Rhapsodies

Beyond getting myself stuck doing a scene with too much cross-hatching, this picture of Tyrion Lannister’s recollection of the first time he went to the dragon room in the Red Keep went without a hitch. My only problem was the issue of the lantern. Martin doesn’t actually say anything about illumination. I’ve been finding that when it comes to the small stuff he has a tendency to play fast and loose. The way I see it, what’s the obsession with torches? In a castle, they’re an accident waiting to happen. This is a setting loosely based on the fifteenth century, technology isn’t THAT backward. So currently my policy is that unless Martin specifically says where the light is coming from people are using lanterns.

He had expected to find them impressive, perhaps even frightening. He had not thought to find them beautiful.