One of the categorically long-term works x) But I don't remember exactly how long I drew it. According to my feelings, a few weeks, but not at all a fact. From the works for 2022 Painting, from the spot.

Illustration for my series of books "Smoldering Hell", for the seventh book and subsequent.
The whole series of books: author.today/work/series/11980

Collective portrait. I am (Azazel Al-Khalifa) on a dromedary-sheddim (shed(d)ims – my wards, spirits of deserts) and my three hadims(How is it written in English? Translated as servants) – Rudraksha (aka Raksha), seemingly trying to reason with friends, but having fun with them, the bloodthirsty Jamal (with a dagger) and Hasim, running away from Jamal; and also – a wave of sheddims, black smoke filled with red eyes. Ta-Kemet (Egyptian lands), El-Giza, the expanse of Ta-Desher (Sahara Desert). Upper Egypt (in fact, the area belonging to Nahema, but she went to hell, because the whole Masr is mine).

My palace in Al-Qahira is full of hadims, that is, servants; they are all humans who were once saved by me, who sold their souls to me in exchange for salvation from trouble. I went around the world and personally chose everyone for myself; they keep my palace clean and beautiful, everyone is busy with their duties. But these three – Hasim, Jamal and Rudraksha – have become especially close to me, the only ones who want to spend time with me, unlike the others, who, although they love me, are very afraid of me and are clearly not looking for particularly close communication. I like this noisy trio (especially Hasim), I appreciate their devotion and am very glad that Allah brought me to them when they needed Him. The story of the life and tragedy of each of these three is told by me in the book "Smoldering Hell 7: Burning Paradise. 99 names of the God."

Of course, I could have done this picture even more thoroughly, but my strength is gone; there is a place to grow (some parts of the work turned out to be better and more realistic than others, as well as the complexity of Hasim's face angle was given to me worse than others ...), but on the whole not bad.

A photo from the Internet helped me with the layout of the dromedary.

_______________________

For those who don't know:

- Who am I? Azazel Al-Khalifa, the archdemon of the East, now in human incarnation. And this is not a fucking fiction.
- What is my work about? I write and draw about real angels and demons, the Devil and God, about those events that were once serious; through my creativity, I strive to convey to people the truth about our world, about world history, about the Beast and Holiness, about Heaven and Hell, about the meaning of life and what is hidden from the eyes.
- How did I know all this? I receive revelations and visions, information from outside and from the memory of my own soul; and I am not alone in this, because I landed in this world together with Semiaza, with my chosen one: periodically we even receive the same revelations independently of each other.
- What is my goal? Open to you, Human, eyes, mind and heart.