(Also, I’m planning to update Compromise this weekend, assuming I don’t get struck by a sudden catastrophe.)
I loved my Velargirls artwork by @shripscapi so much that I went and got the Targbros done too!
Details I want to gush over:
Aemond
His sapphire! I imagine in-universe people asked him if he would prefer to wear his eyepatch for the portrait, but by this time in his character growth he went “fuck it, I have a sapphire eye, just show it in the painting.”
Embroidery details on his collar! They’re based on traditional Greek motifs which remind me of waves.
Dragon scale pattern on his shirt! The jade green color is an homage to Vhagar, who is supposedly jade green (according to official sources) even though she looks brown on screen. 🧐
Breastplate and stance are supposed to convey that he’s a military man. He has that sapphire blue sash for a bit of pizzazz. Overall we didn’t want him being too fancy and ostentatious, because that isn’t his style, but we still wanted him to look princely.
His sword is Siren Song, as described in Compromise. So he does get his hands on it again eventually. 🤧
Aegon
Jace 100% picked his outfit for the portrait (to coordinate with her own).
Red is a prominent color to emphasize his Targaryen-ness. I also wanted gold for Sunfyre and themes. But I was afraid of red and gold being too Lannister, so we added some white into the mix.
Big chain! Aegon is contractually required to wear chains in fanart. 😂
Aegon’s outfit is the fanciest of the brothers, because as the consort of the future queen he has standards to uphold. #trophyhusband
The flower crown was shripscapi’s idea! Originally I wanted him holding a wrapped gift intended for Jace but wasn’t sure how to convey that. So shripscapi suggested a flower crown that matches the rose Jace is holding, to imply that Jace plucked her flower from the crown. 🥰 Aegon isn’t one to participate in tourneys, but he might be tempted for the chance to crown Jace as Queen of Love and Beauty. 🌹
Daeron
Face reference is Jack Cunningham-Nuttall, who was one of the actors theorized to be Daeron before S2 crushed our hopes and dreams.
We went for a more scholarly appearance for Daeron, who spent a few years studying and training in Oldtown. The robe he wears is apparently a style prevalent among scholars historically.
He isn’t planning to be a septon, but he is fairly devout to the Faith so he wears the seven-pointed star pendant. His book is also supposed to be the book The Seven-Pointed Star.
Cobalt blue is his dominant color, along with some copper accents like the pendant in his hat, because Tessarion. He also wears a bit of red to coordinate with Joff. We wanted the boys to coordinate with the girls because…
Tadaaa! Look at them, they’re all so gorgeous. 😭 Jace and Aegon match the most. Luce and Aemond share a whole spectrum of blues and greens. Joff and Daeron contrast the most without clashing; also, I love their polar opposite books.
And now the whole group. 🙇🏻♀️
Everytime you post new art i have to look through the old ones again and god!! I notice little details everytime and it's just so good. Anyways I hope you have a nice day
tysm!! that is very kind :) there are drawings I don’t like as much anymore but overall I have had sm fun drawing asoiaf stuff and there are a lot that i DO like which is a win for me 💪 and I feel like I have barely scratched the surface of all there is to draw in the books
Hi, I found your lovely art via searching for Earthsea content. I adore your representations of Ged and Tenar :) I was wondering if you use any other platforms for posting your art, like Instagram or Cara, etc? I don't use Tumblr enough anymore, but would love to follow your work more consistently elsewhere. Cheers!
hello! I have an ig (same user) but nothing else. I have no desire to make any new accounts on any new platforms so I am just a musician on the titanic until one or both of the sites disappear
princess saera targaryen, from a fresco in the sept of a motherhouse in king’s landing, commemorating an endowment by queen alysanne and daughters, c. 83 AC
my gorgeous commission by @shripscapi! take a peek under the cut for the historical references she reworked so beautifully.
i have always maintained targaryen fashion should be byzantine inspired, and that was my request to liesl. she works so brilliantly with historical costuming, and in her portraits of renaissance fashions captures the sense of a contemporary portrait - and that’s what i wanted here, the spirit of a real historical work of art. i sent her two images of mosaics of byzantine empresses, theodora from the basilica of san vitale in ravenna (left) and irene of hugary from the hagia sophia in constantinople (right). both commemorate donations to churches, and the foundation of a religious institution at the height of the realm’s prosperity under jaehaerys and alysanne’s rule and a demonstration of good will between crown and faith after the adoption of the doctrine of exceptionalism is something alysanne as queen consort absolutely might do.
as byzantine empresses reshaped the face of imperial constantinople as patrons of its religious and civic architecture, it is fun to imagine the continuing interactions of the targaryens shaping their capital city. the women are included in wider family groupings - imagine alysanne and alyssa and maegelle etc offscreen - communicating the female face of imperial/royal power. here is saera at 16, on the verge of being brutally discarded as incommensurate with that correct feminine image, as indeed not a few byzantine princesses were. exactly the vibe of a lovely and haunting historical document of a woman’s life in the snare of power i’ve encountered in many a museum or palace that i was going for, which makes the story of saera’s disgrace resonate so strongly.
hiii i just wanted to say i love your style and how you draw clothes, it looks so interesting! the lines!! it's so nice!!!
thank youuu I love to draw clothing. stems from my tragic backstory of being determined to stop drawing anime characters with their clothes suctioned to their bodies
Your OCs look awesome! Do you have more of them?
I do but you have unlock my 3 heart event to get them
hii sorry if i didn't see this but are commissions back up again? ty!!
no they’re not, I’m sorry :(
I deleted the post because I’m not sure when/if I’m going to open them again and if I do I definitely need to adjust prices.
Princess Shireen Baratheon
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