Spirit Card Sketches

I got a new spirit card commission, which was a rather abstract matter. I decided to pack it into the form of a kind-of-a-tree-being, growing black roots into the ground and holding an artifact floating above itself resembling a crown. First I did some pencil sketches, then picked my two favorites and did a fast digital overpainting to check out possible values and the overall feeling.
You can find the finished card here.

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