Just a pole, can be whatever anyone wants. :) I added it in at the last second for fun (and because I wanted to play around a little more with negative space, for the fingers and whatnot). Mostly I was just looking to catch the pose with perspective/foreshortening stuff. The point wasn't so much in what the figure is actually doing, it's more in the action of the figure and whatnot. I don't know, I didn't like it at first, but it was one of those deals where I stared at it for several minutes, and it grew on me. Wasn't looking to put too much detail in, I wanted to keep it simple, show negative space, that kind of artsy crap. ;) I might go back and put a bunch of dramatic lines in, but I don't know...I kind of like it the way it is. Simple white on black line drawing...