This is a pencil-drawn portrait of Hannibal Barca, the famous Carthaginian general known for his campaign against the Roman Republic. Among his most famous feats was leading his army, including a corps of African war elephants, across the Alps on the way to the Italian peninsula. Later, when crossing a wetland in Italy, Hannibal got an infection in his right eye and had it removed. Although his campaign to subjugate Rome was ultimately unsuccessful, Hannibal nonetheless won acclaim for his military brilliance, particularly during the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC.
When depicting Hannibal here, I wanted him to look like a mixture between the Phoenician colonists who founded Carthage and the native African population. However, I will admit he came out looking a bit darker than I intended (I was aiming for a .dark bronze or coppery skin tone).