Splinterlands Art Contest Week 241 . Queen of Crows

Hello, Hivers! I hope everyone is well. I have created a new art piece for Art Contest Week 241. I didn't participate in the previous contest for a specific reason, but here I am with my latest creation: "Queen of Crows." The name and character of this piece are both quite unique.

To begin, I sketched it on a fairly large art board. Typically, we use this type of artwork for designing posters for company campaigns. However, I did not make this art based only on Queen of Crows. I try to highlight its surroundings as well. In my art, I drew the character as if she's standing inside a graveyard and she's looking at you and with crows flying around of her .

Since the character's name is associated with crows, it was essential to include them in the art. Although the main card does not add a graveyard, I added it to give a ghostly vibe to my art. As a result, I changed the color of the Queen's eyes and set the background to a nighttime scene. I made sure to match the character's appearance on the original card and used a color combination that complemented it.
I focused on using black and purple colors mostly throughout my art.

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I added some effects to enhance the visibility of the purple color. The entire wroke was created using Illustrator software, which took a huge amount of time. If I had used my own chosen colors, it would have taken even longer. I've included several pictures showcasing the step-by-step progress of its creation. Today, I modified the art of taking it apart a bit and imported some pictures.. I added them into a GIF that you can see first.

I hope you like my new art concept and the final piece. Please let me know your thoughts by leaving a comment. Thank you!