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Nataraj - lineartby *Yuni

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Contortion variant of the canonical Hindu statuette of Nataraj (lit. lord of the dance). The devil sealed inside the tiny box is Apasmara Purusha, the personification of illusion, ignorance and maybe depression too, while Nataraj represents the rhythm, harmony of life and triumph over these negative feelings ^_^

In my version I just tried to expand the positive part with openness and sincerity (symbolized by nudity) and being flexible enough to adapt to the changing world (symbolized by contortion).

I also used a female dancer instead of Shiva (Nataraj actually being Lord Shiva's dancing form), nothing wrong with Shiva but the posture just screamed "girly" to me XD

So yea.. conquer all the negative feelings, lock them all in a tiny box and do a dance on top of it! ^_^

(On a side note, she probably has the biggest ear tunnels in the world XD)
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Mood: Love ~gammarays777 Feb 19, 2013
Great Lord Shiva! Its female hypostasis
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*RainbowAquila Jul 3, 2010  Student General Artist
Wow such a beautiful peice! I love detail and the composition :D
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*Karbo Jun 3, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
I love that pose, it has a nice feel to it ^_^ and the little beings floating around are a nice touch =p
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*Yuni Jun 3, 2010
Aww, thanks! ^_^ it's an interesting coincidence, i found this pic yesterday in my WIP folder and thought it might look much better in color, so i'll probably end up coloring it soon ^^
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~xBaby-Deathx Mar 26, 2010
hmm, would it be a horrible thing for me to want to see this redrawn as a male??? i'd like to see it both ways.

you do such beautiful artwork, where do you get your references for the positions and anatomy?
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~Frazzled-Niya Mar 19, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
arms and legs going everywhere XD;
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~FoxyAndy Jan 6, 2010
Your love and joy of the human body is a wonderful thing and I am thankful you share it with the Deviant community. Really beautiful work!
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~yinlang Jan 5, 2010
is so beautiful I hope you will colour this and must more beautiful
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~Lomeloke Jan 3, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
crazy awesome!
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*Yuni Jan 3, 2010
Thank you ^-^
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