Inspired by a specific moment of tension in a performance by actor Can Yaman, Harding translates the energy of a spirit animal onto the page. The freehand colored pencil technique allows for a textured, intimate look at the tiger, focusing on the prowling, hunting stance that mirrors a human's internal frustration. The artist avoids artifice, instead using the medium to ground the viewer in the physical reality of the animal's focus.

The landscape orientation provides a wide field for this predator to inhabit, emphasizing the horizontal movement of a creature on the hunt. By linking a specific cinematic performance to the focused gaze of a tiger, the work highlights the primal instincts that often lie just beneath the surface of human emotion. It is a study of power and patience, rendered with the careful hand of an illustrator who sees the wild within the domestic.