Seems a lot harder to find good male portraits...

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KidCarnival

Would help to know what race and class you're looking for. There are also various topics in Fan Creations for portraits in general.

abacus

Can't help other than to say I feel your pain... There is a good thread in the off-topic, fan creations room I believe, if that helps...

Kamigoroshi

Depends on the race, really. There's a *ton* of human, elven, half-elven, half-orcish and dwarven males artworks out there. But for gnomes and halflings...? Almost none whatsoever! And that goes for both genders.

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lunar

Have you checked @Isandir 's site and work? To me they are perfect for bg.

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the_spyder

I just use the pic I use for my profile. I scarped it off of an old "Hobbit" web site and then adjusted it appropriately. It's a little grainy, but it suits.

There are several spots (though I can't point to any) that have a large variety including the IWD pics. I want to say gibberlings, though don't quote me.

KidCarnival

thespace said:

KidCarnival said:

Would help to know what race and class you're looking for. There are also various topics in Fan Creations for portraits in general.

I mainly like playing elves/half elves, maybe human. Rangers, ranger/clerics, thieves, swashbucklers are favorite classes of mine. A good portrait can inspire a character's direction, I've found.

With those races, you'll probably get lucky on a bigger archive. Like stated above, for hallings and gnomes, it's more difficult.

Mostly hit and miss, but I assume you already checked the dropbox, so here are alternatives:

http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/baldursgate2/portraits.shtml
http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/BG2/index_portraits.php
http://portraitcity.blackwyrmlair.net/

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BelgarathMTH

@thespace, did you name the portrait files appropriately? They have to have less than seven characters in the name, no special characters, and the last letter has to be an "M", (for BG:EE), or an L or S (for original BG), or the program won't recognize them as portrait files.

Heindrich

@thespace

You also need to restart the game, if you haven't done that.

Kamigoroshi

BelgarathMTH said:

and the last letter has to be an "M", (for BG:EE), or an L or S (for original BG), or the program won't recognize them as portrait files.

? I've been using nothing but "L" portraits since the 1.2 update and never ran into any problems with either EE game. Both programs display and resize my large portraits just fine.

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BlueSorceress

It's a-hard to find good portraits these days.*

*For best results read in best Firebead Elvenhair voice

That is all.

-Blue

Blackraven

Deviant Art has lots of great portraits. Check out the galleries of SirTiefling or Enkida for example

lunar

I don't even need to use a filename with 'm' or 'l' at the end with bg2:ee. I just convert Isandir's portraits to bmp, and name them like 'PAL' (for a a paladin looking guy) 'BER' (for a berserker looking guy) or 'PRI' (for a priest looking guy) and the game recognises and resizes them to correct proportions. On Ipad, no less!

Here is my party fighting against a cadre of vampires. From top to down: Cavalier, Cleric/mage, Shadowdancer, Archer, Monk, Thief/mage.

Heindrich

lunar said:

I just convert Isandir's portraits to bmp, and name them like 'PAL' (for a a paladin looking guy) 'BER' (for a berserker looking guy) or 'PRI' (for a priest looking guy) and the game recognises and resizes them to correct proportions. On Ipad, no less!

@lunar
That's because Isandir's portraits were created specifically for these games, so the proportions are correct already, and the game only need to adjust the size appropriately.

Twani

Just be careful. Remember when converting to bmp, BG1/2 can't handle the highest level of detail in a bmp file, if say, you're using photoshop to do the converting and have options on it. You have to take it down to I think 32 lvl detail, not the 40 one. Man, it took me forever to figure that one out. Someone on the gibberling 3 forums had to spell it out for me. ;;

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ReadingRambo

Artasprophe's portrait pack solved all my portrait desires.

Sniiiimon

What @ReadingRambo‌ said. Check out her stuff on Deviantart. She's awesome and so are her portraits. Sadly, as far I know, she doesn't do commisions anymore... but you can still download her portrait package(s).

Corvino

Have a look at LadyRhian's Too Many Portaits Thread in the fan creations section. Does exactly what is says on the tin.

They're unsorted and uncategorised but if you spend ten to fifteen minutes scrolling through then you'll find any race/class/alignment/armour combo you can think of. There are a lot of pages of pics there.

*Edit* you'll need to crop and resize them yourself, but that's not hard.

Lemernis

It's a shame that whenever I see the thread title, it cues in my head the line "So hard to find decent folk nowadays."

Isandir

@thespace‌: Most of my portraits already have bitmap versions that I make available on the website, though I'm sometimes behind in the most recent ones. (It's usually in the top description on each portrait's page.) The large, medium and small versions are all included in the compressed file. I typically recommend against relying on BG:EE's automatic sizing, as it creates pixelation in the small portrait that shows up in the game. The bitmap versions are also often cleaner than the .png files, as I occasionally go back to fix small details without updating the website image.

If you are looking for a particular portrait--race/class/look, etc.--I can also make one based on your request. I've had less time to make them lately, but I tend to be more willing to take on projects when someone has something very specific in mind.

Finally, you may want to check the custom portraits thread, the one that preceded it and the artist links (see the first post). You'll find a huge number of images from multiple artists.

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KidCarnival

Some might be commissions that are only on the page for display.

Isandir

Drystan was one of a pair that I created for a mod; I typically don't add the downloads for those ones. Feel free to use it, but be forewarned that if you do use NPC mods and eventually add that one, you may eventually run into yourself.

Elvaniel I must have just missed, so I'll add the bitmaps today or tomorrow.

element

there is little in the realms as rare as a good Halfling portrait

EnterHaerDalis

@‌lunar what patch are you playing with? that screenshot looks whack

lunar

EnterHaerDalis said:

@‌lunar what patch are you playing with? that screenshot looks whack

@EnterHaerDalis‌ 1.2 Ipad version. Have some mods for bigger fonts and Shadows of Amn logo for pause button, among other things. I guess that's what you meant as whack? Male Portraits from the skilled artist @Isandir all are of exceptional quality and merge well with the bg2, that was what I wanted to show off. ^^