The character designs for these two are based on the ones by @thirdchildart who introduced me to the podcast in the first place and who is storyboarding a big part of episode 159 ‘The Last’ as a fan-project at the moment (It is going to be amazinG!!!)
I binged through four seasons in the last month and it was the perfect mix of horror and mystery to listen to for the autumn season. Now I still have the final season in front of me and man, have I grown fond of these voices, these characters, the story and the makers of the show as well. Just great stuff.
Edit: There has been the critique of Jon’s design harboring a closeness to problematic stereotypes, especially with his stylization coming across as much more exaggerated than Martin’s. I was trying out something here (with an interest in the aesthetics of exaggerated forms), but after giving it a lot of thought and since the little image series has been shared much more often than I expected, I decided to make some amendments. Not too big ones actually, but enough to give Jon hopefully a more natural, less caricatured look and even out the gap in stylization between the characters to some extend. I leave examples of the changes here:
