A detailed illustration of a purple-skinned tiefling with horns adorned with jewelry, wearing a purple robe with astrological symbols, handling dice and cups for a shell game with a sly smile. Photorealistic style.

A highly detailed, realistic fantasy illustration of a purple-skinned tiefling who appears to be a wizard at first glance, but on closer inspection is clearly a street scammer masquerading as one. He has salt-and-pepper hair and wears slightly crooked eyeglasses that are visibly repaired with mismatched metal pieces and fine wire. His wizard hat and robes display classic arcane imagery — astrological symbols, constellations, planetary glyphs, and mythological runes — but they look secondhand and performative, with faded embroidery, uneven stitching, and signs of intentional exaggeration, as if designed to impress gullible passersby rather than channel real magic. His curved horns are adorned with dangling jewelry — cheap charms mixed with a few genuine-looking talismans, clinking softly — suggesting a blend of superstition and showmanship. His expression is sly and calculating, with a practiced smile that hints at misdirection. In his hands, he confidently handles dice and three small cups used in a street shell-game scam, the tools held with far more familiarity than any spellbook. A slim dagger is barely visible beneath his robes, hinted at only by a subtle outline and a dull metallic glint, suggesting caution and survival rather than heroism. Realistic lighting and textures, natural skin detail, worn fabric folds, muted but rich color palette, cinematic depth of field. The overall mood blends grounded urban grit with faux-mystical flair — a con artist dressed as a wizard, See more