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Shorten the Long Winter Wait for 'Game of Thrones' Season 5 with These Gorgeous Concept Art Photos

By Cindy Davis | Miscellaneous | November 17, 2014 |

By Cindy Davis | Miscellaneous | November 17, 2014 |


Germany’s Karakter Design Studio, which creates Game of Thrones’ concept art, put up a number of their Season 4 designs — with artist comments on many of them. Unless you’re the type who freeze-frame and steps through every scene, you’ll want to peruse these gorgeous photos. It’s easy to see why the team has won Emmys for Outstanding Visual Effects three years running.

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“The set we had available for Moat Cailin did not match the description in the books, but it gave us the opportunity to design the castle after a Motte and Bailey model, which is not just a nice phonetic match, but also a castle type that fits the world perfectly.” Tobias Mannewitz

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“The visual design of the wights had to tell a story, so everything had to make sense: What kind of people could have died north of the wall? Some had died a long time ago, which gave them the look of an ice mummy.” Robert Simon

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“The Child of the Forest design was a tough nut to crack: It’s design was an open field, so we had to develop many options to find the right one. We had to avoid the look of an elf or a fairy, while keeping the physiognomy of the actress unchanged.” Robert Simon

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Titan of Braavos (very Colossus of Rhodes)

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Giants and Mammoths.

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Check out the rest of Karakter’s Game of Thrones artwork here.


Cindy Davis, (Twitter)