Ars Goetia 61 - Zagan

Zagan, one of the nine Kings of Hell.

A very powerful entity who commands over thirty three legions of demons. Listed as the sixty first demon described in the Lesser Key of Solomon. He is classified as both President and King, both titles symbolic of the power and sway he has within the infernal abyss.

When summoned, Zagan often assumes the shape of a winged bull, but will transform into a man some time after being conjured. He has the power to turn water into wine, blood into wine, and back again. He also has the power to turn any metal into coins. It is said that he can impart great knowledge upon any man, and even turn a fool wise.

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Personal illustration from 2021, done in Procreate and Photoshop.  Here is the WIP:

The Morrigan

From Wikipedia: The Morrígan or Mórrígan, also known as Morrígu, is a figure from Irish mythology. The name is Mór-Ríoghain in Modern Irish. It has been translated as "great queen", "phantom queen" or "queen of phantoms".

The Morrígan is mainly associated with war and fate, especially with foretelling doom, death or victory in battle. In this role she often appears as a crow, the badb. She incites warriors to battle and can help bring about victory over their enemies. The Morrígan encourages warriors to do brave deeds, strikes fear into their enemies, and is portrayed washing the bloodstained clothes of those fated to die. She also has some connection with sovereignty, the land and livestock. In modern times she is often called a "war goddess" and has also been seen as a manifestation of the earth- and sovereignty-goddess, chiefly representing the goddess's role as guardian of the territory and its people.

The Morrígan is often described as a trio of individuals, all sisters, called 'the three Morrígna'. Membership of the triad varies; sometimes it is given as Badb, Macha and Nemain while elsewhere it is given as Badb, Macha and Anand (the latter is given as another name for the Morrígan). It is believed that these were all names for the same goddess. The three Morrígna are also named as sisters of the three land goddesses Ériu, Banba and Fódla. The Morrígan is said to be the wife of The Dagda, while Badb and Nemain are said to be the wives of Neit.

She is associated with the banshee of later folklore.

This drawing was updated using Procreate in 2018 but was originally made for a 2008 Character of the Week (ChOW) challenge at the now defunct conceptart.org website.

Janus

Description: In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings and transitions, thence also of gates, doors, doorways, endings and time. He is usually a two-faced god since he looks to the future and the past. The Romans dedicated the month of January to Janus.

 This was a drawing I made in January 2018 for a Character of the Week challenge over at conceptart.org, made in Procreate and Photoshop.

Medusa

Medusa is creature from ancient Greek mythology, a woman who is hideous in appearance, has serpents on her head instead of hair, and has the ability to turn people to stone with her glare.  She is oftentimes portrayed as a villain in movies and video games.  She was once a beautiful maiden priestess of Athena, who was seduced by Poseidon, and fell in love with him.  For breaking her vows to celibacy she was cursed, and terrorized the world until she was killed by Perseus.

I portrayed her as a serpent, in the style of the movie Clash of the Titans, or the video game God of War.

I did this drawing for a contest over at Deviant Art themed "Born Bad" in February 2018. The drawing was made in Procreate and finished in Photoshop.

Genie in the Lamp

I worked on this drawing from 2011 until 2018, little by little, until I had a major breakthrough with it finally and got it to a stage I consider "finished."

Below is an animated GIF.  I made this using an old antiquated piece of software (Magic Morph) that is useful in morphing images from one to another.  For example, you can take two portraits and make the face morph into another face, similar to Michael Jackson's Black or White video.  Rather than starting with two different images, I started and ended with the same image, and used control points to animate the background and foreground smoke effects.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.