to end his life.

I am sorry...That is what I see.

Wariness of the coming dawn.

Great look on the lighting on him. I think it looks great.

I will have to try this dark background thing sometime, Heather. This piece def. has tons of emotion and mood. :)

Well I can tell you one thing: it sure doesn't look like Elvis to me.

He looks regretful. There's a drawn, disappointed look about him... Distant... The eyes seem to be looking nowhere important, or perhaps not really looking at all, just staring.

I think Mr. Bright may have it.

wow, looking good. Lighting is perfect

I have the perfect word to summarize just about everything everyone has said so far...
Wistful –adjective
1. characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
2. pensive, esp. in a melancholy way.

And yes, that is how he looks exactly.

I'd say he looks forlorn or thoughtful--and I'm so totally in love with this style of artwork. The details really pop out when there's so much black. It melts into the black and at the same time leaps out at the viewer, which I think is just... I don't know... magical? And I really like how the color is minimal--it gives it more flair, and it's a lot more striking and different.

Reminds me of one of those moments where they're laying half asleep and half awake, not sure what to do with themselves...

Wistful / Thoughtful / Musing over troubles, the dominance of black represents that in my opinion
The titles suggests Hope - the light is the guide
Though whether he can fix his troubles is his choice, but the light is always there, just got to look for it :3

Very beautiful ^^
I love his cloak and eyes :3

Looks to me like he's lost, or in need of something nonphysical. Love maybe. Nice drawing too.

good god heather! O_O thats amazing! the lighting is amazing!

neat! i love the lighting^^

Longing. He has the face of one that is emotionally drawn, weary, but his entire pose says waiting.

wow, this is stunning. The detail in the eye is breathtaking. :U

Gaahhh, so awesome. Detail and lighting are breathtaking.
As for his expression... wistful? Melancholy? I can never read faces :/

GREAT work Love!

to me he looks like he is deep in thought on something, very deep. love how the lighting is in this

Sadness, longing, regret......Kinda the way Macavarti, a wolf character of mine, feels much of the time. Cool picture though.

At first, he looks quite pensive, but the turn of his mouth makes him look almost smug, perhaps this is the outcome of a plan he's set in motion that he's only now seeing the fruits of?

Very nice work of light and shadow.There is longing in those eyes. You convey a lot of felling in the faces of your works.
Great work !

Great work :) I'm not sure what he is thinking.

Either a little sad and depressed..

or a little unsure and apprehensive about what the new day is going to bring.

He looks tired, tired of fighting

wow... thats really really really really really really cooool

emotion... I'd have to say he's either sorrowful or remorseful?

Again, awesome work

He has that 'I feel old' look in his eyes.

Those eyes are amazing!

Definitely sad, weary, a sense of regret or failure. If I had to assign a story to his mood, I'd say he just failed to prevent the inevitable and now somebody who doesn't deserve it is going to be hurt. He might be thinking, "I tried to warn them. The fools wouldn't listen..."

a Deep Lonliness....

Just beautiful work... very evocative. To me he's wistfully saying goodbye to a love he can never have again, but knowing he will cherish every moment they had. (Ok, I'm probably reading waaaaay too much into it...) *purr* :X)

He seems contemplative and, almost like he's waiting for something long overdue.

The expression I read from this wolf is resignation. Resignation because of what? I don't have a clue.

As to what might have "fixed" his expression, in my amateurish estimation it would be for him to raise his muzzle to nearer the horizontal. As it is, he seems to have lowered his muzzle in ... as I said ... resignation. That open distance between the top of his upper eyelid and the bottom of his eyebrow tends to suggest the raised eyebrow of an innocent.

I love the lighting. It's beautifully handled.

*artistic envy*

I love the nipple ring, the look and expression of his eyes, and for the only article of clothing he chooses to wear is a formal duster. ^^

And I almost forgot, the expression says to me ... wistful/woeful of things to come/that have past.

Wow, only meant to type a few lines of thought on his expression, but it turned into a mini-story. I'm gonna make it my first submission and throw on a link to this picture. Beautiful job, and the detail is amazing. Thank you for the inspiration.

Can't believe I never linked this o.o

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3065567/

I know this was posted quite a long time ago, but I stumbled across it the other day and realized how little I understood of FA mechanics back then v.v

Anyway, I wanted t thank you for inspiring my very first submission to this community. To this day I still enjoy your art and find inspiration from it, even if not quite as directly as this piece.

So thanks again dear. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3065567/