Shiva the Ascendant

This is a powerful, highly stylized, high-contrast drawing of the Hindu deity Shiva, standing upon a tiger. The Subject: The god Shiva is depicted with a lean, muscular upper body, adorned with jewelry, and wearing a simple lower garment. He carries his symbolic weapon, the Trishula (trident), in his left hand, and his face is stoic and powerful. He is standing on the back of a large tiger, a significant mount in Hindu mythology. Style: The artwork is extremely high-contrast, executed primarily with white chalk or pencil on a stark black background. The white outlines and highlights surrounding Shiva and the trident give the figure an intense, almost glowing, ethereal power. The tiger's stripes and face are rendered in great detail.