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While the term “fan art” usually conjures up images of pencil drawings of Disney princesses, Paolo Ballesteros, an actor, television host, and make-up artist in the Philippines, is delivering fan art that would make the [Many Faced God proud](http://time.com/4358639/game-of-thrones-arya-stark-the-waif-theory/?iid=sr-link1). In the photos he shares with his 1.7 million [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/pochoy%5F29/) followers, he transforms himself into the citizens of Westeros from Arya Stark, to Melisandre, and [Brienne of Tarth](https://www.instagram.com/p/BF0dOtxmOwo/?taken-by=pochoy%5F29). He even dares to become the Mother of Dragons herself, transforming from a clean-cut man into Daenerys Targaryen with nothing more than the help of wigs and make-up (and serious talent). According to [_Mashable_](http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/game-of-thrones-transformations-makeup/#efMuKrbE28qL)_,_ Ballesteros has also turned himself into celebrities like Gigi Hadid, various Kardashians, and Katy Perry, but it’s _Game of Thrones_ fans who seem to most appreciate his fan art tributes. They undoubtedly need the distraction since the next season of [_Game of Thrones_ is delayed](http://time.com/4410857/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere/?iid=sr-link8). Check out the work below. \[H/T [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/game-of-thrones-transformations-makeup/#efMuKrbE28qL)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4412830/watch-this-incredible-guy-transform-himself-game-of-thrones-characters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4412830/watch-this-incredible-guy-transform-himself-game-of-thrones-characters/"},"headline":"Watch This Incredible Guy Transform Himself Into Game of Thrones Characters","datePublished":"2016-07-19T16:02:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:32.195Z","description":"Is that you, Arya Stark?","url":"https://time.com/4412830/watch-this-incredible-guy-transform-himself-game-of-thrones-characters/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1ca127612d0b923/69889ae1524fc03dc9df8a1f/yara-greyjoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1ca127612d0b923/69889ae1524fc03dc9df8a1f/yara-greyjoy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"yara greyjoy","caption":"Gemma Whelan and Alfie Allen in Game of Thrones","creditText":"Helen Sloan/HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4412830/watch-this-incredible-guy-transform-himself-game-of-thrones-characters/","name":"Watch This Incredible Guy Transform Himself Into Game of Thrones Characters"}}]}] ```