Bronze Knight vs Serpent Dark Fantasy Book Cover

dcd@rkf@ntsy. Low-angle wide composition featuring a lone bronze-armored knight in a valley of towering black monoliths. an enormous translucent green serpent coils through the sky between the stones while the knight raises a chipped sword toward it. 1970s retro dark fantasy book cover art, old-school Dungeons and Dragons style, traditional hand-painted oil and gouache illustration, dramatic chiaroscuro, deep blacks, muted earthy pigments with controlled vivid accents, visible brushwork, richly painted surfaces, ominous surreal fantasy atmosphere, full-bleed artwork with clean image edges, no frame or border.