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The Night King by Robert Kalafut

It may be the middle of April, but WINTER IS OFFICIALLY BACK!

Sunday's Season 8 premiere brought with it some major excitement!

"It was the TV fan's Super Bowl on Twitter." That's how Twitter VP of U.S. client solutions Jean-Philippe Maheu referred to the return of Game of Thrones on Sunday. The premiere of the show's eighth and final season was the most-tweeted-about episode of the show ever, with more than 5 million tweets. 

"That is roughly 10 times what the most-tweeted show usually gets," said Mahue. 

Naturally, brands are out in full force pushing every potential link, and who can blame them? The show's Season 7 finale attracted over 16 million viewers. That's more than the population of New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles combined.

Not wanting to miss out on all the hoopla, Famous Frames is sharing some of our brand tie-ins along with some good ole-fashinoed fan art!

Khal Drogo by Robert Kalafut

One of the most notable tie-ins was with Johnnie Walker for their special White Walker blend. Shown below are shootingboards by Jarid Boyce. Check out the finished commercial HERE.

Additionally for Johnnie Walker is this key art by Jasper Yu. 

Next we have some concept frames done by Jeremiah Wallis for a Game of Thrones video game. 

Here, artist Polina Hristova shows three stages of progression of this Jon Snow likeness. 

Lastly, Denice Au drew these awesome GOT icons for an mobile app game. 

Famous Frames has been proud to be a part of the Game of Thrones journey throughout all 8 seasons, and we cant wait to see who will wind up on the Iron Throne. 

We are always looking for exciting ways to convey the breadth of contributions Famous Frames artists provide throughout the advertising and entertainment industry. By highlighting some of the 2017 Golden Globe Award nominees, we explore the broad spectrum of avenues Famous Frames artists engaged for these critically acclaimed projects. 
 Famous Frames exclusive roster of artists aid production in a variety of art formats.  From concept development for photo shoots, credit  sequencing, key art for print and on-air marketing and of course, what we are famous for,  traditional shooting boards.  Be it for creative brainstorming or on air viewing, if you are seeing it - art helped bring the vision to the screen.  Here’s a behind the scenes look at how. 

For Mozart in the Jungle, nominated for best series-Musical or Comedy, Famous Frames artist Renee Reeser worked to create key art for Amazon’s marketing campaign.  Renee also worked on the marketing campaign for HBO’s Divorce, for which Sarah Jessica Parker earned a best actress nomination. For the same show, artist Darek Gogol worked with the VFX team, concepting a version of the show’s title sequence.

Renee Reeser's key art for Mozart in the Jungle:

Renee Reeser's concept art for Divorce:

Darek Gogol's concept art for Divorce:

Artist Jonathan Gesinski worked with the production team of The People v. O.J. Simpson  a Golden Globe winner for Best Television Limited Series. Jonathan worked with pre-production creatives to design hair and wardrobe for key characters, John Travolta’s Robert Kardashian and Cuba Gooding Jr’s O.J. Simpson.

Jonathan Gesinski's concept art for The People v. O.J. Simpson: 

Another great example of the diversity of our artistic reach can be found with Game of Thrones, nominated for best TV series, Drama. This hugely successful franchise branched into a number outlets like this digital video game. Take a look at these concept frames by Jeremiah Wallis.

Jeremiah Wallis' concept art for Game of Thrones:

Storyboarding out a sequence allows a director to communicate their vision to the actors and the crew. This can be witnessed in this scene Famous Frames artist Jarid Boyce created for the Showtime hit Ray Donovan, for which Liv Schreiber was nominated for Best Actor in a Television Series-Drama.

Jarid Boyce's storyboards for Ray Donovan:

Black-ish was nominated for best Television Show Series, Comedy-Musical.  Additionally, Tracey Ellis Ross won the best actress Globe for her performance in the show. Here is some promotional art and shooting boards Mercer Boffey worked on for the ABC production.

Mercer Boffey's shooting boards for Black-ish: