After literal years of debating it with myself, I finally decided to make a compromise with my desires and find a sustainable way to continue the Midgaheim Bestiary - uncolored sketches. Sorry, carpal tunnel syndrome and my lack of funds to pay artists a proper wage for a shitload of work made it necessary, and I'd rather continue the project in some degree than let it die on the vine.

ANYWAY, Puff Dragons! A small group of greater drakes inspired by my nostalgia! Come learn about them, won't you?

No Sympathies Old Demon Concept Art Dump Part 1: The Main Cast

By request, I am posting the demon concept art I made for what would eventually become my first novel, No Sympathies. It's art that's over a decade old at this point and kind of hard for me to look at without thinking about its myriad flaws - I'd rework most if not all of these designs now, and even back then I kinda felt like I got a lot better at designing demons towards the end of the batch than I was at the beginning, which made me want to redo the whole project again. Someday I might, too, though probably only as a series of pencil sketches.

But here, for posterity and nostalgia's sake, they are. In this batch, from top row to bottom, left to right:

• Pug - inspired by the demon of the same name from Ben Jonson's The Devil Is An Ass
• Mephistopheles - inspired specifically by Marlowe's take on the character
• Matilda - inspired by the demon of the same name from The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis
• Alichino - inspired by the demon of the same name from The Divine Comedy
• Lucifer - based specifically on the take on Lucifer from Paradise Lost
• Beelzebub
• Belphegor
• Abaddon - inspired specifically by Apollyon from Pilgrim's Progress
• Asmodeus
• Mammon
• Sheol

No Sympathies Old Demon Concept Art Dump Part 2: Oh fuck I'm already out of subtitles

By request, I am posting the demon concept art I made for what would eventually become my first novel, No Sympathies. It's art that's over a decade old at this point and kind of hard for me to look at without thinking about its myriad flaws - I'd rework most if not all of these designs now, and even back then I kinda felt like I got a lot better at designing demons towards the end of the batch than I was at the beginning, which made me want to redo the whole project again. Someday I might, too, though probably only as a series of pencil sketches.

But here, for posterity and nostalgia's sake, they are. In this batch, from top row to bottom, left to right:

• Lilith - despite the name, she's more inspired by Sin, the daughter of Lucifer in Paradise Lost
• Paimon
• Moloch - inspired specifically by the Moloch in Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl
• Naiberius - inspired by the demonic Cerberus in The Divine Comedy
• Marchiosas
• Belial (oh fuck this one is rough, she deserves a better design)
• Mulciber
• Pegleg - based on the demon of the same name from Tom Waits's The Black Rider
• Iago - inspired by the theory that Iago in Othello may in fact be a demon (Othello himself seems convinced as much by the end of the play)
• Scratch - https://youtu.be/RIau2KHj9-I?si=vzvNkPTmh3VzlPQ1
• Astaroth - given the fact that Astaroth is a demonization of the goddess Ishtar, which I learned AFTER making this design, I'd make an Astaroth a lady if I designed them today. As is, his design is inspired by Hellboy's take on Astaroth.
• Amon(g Us)

No Sympathies Old Demon Concept Art Dump Part 3: The Malebranche

By request, I am posting the demon concept art I made for what would eventually become my first novel, No Sympathies. It's art that's over a decade old at this point and kind of hard for me to look at without thinking about its myriad flaws - I'd rework most if not all of these designs now, and even back then I kinda felt like I got a lot better at designing demons towards the end of the batch than I was at the beginning, which made me want to redo the whole project again. Someday I might, too, though probably only as a series of pencil sketches.

But here, for posterity and nostalgia's sake, they are. In this batch, from top row to bottom, left to right:

• Malacoda
• Draghignazzo
• Barbariccia
• Cagnazzo
• Graffiacane
• Ciriato
• Calcabrina
• Scarmiglione
• Rubicante
• Farfarello
• Libicocco

No Sympathies Old Demon Concept Art Dump Part 4: More of 'Em

By request, I am posting the demon concept art I made for what would eventually become my first novel, No Sympathies. It's art that's over a decade old at this point and kind of hard for me to look at without thinking about its myriad flaws - I'd rework most if not all of these designs now, and even back then I kinda felt like I got a lot better at designing demons towards the end of the batch than I was at the beginning, which made me want to redo the whole project again. Someday I might, too, though probably only as a series of pencil sketches.

But here, for posterity and nostalgia's sake, they are. In this batch, from top row to bottom, left to right:

• Furfur
• Abalam
• Bebal
• Vual
• Azazel
• Hobob
• Nick
• Gressil
• Beleth
• Rosier
• Bathin
• Nelchael

No Sympathies Old Demon Concept Art Dump Part 5: Still More of 'Em

By request, I am posting the demon concept art I made for what would eventually become my first novel, No Sympathies. It's art that's over a decade old at this point and kind of hard for me to look at without thinking about its myriad flaws - I'd rework most if not all of these designs now, and even back then I kinda felt like I got a lot better at designing demons towards the end of the batch than I was at the beginning, which made me want to redo the whole project again. Someday I might, too, though probably only as a series of pencil sketches.

But here, for posterity and nostalgia's sake, they are. In this batch, from top row to bottom, left to right:

• Nisroc
• Vepar
• Valac
• Baal
• Pazuzu - ok this one I only included because of Pazuzu being the main demon of The Exorcist, and the goal of this project at the time was just to draw a bunch of demons from big works of demon fiction I knew. I'm less comfortable with including Pazuzu as a demon now than I was then given that he's from his own mythology with its own rules.
• Lamashtu - and she's included because I was playing a lot of Pathfinder at the time and it has Pazuzu and Lamashtu as rival demon lords, but, again, kinda uncomfy with that now
• Verrine - this was the design that made me feel most of the previous ones were too stripped down/simplified - demons should have more of a sense of style, they shouldn't all be naked beasties
• Gemory
• Eligos
• Abigor
• Saleos
• Marbas

No Sympathies Old Demon Concept Art Dump Part 6: I Can't Believe There's Still More of Them

By request, I am posting the demon concept art I made for what would eventually become my first novel, No Sympathies. It's art that's over a decade old at this point and kind of hard for me to look at without thinking about its myriad flaws - I'd rework most if not all of these designs now, and even back then I kinda felt like I got a lot better at designing demons towards the end of the batch than I was at the beginning, which made me want to redo the whole project again. Someday I might, too, though probably only as a series of pencil sketches.

But here, for posterity and nostalgia's sake, they are. In this batch, from top row to bottom, left to right:

• Sitri
• Merihem
• Bifrons
• Allocer
• Sonneillon
• Veltis
• Flauros
• Ukobach
• Bolfry
• Sabnach
• Morad
• Malthus

No Sympathies Old Demon Concept Art Dump Part 7: Yet More Demons

By request, I am posting the demon concept art I made for what would eventually become my first novel, No Sympathies. It's art that's over a decade old at this point and kind of hard for me to look at without thinking about its myriad flaws - I'd rework most if not all of these designs now, and even back then I kinda felt like I got a lot better at designing demons towards the end of the batch than I was at the beginning, which made me want to redo the whole project again. Someday I might, too, though probably only as a series of pencil sketches.

But here, for posterity and nostalgia's sake, they are. In this batch, from top row to bottom, left to right:

• Andromalius
• Halphas
• Melchom
• Vassago
• Mastema
• Baphomet
• Agares
• Pythius
• Ronove
• Furcas
• Antaura
• Vapula

No Sympathies Old Demon Concept Art Dump Part 8: Are We Done Yet?

By request, I am posting the demon concept art I made for what would eventually become my first novel, No Sympathies. It's art that's over a decade old at this point and kind of hard for me to look at without thinking about its myriad flaws - I'd rework most if not all of these designs now, and even back then I kinda felt like I got a lot better at designing demons towards the end of the batch than I was at the beginning, which made me want to redo the whole project again. Someday I might, too, though probably only as a series of pencil sketches.

But here, for posterity and nostalgia's sake, they are. In this batch, from top row to bottom, left to right:

• Zagan
• Forneus
• Samael
• Keryon
• Abyzou
• Valefor
• Botis
• Bune
• Focalor
• Krampus

No Sympathies Old Demon Concept Art Dump Part 9: And Some Angels Too

By request, I am posting the demon concept art I made for what would eventually become my first novel, No Sympathies. It's art that's over a decade old at this point and kind of hard for me to look at without thinking about its myriad flaws - I'd rework most if not all of these designs now, and even back then I kinda felt like I got a lot better at designing demons towards the end of the batch than I was at the beginning, which made me want to redo the whole project again. Someday I might, too, though probably only as a series of pencil sketches.

But here, for posterity and nostalgia's sake, they are. In this batch, from top row to bottom, left to right:

• Azrael
• Gabriel
• Michael
• Raphael
• Uriel
• Barachiel
• Camael