#and dressed in their dragons colours

[addamvelaryon]

History calls the struggle between King Aegon II and his half-sister Rhaenyra the Dance of the Dragons, but only at Tumbleton did the dragons ever truly dance.

Artist: @asoiafattherite

[emynarnen]

Rhaenyra's dark red dress in 2.02

[alicentflorent]

Imagine how free Alicent felt going out in nature alone though? Camping out in a simple tent, eating food that had been foraged or hunted, stripping down and going for a swim in the lake which is something she probably hasnt done since she was a child and there’s no city noise or duties for her to attend do she can just sit amongst the trees and be at peace with only the sounds of nature for company. She spent years locked in the castle forced to “perform her duty to her husband” nightly and produce heirs, raise her children with no support system, care for her husband as he got sicker and sicker and did her duty as queen consort and acting regent, sacrificing parts of herself to survive life at court but now she’s finally free.

[rainofthetwilight]

testing out a new brush, so ofc I had to use sora as my test subject <33

[backjustforberena]

Something I've noticed, and I don't know if it's significant, is that whilst Rhaenys's new political outfits and her dragon-riding outfits are very much within the Targaryen silhouette with the strong shoulders and angles and that structure... Rhaenys's funeral outfit isn't, though it is in Targaryen colours.

There's not much of a relationship with the gowns that the other women there: Rhaenyra, Rhaena, Baela. What we do have, however, is rounded sleeves, with a bit of room that then come into tight cuffs around her wrist. We have apparently a velvet sort of material. Velvet has previously only been seen with her Velaryon gowns. Even the sleeves; rounded shoulders are like her Velaryon gowns, and the billowing out and then tapering to a tight cuff was seen (albeit in a more grandiose and different way) on her casual Driftmark dragonriding gown.

Her colours are Targaryen, but for a scene where she is only a grandmother, standing next to her husband, mourning their heir, her tailoring has Velaryon features.

[maestergirl]

She would not give them the pleasure of hearing her beg. I am Cersei of House Lannister, a lion of the Rock, the rightful queen of these Seven Kingdoms, trueborn daughter of Tywin Lannister. And hair grows back.

Cersei II, A Dance with Dragons

Trying out drawing on the tablet, here's a Cersei to start off with.

[valinoar]

helaena, shortly after being crowned queen

[evilsartcorner]

[alstroemeria-fox]

i won the auction!!! super tiny baby bogsneak Acquired™

[untaintedtea]

Painted over an old abandoned Leithianel sketch that I was gonna erase since it looked bad, but I’m glad I kept it now. I’m trying to use up leftover dried paint so some colours are kinda off (+ colour correcting is a pain) and I painted it very casually, but it turned out better than I thought 💐

[xeneric-shrooms]

I don't know what to call this but *hands you a weird fucked up rock*

[absolutedoorknob]

WAKE UP BESTIE THIS IS URGENT

So it’s late at night and I’m scrolling through the simplicity pattern website when, this is not a drill….

I saw House of the Dragon sewing patterns!!

Technically they’re not licensed or anything but if you know anything about sewing patterns for costumes, you know it gets pretty dang obvious.

Ok so it’s a pretty basic shape, and it looks like we’ve got an Alicent and a Rhaenyra dress based off of the styling of the models and the colours of the garments. They are not accurate to one single dress either of these characters wear, but it’s a great start, open to plenty of relatively easy modification (take this opinion with a grain of salt I have never modified a pattern) for creativity and maximum cosplay potential. I wish they’d make a Green Green Dress pattern, but I do know that designers and companies are limited to what pieces they can fit inside an envelope (this is the reason why in View B of Simplicity 1009 there isn’t a separate underskirt).

So let’s do some examination!

Starting with View B because it’s on the left, I said it looks like a Rhaenyra pattern mainly because of the color— young Rhae wears a lot of these dull golds (a desert gold if you will?) and beiges when she’s younger, when she’s not wearing red or her dragon-riding fits.

The neckline on the pattern could be easily adapted to either be higher like on the right or more angular like on the left.

The sleeves, however, are reminiscent of two other gowns, with these pattern pieces being good for both Rhae and Alicent.

I love a good open sleeve, and so do they. Also I swear there was another Alicent one with more open sleeves but google images was not kind to me.

Now on to View A! It’s pretty clear from how the neckline is with the trim plus the belt that this dress is modelled after this blue dress Alicent wears, which may or may not be her mother’s.

Now unfortunately the sleeve patterns do not have this amazing “ladder detail” but that would be pretty early to modify in, as well as to cut the neckline lower to add the top “ladder bit”.

This pattern also has Princess seams, like the other view, because it is a relatively simple way to get a good fit around the bust. Now, if you were making a “100% accurate with paper silk and I get the cops called on me because they think I stole it from HoTD’s wardrobe department” cosplay, these would have to be drafted out, because no dresses in the show have Princess seams, most likely because they are a relatively modern fitting technique and the shows in Westeros have historically influenced/inspired costuming. To get the fancy bodice like Alicent’s dress, the easiest way I could think of would be to trace the pattern piece twice, then chop one tracing up into sections with the sections being drawn on the other tracing (so you have a guide on how your puzzle fits together) and remember to include seam allowance if you do this, otherwise you will regret it.

Now this?? This is Daemon. Do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars. Because most of the men on the show (or at least Daemon, Hardin when he’s not in armour defending his lady love— i mean Alicent, and Aemond) wear something similar to this, it’s a great bass with plenty to work with. The vest comes with pattern pieces for either no skirting or longer skirting, as seen in View B vs View A. Also, fun fact, the jacket under the vest/jerkin? It’s a crop top.

There’s a joke to be made here but I just can’t think of it.

These are McCalls patterns, and I have had fit issues in the past with them. Before picking out and cutting your size, I strongly recommend double checking the finished garment measurements, which should be printed on the back of the envelope. This will save you a lot of trouble and from having to buy the same pattern twice in case you cut out a size too small… I speak from personal experience.

Many way, that’s all folks! Personally, I can’t wait to see what Simplicity comes out with in the next few months (they release their new Halloween patterns in like September or something, and suffice to say I’m gnawing at my drywall), and I am praying for a Green Green dress pattern!

[localghostgorl]

I wanted to draw an Eastern European re-interpretation of Tatyana. The outfit is inspired by those worn to the Romanov ball of 1903.

I do commissions!    

[mem-fr]

hurray for spiral scrolls finally stocking ! thank you to every one who voted on my poll to help me pick projects to finish . say hello to first place - byron . second place - skel . and also on an unrelated whim while i was already throwing money into the fire , i decided to make theo as well .

unfortunately i am too overwhelmed by choice to come up with outfits these days so they will probably be naked for the foreseeable future lol .

[mumble-ssketches]

Hi

[destinyh3art]

This is the worst thing they have done to her character. Book Alicent would never. S1 Alicent would never.

Guys please go read the fanfics. I will put some alicent ones on my blog cause they are the only ones which has done her character justice. The only good thing about this show are all the fanfics it brought. And it says something about the show when even the ocs and reader ones has a more logical, better and engaging political sequences.

Also:

I hope Alicent dies a slow painful death.

SHE forced her son to be a king over a misunderstanding and delusion. He didn’t want it. He caused this entire situation. Then she sells her son out and leaves him to die? She’s a horrible mother and a coward. Finish what you started, properly.

Sorry but, fuck Alicent.