Brienne, the Maid of Tarth.

This is a fanart piece of one of my favourite characters of the deservingly famous A Song of Ice and Fire saga.

If you think she’s ugly, you haven’t read the books. Brienne is described as way too tall and big (big as in “muscled”, not as in “fat”, she is lacking in the bosom department), with rough features, hideous lips that look almost swelling, a nose that’s been broken a few times, covered in freckles and with the kind of blond hair that looks like dirty straw instead of gold wires. Her only beauty are her big, blue eyes.

So, yes, I made her far prettier than she should be. It was done on purpose. First of all, I love the character. Second, I try to look at people in the eye as much as possible, and I think that someone with huge blue innocent eyes must have some physical charm. You can’t have lovely eyes and be that ugly.

This, as everything else, is sooooo registered.