Nalia does look like Drew Barrymore! I like Imoens BGII portrait much better, she looks cute. I always wished I could romance her. I don't care if she is my half sister or not.
This thread has some pretty awesome info. I would agree that Ray Muzyka looks a lot like Ajantis, and Edwin could very well be Greg Zeschuk..though he could be Coran as well. We need more detective work on this.
Also, associate producer Ben Smedstad looks a fair bit like the head of the unpleasant gnome Neb.
I am madly in love with BG2 portrait art. Everyone from the original cast looks so much better in the sequel.
Most of all I love Jaheira. I don't understand where all that hate towards her portrait is coming from. Sure her BG1 portrait was good... looked nothing like a half-elf though... but seriously her BG2 portrait is perfect.
I like every single portrait in BG2 but not so much with BG1 ones. That is completely understandable since they chose to base them on team members and friends (my guess) and not on professional models. I like the overall artstyle, even though I consider it inferior to sequel's, so when I play the first game I always swap portraits I fancy the least with fan made ones.
Speaking of Imoen, I obviously prefer her BG2 portrait so when I found this one (combining her features from second game with her appearance from first game) I was overjoyed.
Oh my god... That's just... Terrible... Imoen looks as if she's got boulemia. O_o
@Lordkim Holy smoke but that picture is amazing! *loves*
On the topic of Imoen's face - apart from the fact that I was never very fond of BG1 portraits as a whole (strange coloring and even stranger lighting, and generally, not my fav style), I always considered Imoen's portrait to be the ugliest of BG1 female portraits. Yes, I considered Faldor's fierce scowl more appealing that that weird round thing. But recently I looked at it again, long and hard, and I said to myself, hey she looks exactly like my highschool friend, and she was pretty! What gives? So I looked harder and discovered what my problem with this picture was: 1) Imoen is hunching her back, which doesn't look good on anybody, and 2) She has the most unbecoming hair-do imaginable. The insane amounts of time and hair gel needed to get the hair to stick out on the sides like that aside, this hairstyle just plain doesn't fit her.
And I discovered the power of good hairdresser years ago, when I had a trouble convincing myself to romance Jaheira for a change, until I found in the net an alternate picture for her:
The difference was staggering (at least for me - I have some weird problems with perception of faces, perhaps normal people don't see much of a difference) :P
So now I pulled up a bunch of pictures, cut out hairs from them and pasted them on Imoen. Behold:
She suddenly looks much prettier, doesn't she?
EDIT (25.11.2012) Later I did another version of her, one that would make her look younger and another one that shows how she looks after putting on that cursed girdle:
I like my Imoen with a more pinkish or purplish hair But of the ones you posted I like the one on the top right and the on on the lower extreme right the best.
Here's Trent Oster's reply from the AMA about who modelled for who:
First row: 1. no idea 2. no idea 3. no idea 4. friend of Mike 5. Marcia Tofer 6. Justin 7. Dave Hibbeln 8. Greg Zeschuk
Second row: 1. Cam 2. no idea. 3.(New Neera portrait, not Bioware, Friend of Phil D.) [doesn't correspond with this image] 4. Daniel Walker 5. Daniel Walker 6. Mike's wife 7. Kelly Goodine 8 Mike ( artist that did portraits)
Third row: 1. Calvin Lyle 2. (New Rasaad portrait, not Bioware, Phil D.) [doesn't correspond] 3. friend of Mike 4. Juliette 5. Leanne 6. Dean's wife 7. (New Dorn portrait, part me, part Nat) [doesn't correspond] 8. Dave Hibbeln
Fourth row: 1. Marcia Tofer 2. Jillian 3. Marcia Tofer 4. Ray Muzyka [doesn't correspond, should be Ajantis] 5. Stan 6. Marc Holmes 7. Kalvin Lyle 8. John Gallagher
I knew it - I freakin' knew it! All this time you guys were criticizing Viconia's portrait, you were dissing Cameron's wife! I totally knew it!
Also: the mismatches with the pictures make it kinda hard to fathom who's who after them. So Quale and Tiax are Daniel Walker? Jaheira-> friend of Mike's; Branwen -> Juliette; Dynaheir -> Leanne; Faldorn -> Dean's wife; Imoen -> ?!?; Minsc -> Dave Hibbeln. Correct?
Still need to know who's Imoen *misty-eyed emoticon*
Nah, Imoen is indeed Dean Andersen's wife, Trent wrote that as well. The mismatches seem to only concern the specific image missing. It's weird, because Trent linked this exact picture in the post he made, but he must have been looking at a slightly modified one.
It's weird but now it has been pointed out that Viconia, Skie and Shar-Teel are based on the same person (Marcia Tofer) I can see the resemblance. But I have looked at those pictures for a decade and never noticed it before.
@Lordkim Holy smoke but that picture is amazing! *loves*
On the topic of Imoen's face - apart from the fact that I was never very fond of BG1 portraits as a whole (strange coloring and even stranger lighting, and generally, not my fav style), I always considered Imoen's portrait to be the ugliest of BG1 female portraits. Yes, I considered Faldor's fierce scowl more appealing that that weird round thing. But recently I looked at it again, long and hard, and I said to myself, hey she looks exactly like my highschool friend, and she was pretty! What gives? So I looked harder and discovered what my problem with this picture was: 1) Imoen is hunching her back, which doesn't look good on anybody, and 2) She has the most unbecoming hair-do imaginable. The insane amounts of time and hair gel needed to get the hair to stick out on the sides like that aside, this hairstyle just plain doesn't fit her.
And I discovered the power of good hairdresser years ago, when I had a trouble convincing myself to romance Jaheira for a change, until I found in the net an alternate picture for her:
The difference was staggering (at least for me - I have some weird problems with perception of faces, perhaps normal people don't see much of a difference) :P
So now I pulled up a bunch of pictures, cut out hairs from them and pasted them on Imoen. Behold:
She suddenly looks much prettier, doesn't she?
Really like the new Jaheria picture. The hair always bothered me. Do you have these posted anywhere to use in the game?
As for which portraits, I like the BG1 portraits more because they look like real people, not drawings. Not that the BG2 ones are bad, but they are darker (much like the game) and I prefer the 'brightness' of the first game.
Oh wow. I can never look at Shar-Teel and Viconia again. They are clearly the same person, now thatt I know that. Skie, too, of course, but I see it more with Shar-Teel and Viconia. And, Garrick looks suspiciously similar to the default CHARNAME portrait (the paladin-looking male).
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TCDale claimed she would start working on the ToB part right about now. Just have a few more years patience.
Also, associate producer Ben Smedstad looks a fair bit like the head of the unpleasant gnome Neb.
I don't know if I like the implications of being called a nut by a ever-hungry rodent.
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=imoen#/d55zok6
Holy smoke but that picture is amazing! *loves*
On the topic of Imoen's face - apart from the fact that I was never very fond of BG1 portraits as a whole (strange coloring and even stranger lighting, and generally, not my fav style), I always considered Imoen's portrait to be the ugliest of BG1 female portraits. Yes, I considered Faldor's fierce scowl more appealing that that weird round thing.
But recently I looked at it again, long and hard, and I said to myself, hey she looks exactly like my highschool friend, and she was pretty! What gives?
So I looked harder and discovered what my problem with this picture was:
1) Imoen is hunching her back, which doesn't look good on anybody, and
2) She has the most unbecoming hair-do imaginable. The insane amounts of time and hair gel needed to get the hair to stick out on the sides like that aside, this hairstyle just plain doesn't fit her.
And I discovered the power of good hairdresser years ago, when I had a trouble convincing myself to romance Jaheira for a change, until I found in the net an alternate picture for her:
The difference was staggering (at least for me - I have some weird problems with perception of faces, perhaps normal people don't see much of a difference) :P
So now I pulled up a bunch of pictures, cut out hairs from them and pasted them on Imoen. Behold:
She suddenly looks much prettier, doesn't she?
EDIT (25.11.2012) Later I did another version of her, one that would make her look younger and another one that shows how she looks after putting on that cursed girdle:
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/3943/best-imoen-portrait#latest
First row: 1. no idea 2. no idea 3. no idea 4. friend of Mike 5. Marcia Tofer 6. Justin 7. Dave Hibbeln 8. Greg Zeschuk
Second row: 1. Cam 2. no idea. 3.(New Neera portrait, not Bioware, Friend of Phil D.) [doesn't correspond with this image] 4. Daniel Walker 5. Daniel Walker 6. Mike's wife 7. Kelly Goodine 8 Mike ( artist that did portraits)
Third row: 1. Calvin Lyle 2. (New Rasaad portrait, not Bioware, Phil D.) [doesn't correspond] 3. friend of Mike 4. Juliette 5. Leanne 6. Dean's wife 7. (New Dorn portrait, part me, part Nat) [doesn't correspond] 8. Dave Hibbeln
Fourth row: 1. Marcia Tofer 2. Jillian 3. Marcia Tofer 4. Ray Muzyka [doesn't correspond, should be Ajantis] 5. Stan 6. Marc Holmes 7. Kalvin Lyle 8. John Gallagher
Also: the mismatches with the pictures make it kinda hard to fathom who's who after them. So Quale and Tiax are Daniel Walker? Jaheira-> friend of Mike's; Branwen -> Juliette; Dynaheir -> Leanne; Faldorn -> Dean's wife; Imoen -> ?!?; Minsc -> Dave Hibbeln. Correct?
Still need to know who's Imoen *misty-eyed emoticon*
Funny. She looks exactly like a friend of mine.
I personally prefer BG1. I think it has more to do with it being the first game of the Saga I played.