“A Khal does not need a chair to sit upon. He only needs a horse.”
Khal Drogo – Game of Thrones
If there’s one sort of art that I’ve never done myself but that I find highly fascinating, it’s cosplaying. The magic that some cosplayers create with their costumes and make-up-skills never cease to amaze me. One of my favourite cosplayers is Maul Cosplay (aka Ben Metzner aka Geralt of Rivia aka Khal Drogo aka …) – not only for his freaking amazing works but also because he seems to be such a nice and down-to-earth guy. During one of his Instagram livestreams I asked him for advice because I wanted to draw one of his cosplays and wasn’t sure which one to pick. He picked up my question and told me to do a drawing of his Khal Drogo cosplay that he did a few years ago. And so I did. Actually, it was a great choice because I love Game of Thrones. I chose a reference photo of Ben in full costume and started drawing right away. I began with his face, the shoulders and his arm before I went on to drawing the hair. The greatest challenge in this drawing was probably drawing the clothes as especially the belt features a lot of tiny details that required a lot of attention.
After finishing and uploading the drawing I received some quite positive feedback from Ben and also from EosAndy, the photographer, who had taken the photo I used as a reference. Although I don’t draw because of this attention and positive feedback, it’s still always nice when the depicted person sees and likes my work.
Paper size: A4
Materials: Faber Castell blacklead pencils
Time: approx. 11 hours
Reference photo used for the drawing was taken by: EosAndy
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