If ever there was an excuse to go full sex-appeal with a character design this was it. As depicted by the French artist Louis le Breton for his fellow countryman Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire infernal, Astaroth is a skinny man with reptilian claws punctuating long hands and feet, hobbled over on the back of a lupine demon sporting a massive pair of bat wings and a serpentine tail. Like I know Helluva Boss still has a cartoon style, but they could have at least given him a massive bulge, or an dump truck ass. My only complaint about the design is that as the embodiment of lust, he should be much more sexualized. I loved it so much when I saw the episode. They're such simple details but again if you're a nerd for this stuff they add so much to the design. and he has the feathers of a rooster tail. Asmodeus is classically depicted with three heads, a man's, a cow's, and a goat, and the legs of a rooster.īThe shadow of a goat and cow. But if you're in the know it makes it so much better.įor reference this is one of the most iconic images of Asmodeus, depicted by Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire infernal.Īt first glance these designs have almost nothing in common but the devil (hehe) is in the details.
To anyone unaware this is just a cool monster design. Their design for Asmodeus is so incredible and I love the little nods to classic designs of his character. Then Helluva Boss comes along and gives us this specimen. So I've known about the concept of the Seven Princes of Hell for a while now and have always thought there would make for an awesome addition to any kind of media, but so far there aren't a lot of properties who nailed. Ever since I was a little witchling I have loved creepy demon designs, the topology of Hell, and Hell's hierarchy. Occultism 101: Types of Occultism Pt.Demon loving nerd gushes about Asmodeus character design.Illustrated Beginners Guide to Chaos Magic.
While his Semitic predecessor was depicted as a man or a bull, the demon Baal was in grimoire. The name is drawn from the Canaanite deity Baal mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the primary god of the Phoenicians. Baal is in 17th Century goetic occult writings one of the seven princes of Hell.
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