Drawings Featuring Staircases - The First Step is Always the Hardest

One way to make your drawings more dynamic and exciting is by incorporating staircases. What lies at the bottom or top of these stairs? Could it be bliss or doom that awaits? If there are multiple characters in the scene, what’s their relationship to each other? Even something as commonplace as a staircase can take on an entirely different meaning when used as the stage for an event in a drawing.

Which of these staircases would you prefer to climb or descend?