This is my piece for contest of Raf Grassetti. Theme of the contest is “Underworld” so I decided to create King of the Underworld with little story :
“No one in the Underworld wants to be king. Here the king is not elected. After dead of king, the bone crown start growing on a new victim of underworld. This is not only power for many years, but also a curse. You are doomed to rule and be immortal until your crown of bone kills you. Kings of all times use rune magic to speed up or slow down the growth of bones. But sooner or later, everyone comes to the same outcome - desire to end their reign as soon as possible…”
I tried to make him royal and exhausted. The liquids in the background symbolise time
Hope you enjoy this)