“Blue Is A Good Color On You, My Lady,” Jaime Observed. “It Goes Well With Your Eyes.” She Does

as a slav your interpretation of asoiaf fashion is soooooo beautiful and cool and fitting and your style does slav inspired clothing so much justice. your art is genuinely a bowl of warm soup to my soul and soft cotton fabric to my skin. your mind and skill ❤ hope all is well

thank u SOO much this is so sweet and lovely :’) mwah mwah <33

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 take a peek under the cut for the historical references she reworked so beautifully.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 exactly the vibe of a lovely and haunting historical document of a woman’s life in the snare of power i’ve encountered in many a museum or palace that i was going for, which makes the story of saera’s disgrace resonate so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.

The darkness always ends, Magdalene. We must remember that.

I just discovered your asoiaf art and I'm crying tears of joy. It's so gorgeous!

thank youuu <3 so glad I picked the series up on a whim because it’s been great for inspiration :)

Danaë of Brno, a Přemysl Revenant and Fiendish knight of Clan Tzimisce. Shaagra's worst great-great-granddaughter. My Vampire: The Dark Ages -- Prague by Night OC, painted by the wonderful Liesl @shripscapi.

Aegon VI and Rhaenys Targaryen, children of Elia and Rhaegar ☀️🐉

My commission by the wonderful and talented @shripscapi thank you so much!

I’ve only drawn cersei once when I had only just started fleshing out the general look I wanted to go for in my asoiaf art, so I wanted a chance to go back and update her. cersei’s design is tough because I always think of her hair, but it’s hard to make loose hair not look ahistorical and out of place grrr… This was the solution I came up with in the end. Not perfect, but I think she looks pretty anyways

I dreamt of a maid at a feast, with purple serpents in her hair

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