“The First Men named us children, The giants called us woh dak nag gran, the
squirrel people, because we were small and quick and fond of trees,
but we are no squirrels, no children. Our name in the True Tongue means those who sing the song of earth.
Before your Old Tongue was ever spoken, we had sung our songs ten thousand
years.”
-A Song of Ice and Fire , R.R.Martin
The Children of the forest are some mysterious
characters that appear on the books of R.R.Martin, A
Song of Ice and Fire. They are awesome
and magical, one of my favorite stories on the books. As in the TV series Game
of thrones they are very simplified and far from the book
description, I have decided to design my took on these creatures.
They are half man, half animal, with dappled doe skin beneath a cloak of leaves, a very old wisdom and a strong connection with nature. Below you can see some sketches, exploring the mixture between animal and child, old people and kid looking, until I got a satisfying design. I will post more development od these amazing beings with poses and gesture. Stay tuned!
