this looks just about a gajillion times better in person.
So I wanted to draw Mr. Smith, who is one of my favourite characters of all time forever, but when I sketched it, he came out looking younger than I expected, but instead of changing it, I decided to roll with it. He's really kind of creepy all the time as a young man. But he's still partially hooded and his eyes are obscured because it's foreshadowing? Or something. I don't know what the word is I'm looking for.
Also, his hood is colourful(-ish) because he's still technically Vovimian at this point and I imagine their clothes being a mite more, um, flambuoyant than Yclau clothing. I dunno. The picture quality is shite, so a lot of the detail got lost, but here's a close-up of the cloth which actually has thin yellow and dark blue stripes: [link] .
That broach is supposed to be a likeness of his God, Hell. Because Layle Smith has mad swag.
Layle Smith and The Eternal Dungeon belong to Dusk Peterson. [link] Buy his books. Srsly though, AHMGsogoodican'teven vckfkijvfkigbfikcd