#asoiaf calendar

[kateofthecanals]

HAPPY SANDTEMBOR!🍁🍂

[alaynasansa]

The Water Gardens for asoiaf 2025 calendar

[blackcat419]

George: how dare they use the 4 leg dragon banner! Dragons only have 2 legs!! Literally worst thing ever

Also George: yeah this is what dragon stone looks like, the dragons definitely have 4 legs in those statues

[kopfkino-o]

AND THEN LYANNA AND RHAEGAR ON THE ISLE OF FACES?! WHAT DOES IT MEAN, GEORGE?!

[yvain]

Arya with the skull of Balerion and Daenerys with Drogon by Justin Sweet

[T]he greatest of them, Balerion, the Black Dread, could have swallowed an aurochs whole, or even one of the hairy mammoths said to roam the cold wastes beyond the Port of Ibben. (AGOT, Tyrion II)

Another skull loomed ahead, the biggest monster of all, but Arya did not even slow. (AGOT, Arya III)

This time the monsters did not frighten her. They seemed almost old friends. Arya held the candle over her head. With each step she took, the shadows moved against the walls, as if they were turning to watch her pass. "Dragons," she whispered. (AGOT, Arya IV)

The Dothraki looked at her hatchlings uneasily. The largest of her three was shiny black, his scales slashed with streaks of vivid scarlet to match his wings and horns. "Khaleesi," Aggo murmured, "there sits Balerion, come again." (ACOK, Daenerys I)

[laurellerual]

Day 24: Reunion speculations - Arya?

Someone was shouting her name, Harwin probably, or Gendry, but the thunder drowned them out as it rolled across the hills, half a heartbeat behind the lightning.

The last person to directly address Arya by her name, before Braavos, is Gendry. This happens at Acorn Hall: "Arya?" Gendry had followed her out. "Lady Smallwood said there's a smithy. Want to have a look?"

My speculation is that Gendry will be the first to address Arya directly by her name after her return to Westeros.

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

“What do you think a knight is for, girl? You think it's all taking favors from ladies and looking fine in gold plate? Knights are for killing. I killed my first man at twelve. I've lost count of how many I've killed since then. High lords with old names, fat rich men dressed in velvet, knights puffed up like bladders with their honors, yes, and women and children too—they're all meat, and I'm the butcher.” —A Clash of Kings, Sansa IV

Sandor Clegane, by Justin Sweet, for the A Song of Ice and Fire 2024 Calendar

[jackoshadows]

After the cover art was released I recall reading a couple of comments on how Rhaegar being in the dark and Lyanna being in the light was about portraying their relationship negatively.

Turns out it’s just an artistic style that Justin Sweet tends to use and as such adds no deeper meaning to the characters portrayed. For example, with Melisandre and Jon Snow here, a similar style being used: 

Or here with the Winter Rose being in the dark in the background:

[katy-89]

Omg this is so beautiful.

Rhaegar sitting on the roots, just relaxing watching someone he love. Lyanna looks like she’s playing on the roots of trees that remind her of her godswood at home.

A nice and rare private moment between the two <3

I love how GRRM is not worried about being subtle with them.

[queenaryastark]

Lyanna and Arya Stark by Justin Sweet

...you even look like her...

[kellyvela]

Someone is still mad about this post:

What happens with certain shippers (Jon/aunty & Jon/fave sister) and Justin Sweet's asoiaf artworks???

First they claimed that Justin Sweet's renditions of Joshua York & Jon Snow hanging next to each other in GRRM's home office confirms that Jon/aunty are true everlasting love; and now, apparently, Justin Sweet's renditions of "black haired" Stark women in the 2024 Asoiaf Calendar confirms that The Rose of Winterfell has nothing to do with Sansa Stark and her mother Catelyn. All because they are still mad that the The Rose of Winterfell is depicted as a redhead, very similar to Sansa and Catelyn in the A Clash of Kings Graphic Novel.

Fave sister stans now sound like cujo stans with the "l would like to remind you that these drawings were selected by GRRM." They all like too much to make up narratives to support their ships . . . .

Meanwhile GRRM & the artists involved in Asoiaf artwork:

"I have absolutely no control over the covers of my books"

[Source]

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"That's cover art, not an actual Targaryen banner"

 [Source]

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"I’m perfectly willing to let the artist do different interpretations"

Q: You have a very distinct idea of what the characters look like in your own head, because readers will always take their own? GRRM: I do have ideas of what the characters look like in my own head but I’m perfectly willing to let the artist do different interpretations… You know, let different artists present their different interpretations of it, I’m fine with that. It’s not photography, so I love the idea of, you know, letting people use their own creativity within limits of course, but I love some of the works, many of the works I’ve bought original is hanging on, you know, on my own walls so…   —In conversation: George R. R. Martin with John Hodgman FULL EVENT

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"It's a suggestion-consultation process but by no means is it any type of approval"

—An Exclusive Interview with George R.R. Martin - A Game of Thrones Deluxe Limited Edition - Role-Playing Game and Resource Book [Source]

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"For the most part, Gianni was free to render characters and scenes as he wished."

—Art of Gary Gianni for George R. R. Martin’s Seven Kingdoms [Source]

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"The creative team behind it showed remarkable trust and creative freedom with me"

I’m hugely grateful for the opportunity. The creative team behind it showed remarkable trust and creative freedom with me, something that’s rarer than I’d like to admit in this industry. It’s been a huge level up amongst a year of extreme personal stresses. —Sam Hogg, 2021 ASoIF Calendar illustrator [Source]

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So much for "l would like to remind you that these drawings were selected by GRRM"

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You can reed more about Asoiaf Artworks and Creative Freedom here:

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And now you may argue that if the Book Covers, Book Illustrations and Calendar Illustrations are not canon, then the illustrations in the Graphic Novels are not canon either. Well, I covered that subject in this post:

Thanks for reading :)

UPDATE:

GRRM talking about Graphic Novels illustrations:

"I just carefully reviewed all the dialogues and drawings to make sure that no mistake or inaccuracy crept in anywhere."

A series of comics based on your story "The Hedge Knight" has recently been released. Are you satisfied with its implementation? Are there any plans to make comics based on your other works? The proposal to create a comic book based on The Hedge Knight did not come from me, but from the publisher. I was contacted, showed some preliminary sketches, which didn't impress me. But the guys were persistent and did not give up: they continued to search for a suitable artist until they settled on Michael S. Miller. In the end, he did his job just perfectly. Michael was very cool, in my opinion, was able to convey the inner essence of the characters through their appearance - that's exactly how I imagined them when I wrote the story. My participation in the project was minimal: I just carefully reviewed all the dialogues and drawings to make sure that no mistake or inaccuracy crept in anywhere. Now we are discussing the creation of a sequel based on the second part of the adventures of Dunk, published in the collection "Legends 2". It will most likely be made in the same six-comic series format as Knight of the Hedge. We also discussed the possibility of creating comics based on the Canto novels themselves. But given the size of my books, this would require a really massive series. I'm not sure that we are ready for such a grandiose project. —Mir Fantastiki - 2006 - Google translation from the source in Russian:

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Told you!

[horizon-verizon]

Since people might leave Twitter or I might, here is a part of the 2024 ASoIaF calendar illustration of Rhaenys I on Meraxes, made by Justin Sweet and commissioned by GRRM.

It doesn't have its own month, but takes up two whole pages with this quote at the bottom left:

Yet it was said that Rhaenys spent more time on dragonback than her brother and sister combined, for above all things she loved to fly. (Fire and Blood Vol.1; "Aegon's Conquest")

[ludcake]

hot take: the andals should have a base 7 numerical system that has been mostly phased out since the andal invasion but is still kept in religious counts and calendars

its possibly the one reason that most destroys the historical record of the age of petty kings after the andal invasion, because it's often confusing which system of measuring time and amounts is being used, which is what leads to the insane number counts we're all familiar with

[alaynasansa]

Rhægar is such a creep (and Lyanna looks too old)

But the art is gorgeous

[dreaminonao3]

Fanfic Advent Calendar 2023

open the door for December 20th

[kateofthecanals]

Perfect for the season…