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 Sep 3 2012, 05:15 AM
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#221
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 Retired team member Posts: 490 Joined: 8-April 08 From: U.S.A  |
Just for the fun of it, I tried drawing, from scratch, the same face that I did earlier. I put it next to that which I was trying to copy. Note that I didn't put one over the other to get proportions or anything. It was entirely freehand just to see what I could do. I probably need a wee bit more practice before I can do hand-drawn (or should I say mouse-drawn?) portraits.
 
-------------------- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." - Italian Proverb
"I like criticism, but it must be my way." - Mark Twain "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright |
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Sep 3 2012, 09:37 PM
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Retired team member Posts: 490 Joined: 8-April 08 From: U.S.A |
Anomen with a younger face:
-------------------- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." - Italian Proverb
"I like criticism, but it must be my way." - Mark Twain "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright |
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Sep 6 2012, 03:47 PM
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 GOD Retired team member Posts: 1728 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Ireland |
Nice stuff, the face still seems a little out of place with the armor but every pic you're getting closer.
I've given up trying to get perfect Baldurization, now I'm just going for entertaining myself. Something I did for someone at SHS but not sure if it will be good enough, no matter, I like Elizabeth Banks (the source photo). 
auroraL.png ( 180.53k )
Number of downloads: 2Also I like Scarlett Johanssen...but who doesn't? Hair still gives me a problem but meh....
scarlettL.png ( 182.13k )
Number of downloads: 9 |
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Sep 6 2012, 07:14 PM
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GOD Retired team member Posts: 1728 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Ireland |
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Sep 6 2012, 10:06 PM
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GOD Retired team member Posts: 1728 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Ireland |
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Sep 7 2012, 04:26 AM
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Retired team member Posts: 490 Joined: 8-April 08 From: U.S.A |
QUOTE(Rabain @ Sep 6 2012, 10:47 AM)  Also I like Scarlett Johanssen...but who doesn't? Hair still gives me a problem but meh.... Who? 
-------------------- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." - Italian Proverb
"I like criticism, but it must be my way." - Mark Twain "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright |
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Sep 8 2012, 02:09 PM
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GOD Retired team member Posts: 1728 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Ireland |
I was thinking today that with BGEE some people might like BG portrait blanks that they could just stick any face into, even their own.
For example:
EGREYL.png ( 121.54k )
Number of downloads: 7Get a passport photo of yourself, chop out your face, stick it in the hood, erase the bit that goes over the fingertip, maybe add some shadows on the outer edge, you're done. |
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Sep 8 2012, 05:34 PM
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Retired team member Posts: 490 Joined: 8-April 08 From: U.S.A |
Turn those hands into black gloves and you have a ringwraith.
-------------------- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." - Italian Proverb
"I like criticism, but it must be my way." - Mark Twain "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright |
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Sep 8 2012, 07:14 PM
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GOD Retired team member Posts: 1728 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Ireland |
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Sep 8 2012, 09:55 PM
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GOD Retired team member Posts: 1728 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Ireland |
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Sep 9 2012, 03:22 AM
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Retired team member Posts: 490 Joined: 8-April 08 From: U.S.A |
I was thinking Nazgul at first, like I mentioned, but why not something a little more BG-oriented? Like this:
 On the "new Minsc" the skin tone between the head and the body is slightly different. Perhaps, that a small tweak more to the red might work with the color balance or hue tool? This post has been edited by Sir_Carnifex: Sep 9 2012, 03:25 AM -------------------- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." - Italian Proverb
"I like criticism, but it must be my way." - Mark Twain "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright |
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Sep 9 2012, 09:28 AM
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GOD Retired team member Posts: 1728 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Ireland |
Nice though it might be more fitting if the skull was bone instead of a golden hue.
Yeah the main problem I had with MinscB was that the body from the BG portrait has very smooth skin appearance and the head was heavily textured. No matter what coloration I tried there was always a difference. One thing I try to remember is that all these are the Epilogue size portraits and many of the issues are really not noticeable at 110x170. Also a reason why I don't like many of the full body portraits people use, they look great in large but really fail in game when reduced down. |
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Sep 9 2012, 08:39 PM
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Retired team member Posts: 490 Joined: 8-April 08 From: U.S.A |
The skull was bone, but I darkened it because of the hood. Now that you mention it it does look more gold than shaded though. Bummer.
The shiny skin on the one portrait seems to be obtained by an extensive use of light with dark and almost avoiding shades that are between. At least, that's how I came moderately close to it in the redo of Anomen up above. I also don't like the full body portraits for the reason you mentioned, but also because they don't match the original portraits at all. Are you intending on putting a portrait pack together, or just do this for the sake of something interesting to do? This post has been edited by Sir_Carnifex: Sep 9 2012, 08:40 PM -------------------- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." - Italian Proverb
"I like criticism, but it must be my way." - Mark Twain "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright |
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Sep 9 2012, 09:23 PM
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GOD Retired team member Posts: 1728 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Ireland |
Just for the sake of something interesting to do. There is a gallery up with some of the really old stuff I did a few years ago here at BWL and I have a mod that gives a dialog portrait (the smallest size) to every npc in BG2, that was funny and time consuming to do. I had a forum of my own up until recently but it was too much effort with everything else going on in life.
http://www.blackwyrmlair.net/~rabain/rabgallery/ I'll continue to mess around with portraits as long as it entertains me, even if no one is watching. 
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Sep 10 2012, 03:01 PM
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GOD Retired team member Posts: 1728 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Ireland |
Did this today, not sure about how well it meshes with the clothing but I think the skin tones are at least decent:
songL.png ( 118.72k )
Number of downloads: 8
Head_01.jpg ( 51.79k )
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