--- title: Game of Thrones: Makeup Transformation video description: This makeup artist transforms into Game of Thrones characters with wigs and makeup. canonical: https://time.com/4412830/watch-this-incredible-guy-transform-himself-game-of-thrones-characters/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-19T16:02:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:32.195Z og:title: Watch This Incredible Guy Transform Himself Into 'Game of Thrones' Characters og:description: The internet can't get enough og:url: https://time.com/4412830/watch-this-incredible-guy-transform-himself-game-of-thrones-characters/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1ca127612d0b923/69889ae1524fc03dc9df8a1f/yara-greyjoy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: yara greyjoy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Incredible Guy Transform Himself Into 'Game of Thrones' Characters twitter:description: The internet can't get enough twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1ca127612d0b923/69889ae1524fc03dc9df8a1f/yara-greyjoy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch This Incredible Guy Transform Himself Into _Game of Thrones_ Characters by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 19, 2016 4:02 PM UTC  Gemma Whelan and Alfie Allen in Game of Thrones Gemma Whelan and Alfie Allen in Game of ThronesHelen Sloan/HBO by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 19, 2016 4:02 PM UTC _Game of Thrones_ has a new ruler—a Filipino make-up artist and actor who isn’t vying for the Iron Throne, but is dominating fandom with his incredible transformations. 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"}}]}] ```