Nyarlathotep is one of H.P. Lovecraft’s more active creations. He (she, it) has a multitude of avatars. He gets involved with humanity. He pays attention to what we do. He plays with us. The rest of the Great Old Ones take as much notice of us as we do of ants.
The finished version of this is in my Epilogue gallery.
Maybe I’ll read Lovecraft some day.
The illo reminds me of the Dodecahedron from The Phantom Tollbooth.
I have to reread that book one of these days.
You won’t find any version of Nyarlathotep in Lovecraft that looks like this. He’s been more developed by later writers. Thus giving me license to depict him in whatever manner that struck my fancy.