Hunting Ghosts

Created for a personal project linked to the TTRPG campaign I’m playing with my group.
This piece is inspired by the ‘Gentlemen Bastards’ series of novels and features one of the creatures I created for the setting of this TTRPG: the ‘Arcane Cage’, a necromantic construct made from an animal skull, used to hunt and imprison souls – making it perfect for a ghost hunt.

I wanted to use shades of blue and green to convey the impression of a haunted city, in an unnatural state.
For the two characters’ costumes, I was obviously inspired by the masks of the Venice Carnival.

I envisaged the image as a book cover, so I took the liberty of including secondary elements that allude to the lore.

Tools: Krita
Time: approx. 40 hours