i must not afternoon nap. afternoon nap is the mind-killer. afternoon nap is the little death that brings total obliteration. i will face my afternoon sleepy tired and permit it to pass over and through me. and when it has gone i will turn the inner eye to see its path. where the afternoon sleepy tired has gone there will be nothing. only i will remain
Dany! She’s the first character I attempted to make on Artbreeder. We’ve come a long way over the course of a year! I’d started initially about a year ago trying to make an east asian Dany, and had mixed results. Artbreeder resists unique colorations like a purple eyed blond asian, as often the shape of the content is inextricably tied to the coloring. After a month or so, I had decided to make a whole series based on the book descriptions and revisited my efforts. I’ve had a few versions of Dany since then.
At some point I pivoted to try to create Dany at different stages. This was an effort because simply changing hairstyles can wreak havoc on the facial features! Because of this, I was more successful when I begun with a short haired Dany I was satisfied with, and then tried to make her younger and older from there.
At the top, we have Dany as a young Khaleesi, finding her strength in the Dothraki Sea. Next is Dany as I picture her in Qarth - her hair has grown in some, but I also tried to show her as having grown older, with her sweet nature tempered by the loss and hardship she has experienced. Last is Dany in Mereen. She is the picture of queenly calm and maturity. At this point, she sits on her ebony bench and hears from her people for hours daily, so I figure some makeup wouldn’t be out of place.
I hope you guys will be as pleased as I am with these portraits!
