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The secret of BG portraits

DJKajuruDJKajuru Member Posts: 3,300
You know , I've been thniking about why the original portraits are so interesting, and what's the secret to make custom portraits be as cool. The characteristics that I found were:

1- They aren't posing. I know it sounds silly, but posing centralizes the picture and doesn't make you think "this is a guy who's gonna equip weapons and fight ".

2- They don't look at the "camera"- Ajantis, Khalid, Alora... they are in action, and it makes their pictures really dynamic.

3- Opposing to rule 2, some of them are just staring at you , but they're still not looking at the "camera" . Jaheira , Edwin, Montaron... it feels like they're just looking at you, instead of the "look at me" pose that models do.


I don't know how useful this could be, but I love visual arts and thought it would be nice to share some of the artistic vision that BG artists had when designing their portraits.

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  • PhilhelmPhilhelm Member Posts: 473
    I, for one, have always loved the BG portraits. They seem to have a character to them that is different from the standard fantasy artwork out there. I'm sure part of that is because real people were used for the faces.
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