Trinity

In Hinduism, God is thought to be made up of three gods. This holy trinity is known as the Trimurti. The three forms of this trinity are the gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Hindu believe that the gods within trinity represent the following three aspects: creation (Brahma), preservation (Vishnu); and destruction (Shiva). These three are the main mythological heroes of Hindu mythological stories. None other than illustrating the 'trinity' would be a great start of this project.

The objectives to be considered were characterization of mythological heroes, symbolization of mythological terms, and the visual language. It is to be said that god is within us; within each human being. Even more 'God' is a particular nature, a quality, like Brahma is in charge of raja guna- the quality of passion, Vishnu is in charge of sattva guna- the quality of goodness and Shiva is in charge of tama guna- the quality of ignorance. For the project, I consider them the mythological heroes who are one of us, with these different qualities. Therefore, unlike traditional characterization of Hindu gods, they are illustrated as human beings who complete this whole world. Their main characteristics illustrated for their recognition. Such as Brahma has four heads which is a symbol of four Vedas. Instead of heads, eyes are being illustrated for its main reason to have a watch in all directions. Though we can see only two eyes, the third one is always behind him. Vishnu is with the huge snake behind him and Shiva is with the moon and snake around his neck. Behind all these great gods there are great goddesses that assist them in their duties. These goddess are the consorts of the trimurti; they are Sarasvati, Lakshmi, and Parvati. Goddess are the symbol of power which is always in our body in the form of tantra. It has a scientific method to bring out this spiritual power through chakras- centers of energy. These chakras are shown in a symbolically on the body of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Visual language was the major part to be considered. It was not supposed to be looked only Indian nor only western. It is a trial of Indo- western style with its minute details. Since all these objectives were focused at the first and I am still working on the colors and whichever trials I did was not satisfactory. Hence this piece was decided to be kept black and white.