The King of Fear and Hate

"How frozen I became and powerless then,
Ask it not, Reader, for I write it not,
Because all language would be insufficient

I did not die, and I alive remained not;
Think for thyself now, hast thou aught of wit,
What I became, being of both deprived.

The Emperor of the kingdom dolorous
From his mid-breast forth issued from the ice;
And better with a giant I compare

Than do the giants with those arms of his;
Consider now how great must be that whole,
Which unto such a part conforms itself.

Were he as fair once, as he now is foul,
And lifted up his brow against his Maker,
Well may proceed from him all tribulation."

--Dante Alighieri, Inferno.

considering the subject mater, i used a brushed effect to get a painted look.

Based on a sketch by [link]