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Daenerys Targaryen

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Originally posted on August 6, 2007, with the following comment :

Daenerys Targaryen, Stormborn. From GRR Martin's series A Song of Ice and Fire.
She's pictured here at around age 15-16, with her young dragon Drogon on her shoulder.
The background might be the Red Waste or something. Though Dany should then be wearing Dothraki clothes. Ah, nevermind. That BG was done on Vindie's suggestion. Thanks Vindie! =)

Photoshop 7 and Painter IX, no refs.

It didn’t took particularly long, significantly less time than the King of the Glade, but I had put aside for most of July and only took it up yesterday. It’s better to get rid of it now; I didn’t want it to stay unfinished forever.
This painting is a double failure.
I failed at recreating Danny as I envisioned her, and upon painting my Danny died to me. Replaced by a more realistic version of my painting.
Also, I failed at making her look like a real person. She looks like a wax doll. I fail at painting people both believable and pretty. :(
But I’ll do better next time, because now I’ve understood stuff. Next time, I fear that’s around the end of 2009. Or in 2010. Or later. Well, actually mayhaps I can find a bit of time to paint next summer. Hopefully.


And yes I did, obviously ^^

There are so many anatomy problems in there it hurts... yet, I cannot help but wonder : could I do any better than that today? I didn't exactly spend the past two years learning anatomy. Oh well... ;)

As a side note, here's what GRRM had to say about the piccy :
Thanks for the picture, Francois. You're not alone in liking Dany. A lot of my readers list her among their favorites... although there are a fair number who dislike her too. That's cool with me. A character called "Stormborn" should be controversial.
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I like how you painted her back then. :) But will you try to rework this piece then?