In Portal, ESS22 utilizes the spit-shading technique common in traditional American tattooing to create soft, atmospheric gradients across a series of female figures. These forms emerge from the shadows in black and grey, their bodies overlapping to frame a central void. This arrangement draws the eye toward a precise geometric pattern inspired by the flower of life, rendered in a striking gold acrylic ink that breaks the monochromatic palette.

The composition balances the heavy, saturated blacks of the ink with the delicate linework of the central motif, merging the visceral nature of body art with surrealist illustration. By grounding sacred geometry within a cluster of human forms, the artist explores the intersection of the physical and the mystical, suggesting that the source of creation is both a structural law and a deeply felt human experience.