Paparinka Art

They’ll be detailed pieces. I’d like to keep this series a surprise for now, so I won’t be answering questions about it yet. The first piece is coming very soon, stay tuned!

I’ll definitely draw the Great Bastards, not sure about their mothers tho

I have a lot of perfectionist tendencies that slow me down when it comes to drawing and posting but this isn’t one of them. It just happened that way haha

They’re still a work in progress. I’ll post them either after I finish the book family portraits series or alongside it but I will definitely post them!

I often work on several pieces in parallel, it’s hard for me to stay focused on just one thing without hyperfixating. But when I feel a piece is close to being finished, I give it all my attention and time

The first piece in the new series of artworks :)

Yes, mostly the show versions in anticipation of season 3

Definitely the family portrait with Daeron II Targaryen and Myriah Martell. It’s the largest in terms of characters (21 in total), with many of my favorites. It feels the warmest and most “family-like” in atmosphere

I don’t think so, unless it’s a commission

Rhaenys and Meraxes exploring new lands, just as she always dreamed. Free and happy 🥹

Personally, my favorite period is the Conquest. Some people find it boring but I don’t agree. This era laid the foundation for how Westeros is governed and had a huge impact on every aspect of life there. I’m interested in exploring this period but even more so the dynamics between the Conquerors and their personalities. The book only gives us general information about them but it’s enough to build logical headcanons, which my comic about them is based on. I’ll definitely keep working on it as well as making separate artworks of them. I honestly want to focus on them right now

Thank you! Definitely yes, it’s my favourite trope 💔

No, I often have to cut some characters to reduce the workload 🥲

Rhaenys the Conqueror was the one who had the dream, not Aegon. To me that change is both fair and logical. She was the glue in their relationship, her siblings would have trusted her (I’ll explore this more in the comic). I believe that Valyrian women had more freedom and grew up in a more equal society compared to women in Westeros. When the Targaryens assimilated into Westerosi culture, interacting with maesters and other lords, Rhaenys and Visenya likely realised that a woman’s word carried less weight than a man’s. And that their descendants would probably adopt those same views. So Rhaenys could’ve asked Aegon to claim the dream as his own, to give it more authority in the eyes of future Westerosi generations

I don’t really like that. I tried taking requests a couple of times but it often gave me art block 😬

At the same time, that’s a small series of artworks

I’ll do my best to release the second chapter before summer. I’m honestly really glad the second chapter got delayed, otherwise it would’ve been cringe af. I also slightly changed the style and simplified it to make the process easier. I asked my Instagram followers if they’d be okay with the comic continuing in the same style as my sketch pieces with Valarr and Aerion so from chapter three onwards, that’s the direction it’ll take

Thank you so much for your kind words! It really means a lot to me to see a response to my work. As long as I have the free time I’ll do my best to keep creating more for you! 💜

Yes, I’m planning to draw some scenes, some of them pretty soon. But not this particular scene, the Dance of the Dragons era isn’t really my favourite tbh

At least three more! I really want to portray his shift from a happy young guy to a completely worn-out, tired man.

I think so, yeah. I haven’t drawn them in a while, even though I really love them!

I’ve thought about doing family portraits from the Game of Thrones era. I won’t promise anything, I still have 11 portraits (with 115 characters’ faces) to finish 🙃

More than I’d wish, honestly. I often look at my work and feel like I could do better now. I’ll definitely redraw some of them but I also want to focus on new pieces

The next portrait will be from Daeron I’s reign. 159 AC felt like the most fitting choice

138 AC

Book version King Aegon III Targaryen, also known as the Dragonbane, with his family (from left to right): his half-sisters Rhaena and Baela Targaryen, his wife Queen Daenaera Velaryon, his brother Prince Viserys Targaryen with his wife Lady Larra Rogare and their children: Princess Naerys, Princes Aegon and Aemon Targaryen.

Well, that’s it. I draw the last dragon in the background… and from now on it’s just empty skies in the family portraits.

These questions kind of answer each other. I won’t fully reveal the idea just yet, but yes, it does involve several couples.

I have a lot of ideas and concepts and my hands often can’t keep up with my imagination. I’m working on the next family portrait at the moment, it’s been two weeks already. So for now I’m planning to switch to a more sketchy style for individual artworks. I also want to use this style for the Conquerors’ comic (you guys have been waiting for it for three years already and I’m really grateful for your patience)

Thank you! I’m team Black too. I didn’t put any particular meaning into that difference, there’s a two-year gap between these drawings, so my style has probably just changed a bit and hopefully improved. I used to lower the exposure quite a lot and I still do, just not as heavily. I think realism looks better in more muted tones, so I’m kind of mimicking cinematic colour grading.

Rhaena Targaryen meets Garmund Hightower on the night of the Harvest Moon Masquerade in Highgarden 🌺

I’ve already drawn Rhaenyra and will most likely draw her again. As for Alicent, probably not, unless someone commissions her. I do have a couple of ideas for drawings with her, but she isn’t the most interesting character to me, so I doubt I’ll get around to it.

I will definitely draw Laenor and Laena for the Targaryen family tree. As for a family portrait of them, I’m not sure yet. I need to finish the main series of Targaryen portraits first.

I think this format definitely isn’t for me, family portraits are more than enough to draw the most important characters. But I do have an idea and some sketches for another new series of drawings ;)

Rhaenys the Conqueror has been my personal favourite since 2020. The first time I read the book, I was hooked by her tragic fate: a woman who hated war died because of it. A freedom-loving character who has spent her entire life drowning only in the illusion of freedom. A dreamer who didn't get a chance to have her dreams come true (only the prophecy one, based on my favourite theory). The idea of loving and supporting art in such a brutal world means a lot to me.

I think Daenerys deserves to be in every top 3 list simply because all the Targaryens exist thanks to her. She’s the legend. My love for this fandom started almost ten years ago with her and her dragons.

If we’re talking only about Targaryens, then it has to be Baelor. The simple fact that his death had such a huge impact on the decline of the house and the crisis in the kingdom according to GRRM is enough to explain.

Not sure about the Dragonseeds yet, but I’ll definitely draw every character on this family tree:

Of course! I would be happy to draw anything with beautiful women. Here are the things I draw and don't draw:

129 AC

The Greens (book version)

Characters in the images, from left to right: King Aegon II Targaryen, his mother Queen Dowager Alicent and her father Otto Hightower, the king's brother Prince Aemond and sister-wife Queen Helaena, another brother of the king Prince Daeron, the king's children: the twins Prince Jaehaerys and Princess Jaehaera, Prince Maelor

140 hours of work ✋😔

“… the septons say that we must love our brothers”

The most doomed brothers ever, the Hammer and the Anvil, Baelor and Maekar Targaryens (book version)

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That. is. insane.

Ira Parker managed to turn the least interesting period of Targaryen history for me into one of my absolute favorites.

“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is a great example of how an adaptation doesn’t disrespect the book canon but actually expands it and enriches it beautifully. I feel so blessed as an asoiaf fan 🥹💜

Baelor Targaryen…

The man that you are ❤️‍🔥

Ira Parker, thank. you.

I can’t wait to start a family portrait inspired by the events of this amazing show! But first, let’s finish their ancestors.

The Conquerors in armour ⚔️