Cursed Amulet on a Salt Flat – Concept Art

Ultra-detailed concept art scene of a cursed amulet resting on a vast salt flat. The amulet is ancient and ornate: a tarnished metal pendant with worn glyphs, a dark, facet-like centerpiece, and corroded edges. A faint, sinister glow—crimson or emerald—from the gem casts eerie reflections on the crystallized salt and turns nearby crystals into prisms. The landscape is a white, blinding salt plain that stretches to the horizon, with geometric salt crusts, wind-sculpted patterns, and distant mirage-like mountains. The camera sits at ground level, a shallow depth of field focusing on the amulet as it lies partially buried, with long shadows and cinematic lens effects. Lighting is moody and surreal: volumetric light, soft halo, subtle film grain, and a cool-to-warm color palette of icy blues, pale yellows, and the gem's glow. Style: concept art, digital painting, highly detailed, painterly textures, atmospheric and ominous.