A few months ago I received a commission for a seated Cthulhu and was given this as an idea of what he wanted. This was what I came up with and then decided I couldn't sell it for the $20 budget of the commission and made a second one that I felt fit the price better (not an inferior piece, but less detailed).
This is based on a design for a papercraft Cthulhu by paper engineer Phillip Fickling.
Lovecraft's original Elder Sign is inscribed on the sides and August Derleth's version is on the back. There is also some mysterious fake lettering on the front: