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 Dec 31 2004, 11:13 PM
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 The Raven  Mod Developer Posts: 590 Joined: 4-September 04 From: California, USA  |
OK, I didn't really have any reason to do these portrait edits, but I did them anyways.
The first image is the same as the second one, just with the hair having a couple of streaks in it.   The portrait at the bottom of this post is the original. Not wonderful edits, but I'm just beginning on portrait edits. This post has been edited by Awake: Jan 1 2005, 07:46 AM
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Member of the World Transition Project And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore! Like dealing with terrorists by giving them explosives |
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Jan 1 2005, 01:37 AM
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 The original one Retired team member Posts: 789 Joined: 9-September 04 From: WA, Australia |
Thats alot better than the last edited portrait you showed me, so keep at it your getting better
 . Although the portrait could do with a better background.
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Jan 1 2005, 01:44 AM
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The Raven Mod Developer Posts: 590 Joined: 4-September 04 From: California, USA |
Why thank you, dragon_lord. I don't know what to do with the background though. My favorite colors are red and black, so I'm biased when doing any kind of artwork. What would you suggest? Also, I made a couple new versions of the one I posted in our workroom. I'll put the new ones up in a bit.
-------------------- And can we finally say that the bhaal spawn idea has had the final nail hammered in its coffin?
Member of the World Transition Project And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore! Like dealing with terrorists by giving them explosives |
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Jan 1 2005, 01:56 AM
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The original one Retired team member Posts: 789 Joined: 9-September 04 From: WA, Australia |
I have some backgrounds that you might like (I think they look awesome) - they are scanned in from an ad. Do you want me to upload them?
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Jan 1 2005, 02:04 AM
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The Raven Mod Developer Posts: 590 Joined: 4-September 04 From: California, USA |
Yeah, sure. Upload them here and I'll post the different versions when I do them. Some practice could never hurt. Scanned from an add, eh?
 What else do you think should be done to it? -------------------- And can we finally say that the bhaal spawn idea has had the final nail hammered in its coffin?
Member of the World Transition Project And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore! Like dealing with terrorists by giving them explosives |
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Jan 1 2005, 02:05 AM
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 Master of energies  Council Member Posts: 3331 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Magyarország |
Nice work Awake. Really. Don't be so strict with yourself (you say you are beginning, but your portraits tend to show that you improve a lot!)
You also said you had had no reason to edit these portraits: you did have! To improve your graphical skills AND to have fun. If you improve in anything, it means you don't waste the time but spend it in a useful way I'm not sure about the background either (I am not very fond of the current one but I couldn't imagine better either, at the moment). The rotating and other edits (like the hair) are very good. Keep up the good work! -------------------- Mental harmony dispels the darkness.
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Jan 1 2005, 02:45 AM
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The original one Retired team member Posts: 789 Joined: 9-September 04 From: WA, Australia |
Have a look and see what you think. I like them because they have a variety of scenes to pick from.
http://members.blackwyrmlair.net/dl/PD/portraitbg1.jpg http://members.blackwyrmlair.net/dl/PD/portraitbg2.jpg http://members.blackwyrmlair.net/dl/PD/portraitbg3.jpg -------------------- Maintainer of the Dragon's Hoard Download Center
Member of the World Transition Project The Items Mart - A comprehensive guide to item locations with maps for BG2 Portrait City - The largest collection of portraits for BG2 on the net. |
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Jan 1 2005, 04:03 AM
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The original one Retired team member Posts: 789 Joined: 9-September 04 From: WA, Australia |
Heres another lot from the same series of ads, its not as good though.
http://members.blackwyrmlair.net/dl/PD/portrait2bg1.jpg http://members.blackwyrmlair.net/dl/PD/portrait2bg2.jpg http://members.blackwyrmlair.net/dl/PD/portrait2bg3.jpg -------------------- Maintainer of the Dragon's Hoard Download Center
Member of the World Transition Project The Items Mart - A comprehensive guide to item locations with maps for BG2 Portrait City - The largest collection of portraits for BG2 on the net. |
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Jan 1 2005, 05:52 AM
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The Raven Mod Developer Posts: 590 Joined: 4-September 04 From: California, USA |
Hey, those are pretty good. Thanks for the images. Yes, the first three were better than the next three, but they're still good and usable. Now to hopefully get to practice on these. Perhaps I'll steal another portrait from portrait city.
-------------------- And can we finally say that the bhaal spawn idea has had the final nail hammered in its coffin?
Member of the World Transition Project And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore! Like dealing with terrorists by giving them explosives |
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Jan 1 2005, 06:32 AM
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The Raven Mod Developer Posts: 590 Joined: 4-September 04 From: California, USA |
here, using one of the backgrounds that dragon_lord supplied for me, I have given her a castle background and lowered her a little bit so the background is more visible.
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-------------------- And can we finally say that the bhaal spawn idea has had the final nail hammered in its coffin?
Member of the World Transition Project And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore! Like dealing with terrorists by giving them explosives |
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Jan 1 2005, 06:35 AM
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The original one Retired team member Posts: 789 Joined: 9-September 04 From: WA, Australia |
Looks really good
, much better with a decent background to it. Some portraits on my site could be improved a fair bit with better backgrounds.
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Member of the World Transition Project The Items Mart - A comprehensive guide to item locations with maps for BG2 Portrait City - The largest collection of portraits for BG2 on the net. |
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Jan 1 2005, 06:41 AM
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The Raven Mod Developer Posts: 590 Joined: 4-September 04 From: California, USA |
Alright then, I'll start editing all of the portraits on your site... not... And another one that I've done. The next one I'm gonna see what else I can add to the portrait. Maybe an item.
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-------------------- And can we finally say that the bhaal spawn idea has had the final nail hammered in its coffin?
Member of the World Transition Project And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore! Like dealing with terrorists by giving them explosives |
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Jan 1 2005, 06:44 AM
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The Raven Mod Developer Posts: 590 Joined: 4-September 04 From: California, USA |
Alright then, I'll start editing all of the portraits on your site... not... And another one that I've done. The next one I'm gonna see what else I can add to the portrait. Maybe an item.
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-------------------- And can we finally say that the bhaal spawn idea has had the final nail hammered in its coffin?
Member of the World Transition Project And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore! Like dealing with terrorists by giving them explosives |
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Jan 1 2005, 07:51 AM
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The Raven Mod Developer Posts: 590 Joined: 4-September 04 From: California, USA |
I have to continuously edit the title of this thread so that the contents make sense. dragon_lord influenced me in IRC to edit the buttons here on the BW forum. So, I edited them. Basically what I did was get rid of all the white borders. Hopefully an admin will see this and get them implemented into the forum. The white borders don't do much for the forum.
This post has been edited by Awake: Jan 1 2005, 11:37 AM
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-------------------- And can we finally say that the bhaal spawn idea has had the final nail hammered in its coffin?
Member of the World Transition Project And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore! Like dealing with terrorists by giving them explosives |
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Jan 1 2005, 12:24 PM
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Master of energies Council Member Posts: 3331 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Magyarország |
Admin saw it, discussed it with you on chat server, and now they are up!
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Jan 2 2005, 06:49 AM
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The Raven Mod Developer Posts: 590 Joined: 4-September 04 From: California, USA |
And it's a wonderful thing too. I keep on looking at the buttons and thinking "If dragon_lord didn't think of that, then we would still be looking at those terrible white borders."
Anyways, here is a drow Haer'dalis. Don't know why I did this. But I did it nonetheless. Thins I changed: 1) Background 2) Skin color 3) Hair color 4) Made the gold earrings golder 5) Brought more life to the color on the collar of the armor. 6) Tried getting rid of the tatoos
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-------------------- And can we finally say that the bhaal spawn idea has had the final nail hammered in its coffin?
Member of the World Transition Project And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore! Like dealing with terrorists by giving them explosives |
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Jan 2 2005, 07:08 AM
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The original one Retired team member Posts: 789 Joined: 9-September 04 From: WA, Australia |
That looks great
 . I especially like the gold colouring, it looks awesome with the light grey skin colour. I like him more like that than I do him normally.
-------------------- Maintainer of the Dragon's Hoard Download Center
Member of the World Transition Project The Items Mart - A comprehensive guide to item locations with maps for BG2 Portrait City - The largest collection of portraits for BG2 on the net. |
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Jan 2 2005, 07:24 AM
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The Raven Mod Developer Posts: 590 Joined: 4-September 04 From: California, USA |
Thanks for the compliment, dragon_lord.
Perhaps if I kiss up enough to Baronius he'll switch out my current avatar for this one...
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-------------------- And can we finally say that the bhaal spawn idea has had the final nail hammered in its coffin?
Member of the World Transition Project And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore! Like dealing with terrorists by giving them explosives |
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Jan 3 2005, 02:06 PM
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Master of energies Council Member Posts: 3331 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Magyarország |
I support the idea, okay I will bring it to the Council's agenda as a poll, I'm almost 100% sure that everyone will vote Yes.
The poll will exactly sound like this (although phrased in a better way I think): "For Black Wyrm Modders, allow the use of slightly edited (e.g. re-colored) versions of their original portrait choices (from the Black Wyrm Portrait Collection)" -------------------- Mental harmony dispels the darkness.
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Jan 22 2005, 03:47 PM
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Master of energies Council Member Posts: 3331 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Magyarország |
The Council has accepted it (many days ago, I just forgot about it), now any BW modder (BW modders have blue stars on the forum) can modify his existing portrait (chosen from the BW Portrait Gallery).
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