#img.exe

[maekarlargenaturals]

Elia, after The Tourney at Harrenhal

Detail shots/yapping about design choices:

So! For the jewelry I pulled a lot of inspo from Bengali wedding jewelry for her piercings and tikka! Originally I was thinking of going more for a matha patti style, but I couldn't get it looking right with her bangs ORZ. So, went with a more simplified golden Martell sun and chain design.

For her earrings, I was originally planning to do jhumka's with gold and rubies, but decided on the pomegranate with matching rubies for the nose piercing instead. The rubies as symbolism for Rhaegar and House Targaryen, and then the pomegranate for symbolism. However, I lean more into the Jewish symbolism, rather than the popular Greek. Pomegranates are so heavily associated with Rosh Hashanah for us; fertility, and the start of the new year, with Yom Kippur following with atonement and forgiveness. Elia struggled with fertility, and has just been publicly humiliated by her husband, with the new year after 282 AC being Robert's Rebellion. Her situation is a complete inversion of the joy, forgiveness, and ushering of the new associated with Pomegranate's, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur, with rubies so heavily associated with Rhaegar tying it into that perversion of joy.

I toyed around with various colors for the bow above her pregnant belly, before settling on white. Elia was more than likely 6-7 months pregnant when Harrenhal happens. There is no mistaking her for anything but a heavily pregnant woman, with Aegon being the baby within her. White is both a symbol of purity, and innocence, but also, sacrifice. Elia gives Rhaegar the son he desperately wanted for prophecy, and he is still not good enough for Rhaegar. Aegon is a lamb for slaughter. Elia is a lamb for slaughter.

And finally, the Winter Roses! ignore no discernible rose bush. I uh. Tried. It did not turn out well LMAO. I instead pulled from how they are in Game of Thrones: Kingsroad (surprisingly great game btw); where they're singular stalks of a rose that are a harvestable crafting item, and then used the appearance from the Crown of Winter Roses for the specific blue. Despite being a rare flower, they're scattered all behind her head. Thoughts of Lyanna, the tourney, and the Queen of Love and Beauty haunting her.

Overall, this took like,,, 20ish hours to make? I'm glad I stuck it out and committed to the vision I had for this, because I think it's the best art I've made so far :)

[royharperlargenaturals]

gargoyle lookin ass.

[maekarlargenaturals]

-the pretty ones are always temperamental

[maekarlargenaturals]

Aaaand my final piece of art this year is a completely indulgent OC piece for a 'Rhaegar Wins' au that lives solely in my head.

The TLDR bare bones is Rhaegelle taking in Jon as a ward, while Rhaegar is in critical condition and recovering after the trident. He defeats Robert Baratheon, but barely. With no burning of Qarlton Chelsted, Dany is not conceived from Aerys raping Rhaella. Alongside Qarlton Chelsted living, there is no sack of King's Landing, thus Tywin doesn't have an opportunity to kill Elia and her children, nor does Jaime kill Aerys.

Instead, Rhaegelle kills her own father after she learns of his Wildfire Plot, and with Jaime's help, she frames it as the throne itself killing him, as was done with Maegor.

While Rhaegar recovers, she has Arthur bring Lyanna to the Red Keep. Once Jon is born and Lyanna dies, she takes him in as her own ward before Rhaegar recovers, denying him legitimization so he would not be a threat to Elia's children place in succession.

For the symbolism chosen:

The dragon in the upper left is based on the Cannibal, flying over the red keep, with the wildfire spreading. Rhaegelle killing her own father is akin to the Cannibal eating other dragons, all under the threat of wildfire consuming everything.

The right is all that Jon could have been, as is in the books. Winterfell with winter coming, Ghost looking up at Jon, and with The Three Eyed Raven overlooking it all.

And for the center, Rhaegelle is holding Jon, while sitting on the Iron Throne, and a symbol of the Faith of the Seven behind her, with a crown of winter roses haloing Jon. I pulled from symbolism of plain clothes Madonna and Child for Rhaegelle and Jon, however with a stark contrast between Jon and Rhaegelle's expressions. Despite the circumstances of his conception and birth, Jon is allowed to be a fat and happy baby, oblivious to what he has been born into. Rhaegelle however, has no light left within her eyes, and is consumed with spite against her father and brother for the life she has been condemned to.

The Faith of the Seven imagery paints her almost saint like, like the Mother herself, for taking on Jon, even as it is the worst thing that could happen to her. Her suffering as a woman born into House Targaryen is almost holy. Jon is haloed by the symbol of his mother, breaking up the visual of the symbol of the Seven, his roots as one of the First Men and the Old Gods.

Overall, I cant believe I actually finished this lol. I cant even count the hours put into it. The final working file size was 53.5 mbs, and all layers in total pre merging and deleting, was in the 90's. Huuuuuge undertaking that I'm glad I was able to finish in time.

[royharperlargenaturals]

Today’s Beautiful Butch: Kon.

[maekarlargenaturals]

My brothers have my measure when it comes to fighting and dancing and thinking and reading books, but none of them is half my equal at lying insensible in the mud.

Henry Ashton, you have completely enthralled me. Here's my study I did of a handful of stills from episode 4, combining live action Daeron + novella + comic Daeron!

[maekarlargenaturals]

Aenerys & Viserra Targaryen; Twin Dragons, twin daughters of Maekar Targaryen and Dyanna Dayne

@artbylo did such a good job with my most special identical princesses \o/

[royharperlargenaturals]

I’m a day late for new comic book posting bc my gf flew in from Australia :D. But! I got near mint Perez Wonder Woman #1, one of my fave Cheetah variants, Watchmen #12 in mint to match my #1, my most beloved Robin Annual (Lonnie ilysm), and then secondhand first prints of Superboy #1, New Mutants, Fab Five (!!!!!!!!), and then NTT.