Azathoth research and ideas

Azathoth

“...that last amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the centre of all infinity—the boundless daemon-sultan Azathoth, whose name no lips dare speak aloud, and who gnaws hungrily in inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond time amidst the muffled, maddening beating of vile drums and the thin, monotonous whine of accursed flutes; to which detestable pounding and piping dance slowly, awkwardly, and absurdly the gigantic ultimate gods, the blind, voiceless, tenebrous, mindless Other Gods whose soul and messenger is the crawling chaos Nyarlathotep.” (“The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath”)

“...I started with loathing when told of the monstrous nuclear chaos beyond angled space which theNecronomicon had mercifully cloaked under the name of Azathoth.” (“The Whisperer in Darkness”)

“Eventually there had been a hint of vast, leaping shadows, of a monstrous, half-acoustic pulsing, and of the thin, monotonous piping of an unseen flute—but that was all. Gilman decided he had picked up that last conception from what he had read in the Necronomicon about the mindless entity Azathoth, which rules all time and space from a curiously environed black throne at the centre of Chaos.” (“The Dreams in the Witch House”)

One of the first Old Gods I had an idea for, and the one, personally most complex for me.

Going through my sources I gathered some notes about him 

AZATHOTH -

• gaseous
• bubbles
• Sultan
• Drums
• flutes
• piping
• dance
• blind
• voiceless

Host ideas: 1700's Mozart's or Beethoven's time period. Renaissance french dandy, musician. pompous, elegant

definitly going with some sort of late century musician and i found a Tumblr post all about period clothing
http://shoomlah.tumblr.com/post/76245310670/claires-fancy-pants-historical-fashion-master-post

I tried my best to find some referance pictures here and there, the ones i mostly found were from Google, searching up french dandys, 1700 period male clothing etc.

Also something creepy like the episode from doctor who 'the girl in the fireplace'

With these ideas in mind, i made a few concept sketches, as i wanted him to be a gaseous ethereal being with a decorated mask, wig and hat and draped on clothes

I havent made any more progress on Azathoth and I dont think I will because of time constraints and the complexity with his costume design, id need more time to really figure it out, as i'd want it to be as accurate as possible, to not piss off any history majors.
its the one thing that is hindering me on most of these paintings, the fact i need to get my research perfect for the period otherwise it falls apart, very challenging indeed.