Friday, April 1, 2016

Game of Thrones Season 6 Photoshop Challenge: the results are in!

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Game of Thrones fans can get a little antsy waiting for the new season. April 24th starts to seem like a long way off and sometimes fans get…creative in how we direct that energy, manufacturing fake images of the season to come.

Well, this year we decided to channel that enthusiasm in a more fun direction with our very first Photoshop challenge! We challenged our readers to show us their hopes, wishes, and suspicions about the new season, creating new images for everyone’s enjoyment. Skill was not necessarily required, only cleverness, humor, or an idea. We asked you all to show us what you’ve got, and Game of Thrones fans delivered.

Based on the submissions, it seems fans want to see in season 6 a whole lot of payback, the return of bastards and kings, ships coming true, dragons, hype and violence. Lots of violence, but then this is Game of Thrones.

As promised, we’ve chosen a grand winner of the contest, and a runner-up, based on deliberations among the Watchers on the Wall staff. We had a great selection to choose from and it wasn’t easy.  Thank you to everyone for your submissions, and we hope you all enjoy their offerings!

{Warning: Image-heavy post!}

First off, we’d like to announce the winners of the Photoshop Challenge!

He delighted us with many of his contributions but this one made the Watchers laugh the hardest. The Grand Prize Winner is Bryan Kremkau, with his “Weekend at Jon’s” entry.

“Coming to a theater near you: Weekend At Jon’s starring Jon Snow, Davos Seaworth, Dolorous Edd and Melisandre”

WeekendatJon

As the Grand Prize Winner, he’ll receive Ygritte and Oberyn Martell collectible figures, from the officially licensed Dark Horse Comics line of Game of Thrones toys.

We have a runner-up, as well. Taking home a lovely new Margaery Tyrell figure from Dark Horse is Almasy, with their well-made vision of a meeting between two queens.

“I would love to see an epic showdown between Cersei and Daenerys in Season 6 of Game of Thrones — so I put this together to imagine what it might be like!”

CD

Congratulations, Bryan and Almasy!


Here are all the contest submissions! We’ve divided them into Non-Spoilers and Spoiler Sections, so readers can skip spoilers if they prefer. Entries using simple speculation or material from the trailers are NOT considered spoilers.

Anything using unfilmed ASOIAF material, anything involving the HYPE, filming spoilers or even filming rumors goes in the Spoiler Section just to stay on the safe side.


Non-Spoiler Entries:

From Miriam:

WatchersontheWall

From Daniel:

1

2

From Morrigen:

queen

From Richa:

3

From ShyLadyDragon:

“Jaime’s Dilemma”
Jaimes Choice

“Arya and her pack”

1

“Discussing Characters”

Grey Character

“Gendry Returns”

gendry

“I dreamed of you”2

“Melisandre’s Proposal”

Mel

“A Bath to Remember”

jb

“Dornish Fashion”

Dornishwear

“Jaime and Brienne”
quests

“The Joker”

JB2

From Laurent:

Sub1

 

From Tim:

stannis fireworks

Stanalf

From NiceQueenCersei:

QueenCersei

From gnostic_cat:

Ollyfire

From Angela:

LF Ghost

From liesandarborgol:

SanSan

From Aryamad:

ichooseviolence_aryamad

From Prasant:

4 entry

From Northerner:

“The Starks Strike Back”

Starks

“Starks strike back part 2:

Walder gets it”

AryasList

From Keegan VerBurg:

“Michael McElhatton had done a great job as Roose Bolton, but the new actor they got for season 6 really nailed the role.”

PutinBolton

From Dan:

kitn

From Zach:

“Hodor’s Wish”

Hodor

From Sarah Ch.:

Dany02

From Vern:

“What do I want next for GOT? MORE!! A whole channel dedicated to the GOT characters. Here’s a sample of some future shows.”

RealHousewives

From Mescalinic:

“Dragons and Tits. Source: Ian McShane”

dragontits

From dragonreborn:

“Oberyn Martell brought back to life by Maester Qyburn. His head needed some fixing after the trial by combat.”

Oberyn Boo Boo

“Dany’s house of the undying dream somewhat coming true”

Jon Undying

“Jon coming back to life”

jon walker

From LadyFionavar:

Night'sKing

From WackyGoofball:

Onionbaby

Qyburn

TyrCers

From Rat Kook:

Ruse

 

From SerWhiteWalker:

“And now your watch has ended.”

Olly

From GameOverRos:

“Exclusive! I have a picture of Jon Snow, post-resurrection.”

Jonpool

From Mario:

dany landing

From Bryan Kremkau

“Sean Bean returns in Season 6 as Nearly Headless Ned”
Headless

“In Season 6, Qyburn brings back Robb Stark but as a DireWolfMan”

robbstein

“Jon Snow Comes Back in Season 6…as Everybody”

Sansaon

Jon Khaleesi

Jon Lannister

Jon of Tarth

JonBalon

JonBolton

JonBran

JOnCersei

jonmel

Jonrya

Jonsandei

Jonsandre

Jonvarys

From Meeles:

“LEAK: CERSEI USES POKEMON TO KILL THEM ALL”

CerseiPoke

From Tickelace:

“They’ve altered Septon Meribald’s speech a little”Meribald

From Anne Owens:

margery

margery00

jonglasses

jonsnowemergency

From Lisa0527:

NedNight

From So0ndz:

ForJon

brainfreeze

From ManicMongoose:

“Hoping that Tyrion releases Rhaegal and Viserion in Season 6”

dragons

From Enola Lee:

Sansa Ramsay

From A Refrain of Thrones:

“Golden Company!!! LEAKED!!!”

golden company

“Dwarf’s Penny confirmed!!!”

Penny

He found the Blackfish!

Blackfish

“Jon Targaryen Leak!!!!!!”

Jon targ

” Brienne embraces her heritage!”

Brienne

“#NightLamp”

Stannis res

From Rygritte:

“Winter Is Coming”

nk

“How I hope Jorah & Daario’s quest to find Dany ends:”

JD

 

JonGhostGRRM

pink letter

jonmel

From Carolina:

Final

From RandomInternetKraken:

SansaQueen

From Rachyboost:

jon

From EagleEyeMoser:

balon

From BryndenBFish:

“my ‘STANNIS COMES BACK WITH A VENGEANCE IN SEASON 6!!!!111!!’ poster.”

vengeance

From Becca 2801:

acnj,

kjvjkbk

loooose

From Stevve Starrk:

jonWall

houndarya

From Miles Fritz:

“LEAK: CERSEI GETS A BIGGER WINE GLASS THIS SEASON:

wineoverload

From MSteeman:

DanyJon

From Callumtheswag:

“The Long Night”

TheLongNight

“Mother of Blue Tits”

blue tits

“Stannis Lives”

stannis Lives

From Kim:

aryaRamsay

From Shree:

jon

From Vetarth:

“How everything will end- Frozen King’s Landing”

frozen_kings_landing_by_verogee-d9we6qb

“Daenerys in Westeros”

khaleesi_em_westeros2_by_verogee-d97gpfg

“Jaime and Briene ship coming true”

jb

From TheOneWhoKnocks:

“The Fourth Estate”

4th

“Mirror of Erised: Parts 1 & 2”

mirror1 mirror2

“Night’s King in flames”

nk flames

 

 


HERE BE SPOILERS! 

That warning enough for you?

Okay, good. Proceed.


 

Spoiler Section:

From ShyLadyDragon:

“Tower of Joy”

3

From Mario:

Cleganebowl Faith

From Brad:

Brienne and Jaime

From Jenny Slife:

“Balon Greyjoy’s real killer. #theduskymonkey

monkey

From CallumTheSwag:

“The Blackfish couldn’t find a tree…”

Bfish

From Morrigen:

balon

bastards

From Jake:

“Game of Thrones has confirmed Cleganebowl via Twitter (but the tweet was taken down instantly when GRRM found out that the largest climax was spoiled via social media)”

GET HYPE

From A Refrain of Thrones:

truck

“Siege of Meereen leaked!!!!”

meereen

From Alex:

“as prophesied by greenseers and shadowbinders, the legendary getting of the HYPE is coming”

Cleganebowl

From Skittlesje:

Snowbowl

From Rygritte:

“This is how I picture Jon & Mel  leaving Castle Black for Winterfell”

JonMel

“Tyrion releases the dragons.”

Tyrion

Another submission:

resurrrection

“You know nuthin’….”

Jon Ahai

Rickon

From Bryan Kremkau:

“How I see the Battle of the Bastards will play out:”

bastards

From Tim:

Cleganebowl 1

From Laurent:

Sub2

From Vetarth:

the hound

Once again, thanks to everyone for submitting their creations! We hope you enjoyed the contest. There’s only 23 days now until season 6 begins and we find out if some of you predicted well.

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