An unclothed heathen, shaping one of its limbs into a monstrous appendage. They face something that cannot be seen in the image – ready to tear it to shreds.
 
I was actually pretty stumped for what I wanted to draw next, then I recalled something of a creative tip I got some somewhere else. To revisit the beginning and work my way forward. And sure enough, the beginning was the very first illustration of MAXIM. It’s very likely the next few illustrations will focus on that side of this world setting. But we shall see!