Private commission - Elfhame

The client asked me to create an illustration in the style of my WORLD works, but focusing on the fictional realm of Elfhame [author: Holly Black]. The special thing about this commission is that this work was actually created as a gift for the author herself!
In the end I created two versions - the one on the left is the final gift, whereas the other one is just a version I really liked and decided to keep it too, even if it's not as lore accurate.

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