tensorjack Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 I recently found a Kickstarter page for "Unseen Westeros", an artbook (apparently blessed by GRRM) with paintings of some of the exotic locations in GRRM's world. Unfortunately, the Kickstarter has expired, and it doesn't look like there's a way to order a copy of the book any more. I'm quite curious to see some of the paintings, but only a few of them are shown online. I was wondering, does anyone here own this book? I'd love to see snapshots/scans of the paintings if so! Here are a few of the paintings I saw online, which piqued my curiosity: https://www.instagram.com/unseenwesteros/ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3ob5Ov https://unseen-westeros.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Ebay, basically. There's occasionally been musings of doing some kind of wider publication, but it doesn't seem imminent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tensorjack Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 There is an ebay listing, but it's for $3,500 (!) I understand that the book itself is a collectible, but, I'm honestly just curious to get a look at the paintings, even if just via low-resolution snapshots. Any chance they'd take snapshots of all the paintings and put them up on their Instagram? (Not sure if you or others on this board are associated with them.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Much of the art has been posted online by the various artists involved, many of them are at Artstation. For example, here's Max Riess's Valyria piece, and here is Sven Sauer, who was co-creator of the project (check the Harrenhal image, and then scroll down -- it was actually a series of images that he did). There's also a number of videos featuring images, including process videos (featuring an artist creating one of the pieces) and so on. Check Youtube for "Unseen Westeros". For example: If you go here, you can get the names of the artists to search for, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zionius Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 https://7kingdoms.ru/2018/unseen-westeros-exhibition/ most complete collection so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grey Wolf Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 @zionius Thank you so much! (I own a physical copy but the visual quality of it leaves much to be desired.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tensorjack Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 19 hours ago, zionius said: https://7kingdoms.ru/2018/unseen-westeros-exhibition/ most complete collection so far Thanks so much for this! The artwork really is beautiful. Btw, I'd definitely be up to buy a copy of the artbook if it is ever re-issued (so long as it does not cost thousands of dollars). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grey Wolf Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 @tensorjack As the owner of an actual copy I feel the need to warn you that the link above is arguably better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tensorjack Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 9 hours ago, The Grey Wolf said: @tensorjack As the owner of an actual copy I feel the need to warn you that the link above is arguably better. Ouch, really? Maybe they could re-release it with actual high-quality prints, in that case... Just curious, is there any more artwork and/or explanation about the Five Forts in the book, apart from the images on https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3ob5Ov? Those paintings piqued my curiosity. Also, looking at the map, there are dots for Naath, Ghost Grass, and Nefer -- I haven't seen the paintings for those, and would love to see what they came up with, if I could possibly convince you to take a snapshot of those pages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grey Wolf Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 @tensorjack My copy is currently in another country and among its issues is bad lighting. That being said, here is a link you may find useful: https://hiddenhistoryofwesteros.tumblr.com/post/184181185735/unseen-westeros-picture-links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zionius Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Think I've collected 79 of the 80 images in Unseen Westeros with the largest available resolution online. For anyone interested https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rnrf-RWHnpmOhgt9nyh0wcs695TV7CrX/view?usp=sharing @The Grey WolfCould you help to check which one I missed? And what's the place of "The Red Sword" by Markus Graf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grey Wolf Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 @zionius My copy's not with me but I can try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grey Wolf Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 @zionius I also don't remember any "Red Sword" picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zionius Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Ah, I forgot to check their map... It seems I still miss at least 10 images: Torrhen's Square by Manuel Grad, Temple of R'hllor in Oldtown by Philipp Scherer, Norvos by Simone De Salvatore, Sarnath by Emmanuel Shiu, Painted Mountains & Bhorash by Sven Sauer, Mantarys by Sven Sauer, Fleet of 10000 ships by Benjamin Schulte, Skull Island by Martin Höhnle, Ghost grass by Sven Sauer, Nefer by Sven Sauer. Maybe some arts are unfinished. In another map, there's only Torrhen's Square by Manuel Grad, Fleet of 10000 ships by Benjamin Schulte, Painted Mountains by Sven Sauer, Skull Island by Martin Höhnle that I'm missing. Update: also can't find Asshai 1-3 by Robert Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zionius Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 On 9/1/2020 at 4:08 AM, The Grey Wolf said: @zionius My copy's not with me but I can try. Never mind! I asked another friend to help me checking the rest images I missed. Turns out I miss only three images: Panited Mountains by Sven Sauer, Smoking Sea by Sven Sauer and another Strongsong by Rene Aigner. It seems Torrhen's Square , Fleet of 10000 ships, Skull Island were never finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grey Wolf Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 @zionius No worries. Glad you figured things out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tensorjack Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 @zionius Wow, thanks so much for uploading all this! These paintings are really great (Sad to hear that Nefer never got painted...thought it sounded pretty interesting from the World of Ice and Fire book!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tensorjack Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 I'm also curious about that "Red Sword" painting -- I don't recognize the name at all, and don't see it on the map either. Any idea where that's supposed to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zionius Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 4 hours ago, tensorjack said: I'm also curious about that "Red Sword" painting -- I don't recognize the name at all, and don't see it on the map either. Any idea where that's supposed to be? It was not a Westeros thing and not in the book. But somehow they exhibited it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rad_Steros Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 On 8/31/2020 at 9:30 AM, zionius said: Think I've collected 79 of the 80 images in Unseen Westeros with the largest available resolution online. For anyone interested https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rnrf-RWHnpmOhgt9nyh0wcs695TV7CrX/view?usp=sharing @The Grey WolfCould you help to check which one I missed? And what's the place of "The Red Sword" by Markus Graf? Do you by any chance have a collection of other concept art that's been released for Game of Thrones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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