#redesigning HotD

[artist-ellen]

The Wedding of Rhaenyra and Daemon

I need all the love for this one because I super-focused on it for over half a day without pause. What sleep schedule? I had the unstoppable urge to draw these two menaces. If you want me to make more things like this the endorphin rush of positive feedback will need to be stellar XD. Second bird with this stone is that I actually drew an unprompted man for the HotD series. Can’t be getting too predictable with only pretty ladies.

For this redesign I wanted to reference and build off of Rhaenyra's Heir outfit. So while it's not exactly the same they should feel like they are pulling more from the "ancient Valyerian" (Byzantine-esque) fashion than the styles that Alicent is currently wearing in court. Extra points if you an spot the references to Empress Theodora (again + her Emperor). Oh and because I make the rules in these redesigns: Corlys is Black and Rhaenyra isn't Hollywood sized. I can pull from the books and the show as I please! So I wanted to include her long single plait (styled after a previous Queen) and her generous curves in these post-time jump illustrations.

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[gromlyn]

Elaboration on my Tully/Targaryen dress from this piece! This was supposed to be a quick warmup but the embroidery wound up taking way longer than I expected. Details on the bodice below :)

#I’ve missed doing costume design so much 😭 #might do some more dress designs since this one was so fun #some of the dresses in hotd enrage me so who knows maybe I’ll do some redesigns… #my art #asoiaf au #asoiaf fanart #asoiaf clothing #costume design #dress design #house targaryen #house tully #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #game of thrones #house of the dragon #digital art #procreate #artists on tumblr

[gothgleek]

Rhaenyra deserved a Black Dress moment so I propose a scene at Viserys and Alicent’s wedding where she arrives late in one of her mother’s old gowns from the Vale, which she dyed black and red. Her dramatic entrance and rejection of her father’s marriage widens the rift between her and Alicent. Viserys obviously recognizes it as well so it is as if he is seeing Aemma on his wedding day, plaguing his guilty mind further. For Rhaenyra, it is an act of defiance and act of mourning.

#rhaenyra targaryen #aemma arryn #aemma targaryen #house of the dragon #HOTD #HOTD redesign #hotd fanart #fanart #asoiaf hair and clothing #asoiaf clothing and hair #team black #rhaenicent #mine

[fruitageoforanges]

psychotic babygirl redesign time <3

#hotd #greens <3 #aemond targaryen #scribbles #f&b #i’ve tried and failed to capture ewan mitchell’s likeness #he’s great but i want to draw aemond without him looking slightly off #thus: redesign time! #also solves my issues with the show’s boring costuming #bbygirl gets some fancy clothes #i like the idea of his hair being not quite white blond #hightower genetics coming through #his sapphire eye looks a bit weird bc i was originally trying to draw his eye without a prosthetic #anyway my favourite f&b!aemond trait that hasn’t translated to screen is that he likes jewellery #so he gets some nice rings and earrings

[catasterisms]

whoever redesigned the hotd targaryen sigils to have four legged dragons when the show kept the two legged design needs to be fucking fired immediately

#hotd #also kinda #anti hotd #i hate the incongruence #i don’t care if you have some petty bullshit reason about dragons and wyverns #if they didn’t redesign the dragons featured in the show #what the hell purpose does changing the sigils serve??

[acewithapencil]

HOTD opening Sigil redesigns: Baela, rhaena (after morning hatches), laena, Rhaenys, daemon, rhaenyra

We haven’t seen officially seen Rhaenys yet but this is my vision. I know they considered dark sister for daemon, and they should’ve gone with it. I did the tiara of the amethyst empress for Rhaenyra since her story and the dance is similar to the amethyst empress and the blood betrayal.

Edit: I mixed up the amethyst empress and the empress of leng in terms of whose tiara daemon gave rhaenyra 😅 but I stand by it we could’ve had it be an amethyst empress reference for her personal opening sigil

#fan art #my art #HOTD #baela targaryen #moondancer #rhaena targaryen #rhaena of pentos #morning #laena velaryon #vhagar #rhaenys targaryen #rhaenys tqwnw #meleys #daemon targeryan #dark sister #rhaenyra targaryen #amethyst empress #I’m still not planning on doing a lot of show based art #but some of these Sigils were really bothering me

[15-lizards]

Hi! I love your redesigns for ASOIAF houses and the snippets of their house’s fashion history. I wrote a ton of fashion history papers in college so it warms my heart with your posts. 💚💛💚 (green hearts for Meera Reed)

What do you think House Velaryon would dress like? They have such an interesting history that it’s hard for me, personally, to imagine it. My first thought was Vikings because they’re sea faring like the Greyjoys but it wouldn’t match too much because they’re a political powerhouse with dragons and members in the Royal family… at least in the HOTD era. In GOT they’re much smaller and less powerful naval house under Stannis who obviously isn’t as flashy as the Targs or even his brothers. The fashion would’ve changed drastically throughout their history, especially considering the two very different houses their power has been tied to so I was wondering what your take would be on their different statuses being reflected in their clothes.

This got very long lol I love your energy with the fashion history side of the fandom so I don’t mind if it takes a while to answer! Great things take time after all💚

Hey this is such a great question!! I think I’ll do like a “timeline” of fashion for this one instead of one period on time.

Okay so they’re said to have arrived even earlier than the targs, so their earliest fashions would be older remnants of Valyria. Fairly simple clothing, since I don’t think they were very established in Valyria, but as they made their wealth, their fashion became more complex with added jewelry and finer materials, but they still hung on to their traditions for a while. Simple one piece dresses or tunics and sun protecting/religious headwear that got more complex over time

An unspecified amount of time later, when the Targs arrive, the Velaryons have grown nice and wealthy off of the constant wars on the mainland. At this point they’re still cleaning to tradition, but they’re also letting Westerosi influences come in. Leather jerkins and wool cloaks and velvet jackets etc etc. And at this point they’re starting to evolve into a sea faring family too so: cotton clothing that’s easy to move around in on ships, turbans/head wraps to keep hair out of their face on Driftmark and while at sea, rare jewels and metals found on expeditions.

By the time of the dance they’ve probably fully conformed to Westerosi fashions. And they’re rich enough to fully indulge in it too. Big frills and ruffles, wide skirts, embroidered clothing, jeweled headdresses, studded leather jerkins, carefully crafted doublets, the whole nine yards. I feel that since this is the peak of the Targaryen era it’s also the peak of the Velaryon era, since they’re so closely connected

By the time of Aerys II, I think that their peak has definitely passed, and the Velaryons are slowly falling from grace, though it isn’t as extreme or as fast as the targs. Their clothes are older and more worn, beginning to become mostly for practicality. Skirts are flatter, leather has become cracked, people are wearing the clothes of their mother and father. It’s not immediate, but there’s definitely a slow decline in quality as the house becomes less and less important to Westeros

By the late 290’s, I think the Velaryons are all but faded into obscurity. They have their noble name, but that’s really it. They were fading already by the end of the Targs, so the absolute shitshow Robert launches the country in cant really be good for them, or the fact that Mr. Stingy Stannis is their new liege lord. When Aurane comes to power, they’re essentially just dressing like landed knights. Their clothes are clean and fit well and don’t have holes…but that’s about it.

#asoiaf #asoiaf hair and clothing #rip to the velaryons slay you will be missed #Aurane you deserve a house with full coffers I’m sorry u could not serve

[houseofpendragons]

New Ideas for HOTD Alicent Fashion pt.3

So for this one, we’re going to be combining Rhaenyra in this again. The reason for this is bc I’m coving the nightgowns we saw/should have seen. The reason I say some of them are ones we “should have seen” is bc why was everyone still dressed that night on driftmark???? It was late af, why were Rhaenys and Corlys the only ones dressed for bed🤨

But to start, Alicent.

This:

We love this, we need this.

Idk what this is:

What happened, she was dressed so elegantly even if it was just for bed. Now she look like a spinster with a house full of cats.

I just don’t like the way the second dress is designed. The fabric is fine. I don’t like the buttons, I don’t like the sleeves, and I don’t like the bland embroidery around the neckline and the wrists and the waist.

The first dress is flowey, yet form fitting. I like the ties in the front, and the over dress that goes over the dress. It’s the same material and looks the same but the way it is positioned is very flattering and creates a more fanciful appearance.

So to firstly redo the nightgown we see in the picture above we need to take some things into consideration. Alicent has had a confusing interaction with Rhaenyra the night before, almost a ghost of their friendship in girlhood radiating around them, and she even says she will be a good Queen (previously having told Aegon that he is not her son). So, we don’t really know what’s going on in Alicent mind right now. Seriously, I mean this girl gave me whiplash sometimes. That being said, she’s still at the height of her Hightower propaganda kick.

Looking at nightgowns in other historical/period dramas, I’ve noticed that it tends to be the simple additions that you don’t even realize (a pop of color, the material of the dress, the way it hugs the body, a simple embroidered design place somewhere) that really give the dress a more fantasy appeal to them.

So considering her mindset and actions, as well as those design factors:

This actually isn’t too different from the original dress if you really look at it, only the high neckline is an overdress of sheer fabric, still allowing the (perhaps) less appropriate, yet more beautiful nightgown beneath. The overdress helps keep in tact that sense of modesty Alicent seems to be reflecting in her clothing after the time skip, whilst maintaining the more fanciful nightgowns of royalty we see her embracing in her youth. And it is a lighter shade of green as opposed to her usual darker greens, signifying her uncertainties or her wavering ideals.

It is true she also misinterpreted Viserys statement before she went to bed as well, thinking he wished for Aegon to succeed him. However, she is very against Rhaenyra being hurt in any way from the get go. Confliction, family vs. Old friendships

The one thing I would change is that the embroidery around the neckline, the wrists, and the waist would be a gold and red. Not quite Targaryen colors, but the small bit of red fabric on her nightgown could be like the small thought of Rhaenyra being queen tugging at the back of her mind.

Now for the redesign dress. Why is she still in her funeral attire🙄:

She should have been asleep, or at least pretending to be, so I at least think she’d dress the part.

Now I’m not gonna repeat myself with the yada yada yada about the dress should be bc royalty and style bc we been over that.

That being said, we combining again:

We’re keeping the long jacket from the first pick, and the dress in question from the second.

The darker green tone reflects the mood, and having been woken up I’d think she’d grab a coat as driftmark seems cold. The floral patterns add a beautiful design that takes away any simplicity, and I also imagine her liking to take strolls through the garden w/ Helaena so yeah. Just imagine this trailing behind her.

As for the dress, I love the white sleeves tucked into the belt, imagine this falling from her shoulder in her tousle with Rhaenyra, the fabric having ripped or simple fallen instead of the golden ornament across her chest in the original dress. It looks hella a lot more comfortable to sleep in that’s for sure. The simple shade of a slightly darker green making the designs subtle and elegant are just mwah. Just imagining her storming into the room half asleep with her messy hair is so pretty in my mind. No jewelry, no shoes, just messy curls, a nightgown, and an overcoat.

Now for Rhae:

This sucks😭 like it isn’t bad but idk I just don’t like the sleeves or the way the hair looks with the dress. I love the simple braid for bed, it’s literally just the sleeves and the way it hugs her that I don’t like. Okay maybe the shade it is as well. The bottom part looks fine from what I can tell, but the top is what bothers me.

Maybe something a little more like this:

The lighter red for her youth. She’s still been hanging around daemon, although he’s now been sent away at this point, he’s still heavily been influencing her since he’s been there and Daemon is big on Targaryen propaganda (though not Alicent level with faith of the seven stuff).

It’s again one of those where it actually isn’t too far off from the original dress. The color has changed, it’s more fitted, a little design was added, and the sleeves aren’t ruffled anymore. I didn’t care for those at all. And with this I feel I’d like the braid better, though perhaps have it resting over one should instead. It still holds a girlishness about it but has a little extra with the lace and the small design added to the top.

#house of the dragon #hotd #alicent hightower #team black #rhaenyra targaryen #helaena targaryen #team green sympathizer #asoiaf #fire and blood #house targaryen #hotd season 1 #hotd s1 #hotd fashion #hotd costumes #queen rhaenyra targaryen #princess helaena #princess rhaenyra targaryen #queen alicent hightower #lady alicent #queen helaena

[lemonhemlock]

now i will preface this by saying i want to have better quality costumes as much as anyone & i always enjoy seeing ideas for redesigns, but i wish people would stop blaming the costume department for anything they don't like. you have no idea about their working conditions, how many costumes they had to produce in a short amount of time, from sketching to execution to fittings, what materials they had available etc. hotd having a big budget doesn't automatically translate into the costume department having the necessary money or staff to fulfill those expectations. seeing a dress that isn't fitted to perfection and assigning that blame completely in the costumers' direction is a little short-sighted, i think

before you open your mouth to slag off someone's work, think:

are these craftspeople even getting paid enough? are they even adequately staffed?

do they have a reasonable amount of time to produce these many costumes, for principal and background actors, or are they working round the clock and trying to meet impossible deadlines?

do they have the money to order the materials they need or the time for said fabrics to be shipped?

do they have time to get them perfectly fitted on the actors' frame or are they working based on communicated measurements and a dream?

do they have the opportunity to do screen tests, to see how the materials and colours look on screen and change them if it's not giving the desired effect?

#i get criticism when the show is set in one time frame and the silhouettes are completely off for that time and place #or if the designs have no logical connection to the setting in a fantasy work for instance #i'm not saying you have to pretend to like the results #but for cost/time-cutting shortcuts you're gonna have to blame the executives not the workers #same with animation #house of the dragon #hotd costumes #costumes

[violet-moonstone]

strongly considering doing some historically inspired redesigns for GoT and HoTD characters but...that takes more energy than i have atm

i just...want their costumes to be more dramatic

is that so much to ask for

[daemonvision]

Btw my viddy game sideblog is @surveillance-0011 i post about splatoon smash tboi and HoTD. I haven’t focused on cartoons in a while and while I’ve considered making this more akin to an art blog now I haven’t been focusing too much on my og content either so… feel free 2 check that account out if my redesign quest is not yer cup of tea

#.txt

[artist-ellen]

Helaena Targaryen

From what I gather from the show and the wiki's Helaena is one of the characters that fate just loves to sucker punch. My understanding is that she is sort of like a Cassandra parallel. Gifted with some prophecy, doomed in that all her warnings are ignored. So I feel for her quite a bit and wanted to capture that.... "madness" in futility? in her costume design. Her gown closely matches the style of her mother, but the colors are all washed out and almost sickly-looking. Her hair is unbound and unadorned. I suppose she should feel almost like a living ghost, or a Crimson Peak reference.

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[gromlyn]

Last up in the tourney dress redesigns: Rhaenys! The original is strongly “meh” for me, so I took the aspects I liked and fleshed them out more. In general I wanted this dress to feel more mature while still having a similarity to Rhaenyra’s. Also added puffy sleeves because there should be more puffy sleeves in hotd and that is a hill I’m willing to die on. Details below!

#rhaenys deserves a better wardrobe imo as I’ve been going through screencaps I’ve realized just how :/ a lot of her fits are #my art #costume design #asoiaf clothing #hotd costuming #asoiaf fanart #house of the dragon #house velaryon #rhaenys velaryon #the queen who never was #hotd 1x01 #hotd costume design #dress design #house targaryen #hotd fanart #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #procreate #digital art #artists on tumblr

[gothgleek]

Redesigning Rhaenyra’s Costumes

Let’s be honest, her costumes were not giving what needed to be gave. I’m sure Covid impacted the fabrics that were available and how a thorough a job they are able to do fittings but the end result still wasn’t great. However, I did enjoy the ahistorical nature of it in that, much like GOT, you could not find direct historical inspiration for all the outfits. I tried to keep that in mind when I drew Rhaenerya’s outfits while also trying to keep it similar to her costumes in the show because I’m not redesigning ALL her dresses. I might redesign other dresses in the future, along with Rhaena and Baela.

1.Red Tourney- Great idea, terrible execution. it is so ill fitting with no structure whatsoever and it makes her look so frumpy. Which I know is not the intent because of her flared collar. Honestly, I’m not the biggest fan of the collar because it seems a little too advanced for the time period in the ASOIAF universe and Cersei would have certainly had an Elizabethan collar while queen. However, it is probably the most defining piece of the outfit so I had to include it. I also hope that it comes back in future appearances otherwise it would be such a bizarre design choice. Anyway, for my redesign I structured the collar a bit more, making it resemble a dragon wing. She has a blue-purple broach to represent her mother. The whole tourney is being thrown in her honor but Rhaenyra is really the only one thinking about Aemma. In a similar vein, Rhaenyra’s sleeves resemble armor with blue gems in reference to Aemma’s quote about a woman’s battle ground being the birthing bed.

2.Yellow Dress- This dress is inspired by the Byzantine period and by Rhaenys’s gowns. A lot of people on the show seem to favor wide necklines or off the shoulder dresses so I simply adorned hers with gemstones. Embroidery and sewn gems are also added because her dress was too plain and I think they tried to make up for it with shiny fabric. Plus all the men around her are obsessed with Old Valyria which I visualize as the Byzantine period and Ancient Rome so it makes sense she would incorporate Valyrian styles into her dresses. It is of course modernized with a medieval silhouette as she is expected to set the trends at King’s Landing. Matching the jewels is a simple gold circlet because Rhaenyra needs some casual crowns to wear around the house.

3.The Rose Gold Dress- Again, the idea was there but the execution wasn’t. This is the most medieval inspired of the dresses I redesigned for her. Since this is the scene where her and Alicent make up, she looks probably the softest we’ve seen her with light pink and a fabric belt. The fabric belt is inspired by Byzantine clothing. The bright red gems, tiara, the dragon scale dress and dragons scale lace under her rose gold dress do indicate that their animosity isn’t over but it is tempered for now. They simply miss each other that much. I emphasized the amount of gold she wears to contrast her older self who will wear more silver because it is a variation of black. I know she wears gold to match her dragon but she can’t wear black and gold without looking like a Baratheon I’m afraid.

4.Meeting in a Maternity Gown- I liked the original dress except for the front lacing and the white fabric. I don’t know why they made her wear white so much. I know they needed a pale fabric to show her lactating in this scene (🙄) so I kept it a pale gray since it’s still aligning herself with Team Black. In my redesign she’s wearing pale gray in softer fabric as she is probably seeking something comfortable post giving birth but it’s still regal enough to stand toe to toe with Alicent. She’s also wearing a variation of a French hood because that is what she wore at her coronation and she’s trying to maintain the idea of herself as heir. Instead of a front lace corset detail- which I assume was for breast feeding purposes because why would someone either handmaidens wear something that needed tying in the front?- I gave her a robe and belt. She’s aware of the rumors about her sons so she wears some of Laenor’s house colors to dissuade those rumors. Sort of like, “See how happy we are? I’m wearing his favorite color!” The gray and blue are House Strong colors though so she is showing her love for him as well. But both are so overwhelmed by her house colors, it barely registers. Rightfully so as she is representing herself during the council meeting. I added more dragon emblems because I loved her dress in the teaser trailer for season 2.

#rhaenyra targaryen #hotd rhaenyra #house of the dragon #HOTD #HOTD redesign #asoiaf hair and clothing #asoiaf clothing and hair #hotd fanart #fanart #Art #mine #house targaryen #house velaryon

[fruitageoforanges]

green kids redesign 2/4!

while i loved phia saban’s performance in hotd, i wish the showrunners hadn’t ignored the fact that helaena is fat in the books. i kept her crown-braid hairstyle, but i was going for a more book-inspired design. her dress is based off one from bbc musketeers which, while it’s dreadful as a 1640s dress, incorporates the greens’ colour and a naturey twist.

(you can see aemond here. these designs are also influenced by/are the reference points i’m using for my series, a yellow dress, which is an au in which the greens manage to win the dance, at a cost)

#hotd #greens <3 #scribbles #helaena targaryen #hotd fanart #asoiaf #team green #i’m really happy with how this turned out #the brain to paper translation was pretty good #aegon is next #choosing what colour to put them all in is hard #aemond got blue bc sapphire #helaena got green bc the dress ref was green #i think i’m going to do black and gold for aegon because theyre his heraldic colours #but also the gold references sunfyre #which leaves the question of what colour i’m going to put daeron in #i’m excited to test my daeron design #he’s quite unique!

[surveillance-0011]

What would you like to see most in the HOTD remakes?

Fixing the voice acting is the major aspect I’m looking forward to. The characters deserve voice acting that lets you take them a bit more seriously. Maybe if enough people enjoy it the cast could voice their respective characters in upcoming HoTD games (though considering Forever Entertainment is making the remakes and Sega makes the main series idk if that’s possible in terms of business stuff). From what little footage we have the voice acting is still cheesy but it definitely seems to be of decent quality, and I hope it turns out good for both games.

I’m honestly very interested to see what the creatures will look like with more advanced visuals, and if any of them will get redesigned

Also, while it’s less about what’s in the game itself, I hope this remake introduces more people to the series and lets its following grow. I’d like to see more fan creations and discussions, and some new faces in the community would allow that to happen.

#house of the dead #the house of the dead #the og actually has decent voice acting #but 2 sounds like everyone is on horse tranquilizers or something #asks #.txt