Refashioning Fantasy: Redesigning Costumes for the Television Series "Game of Thrones"

Abstract

This creative project thesis explores adapting the Song of Ice and Fire book series to TV through the lens of costume design. I consider the series’ world-building, how different environments impose distinct requirements for clothing, and the visual appeal of a costume’s aesthetics for the audience. I create multiple fashion illustrations for eight different families/locations in A Song of Ice and Fire. By designing and illustrating these costumes, I gain insight into adapting novels to reality, how sociological and cultural elements shape the clothing we wear, and how to clearly convey visual information about a garment through a drawing that would allow a costume shop to make it