This is basically an abstraction of a black hole, but it's abstract, so it's whatever you want to see, really. Lemme know what you think.
I drew the image with the intention of inverting it from the very beginning; It would be hard as **** to do stars without inverting. I didn't use charcoal, but I used a very thick pencil for shading, 5B, I think.
The balls on the end of the smaller arm thingys really detract from the whole thing. It's all very flowy and sleek until you see those balls and it's like an auto-brake for your eyes. I'm impressed with the symmetry though and the rest of it is really cool.
Depends on the perspective that you're trying to give the image, but I see what you mean. Thanks though, I love me some criticism!