In a coat of gold

I finally got convinced by my brothers to watch the epic series Game of Thrones and I intend to read the books as well (although they have way to many pages… and I’m a very slow reader), but I haven’t had time yet (due to exams). I got very fond of the Lannister family and got the idea to draw the four most important Lannisters as lions, since their sigil is a golden lion. Jaime is my all-time favourite in the series, but Tywins power and appreance is pretty impressive, too. Tyrion is of course a funny genius and I feel quite some sympathy for Cersei too; especially how she deals with this hard world.

I hope the characters look a bit recognizable – I based the lions on the appearance of the actors. Tywin at the top left; depicted as having all the power and as the father of the other three; Jaime at the top right, Cersei at the bottom left and Tyrion at the bottom right. I must say that Cersei was the most difficult one to draw since I couldn’t play around with the mane to resemble the characters better. Her typical expression was also pretty difficult to catch, but I hope she’s still recognizable.

I was pretty inspired by the Lannister song ‘the Rains of Castamere’ which is based on an historic event where Tywin Lannister wiped out all the members of the rebelling house Reyne, of Castamere (lyrics here-  gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/T… ; sung version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn3_f3… and instrumental version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jERdlo… ). I drew the event of the golden lion killing the red lion and celebrating his victory of this bloody battle.

Another detail; the edges are based on a pattern I saw on Tyrion’s clothes and on the background of Tywin’s tent in the battle of season 1.
*please leave no major spoilers in the comments for those how haven't caught up with the series yet or haven't read the books (like me at the moment).

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