#in context

SALMAC is a Great Marquise of Hell with 50 legions of demons under his command. He builds high towers, strong fortresses and sprawling cities, provides his students with good familiars, and afflicts infection upon the wounds of his enemies.

I think this is the first time I've really and truly finished a picture of Salmac since Inkt○ber of 2019 and I'm super happy with it. His design is entirely unchanged from when he first manifested fully-formed in my novel back in 2017, but this is the first time I've actually drawn him properly—I don't usually draw his tailcoat, the oilslick pattern you can see in the highlights in his clothes and hair is always difficult to portray correctly, and it's a lot of extra work to get the gold in his eyes in a way that doesn't look overly obtrusive.