
This is a collection of additional portraits for
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, which fit in with the original portraits that come with the game. It is part of the following set of portrait collections:
Introduction
IWD:EE comes with 59 built-in portraits. That's more than most games; but due to the large number of possible character build combinations (class + race + gender), any given build doesn't have a lot of suitable portraits to choose from.
This collection tries to remedy that by adding more portraits for all the classes and races officially supported by the game, using a similar style as the built-in ones.
Please note that I did not paint these portraits - they are pictures which I found online, painted by various artists
(see the Spoiler boxes below).
I merely turned them into IWD style portraits by cropping them and applying some post-processing.
Portrait layouts
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 For each portrait, three files are included.
The first two are the normal character record screen and side-bar versions, cropped like the original portraits.
The third is an alternate version for the side-bar, corresponding to the "Zoomed in side-bar portraits" component of my IWD:EE Portrait Variations mod.
See the included readme files for details. |
Index
Download them by clicking the filenames in the table above.
(Alternatively, click the Download button at the end of each post below, or get them from
my Yandex drive).
Preview
The following 6 posts show thumbnails of all the included portraits.
(Click a thumbnail to open its high-resolution version.)Also shown for completeness, even though they're not included:
• | original | — the portraits that come with the game. |
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Comments
Warriors
(Human, Half-Elf, and Elf only – see below for other races.)
Fighter
Fighter ▸ with sword
mf01
"Golden Arthur" card art from Heroes of Camelot
mf02
"Maric" by NathanParkArt
ff01
"game concept art 17" by Justin Sweet
ff02
"Fierce" by MiguelCoimbra
Fighter ▸ with polearm
mfh1
"Pikeman" by IgorLevchenko
mfh2
"The Chosen Ones" by Kamikazuh
Fighter ▸ with blunt weapons
Fighter ▸ masked
mfm1
"game concept art 15" by Justin Sweet
mfm2
"Vanguard" by artofjosevega
Fighter ▸ non-European themed
mfo1
"Sir Palomedes" by HELMUTTT
mfs1
"Ikoma Satoru" by JasonEngle
mfs2
"Samurai ronin" by maxpaynt
Paladin
mp01
"Human Warrior" by SalvadorTrakal
fpd1
"The Bloodsworn" by Lindsey Look
Paladin ▸ with blunt weapon
Paladin ▸ Blackguard
fpx1
"p90" by HBDesign
Barbarian
mn01
"Citakuntor Beats the Wyrm" by Herckeim
mn02
"Conan of Cimmeria" by Justin Sweet
fn01
"game concept art 1" by Justin Sweet
fn02
"Barbarian Chick" by maciejkuciara
Barbarian ▸ Viking themed
mnv1
"The silence after" by Cris Ortega
mnv2
unknown
fnv1
"Lagertha Lothbrok" by Nuare Studio
Ranger
mr01
"Warden of the Wild" by anndr
Ranger ▸ with druid weapons
Ranger ▸ with bow
mrb1
"Skillful Archer" by poibuts
mrb2
"Wind - Die Chroniken von Hara" by Fetsch
frb1
".:Rubina:." by MarioTeodosio
frb2
"Fairy Archer" by KejaBlank
frb3
"Hunters" by Clarence Bateman
frb4
"Elf Ranger with Barkskin" by sheppardarts
frb5
"Elven Trackers" by MarkWinters
Priests
(Human, Half-Elf, and Elf only – see below for other races.)
Monk
mm01
"Daigotsu Rafu" L5R card art
mm02
"Sen-Pei" by Leifheanzo
fm01
"Wandering Champion" MtG card art by Willian Murai
Monk ▸ bald
mmb1
"Rasaad yn Bashir" BG2:EE promo art
mmb2
"Dragon Bell Monk" MtG card art by Lius Lasahido
mmb3
"Lose Calm" MtG card art by Jason Engle
fmb1
"Jeskai Clan" MtG card art
Cleric
mcs1
"Inquisitor/investigator" by Asahisuperdry
fch1
"Elf Priestess" by pindurski
fck1
"Oracle of Thassa" by Dallas-Williams
Cleric ▸ sphere: Benediction
mcb1
"Tang Xuanzang" by guicaimumu
fcb1
"Misten Witch" by Thomas Denmark
Cleric ▸ sphere: Death
mcr1
"Mikaeus, the Unhallowed" by Christ Rahn
mcr2
"Witcher" by florianrenner
Fighter/Cleric ▸ with mace
mcv1
"Dwarf Cleric" by TentaclesandTeeth
fcv1
"Clerik" by DarianaLoki
fcv2
"Warrior girl" by Andrey Vasilchenko
fcv3
"Paladin" by GreyHues
Fighter/Cleric ▸ with other weapons
mcx1
"Cleric" by yefumm
fcy1
"Lightbringer" by spellsword95
Druid
md01
"Druid" by Edli
md02
"Ghillie Dhu" by Artemis Kolakis
md03
"Druid concept" by PeterPrime
Druid ▸ sphere: Animal
fda1
"Druid" by Bakirasan
Druid ▸ sphere: Plant
mdb1
"Elvish Mystic" by Winona Nelson
mdb2
"Druid" by IgorKieryluk
fdb1
"jungle princess" by Llyncis
Druid ▸ sphere: Elemental
mdf1
"destruction s avatar normal version" by 1oshuart
mdi1
"Ice Druid" by tgconceptart
mdl1
"Druid" by dleoblack
fdf1
"boudica Ewyn" by artofrussell
Druid ▸ sphere: Air
fdk1
"Shaman" by anotherwanderer
fdk2
"Druid" by ClintCearley
Druid ▸ sphere: Light
fdm1
"Fox Shaman" by artoftas
fdm2
"Nissa, Sage Animist" by Wesley Burt
Druid ▸ posh
mdp1
"Summoner Druid" Spellweaver card art by Joshua Cairós
fdp1
"Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage" by Jason Chan
Druid ▸ shapeshifted
mds1
"werewolf Vinfor" by Kuzinskiy
Fighter/Druid ▸ with scimitar
fdv1
"Jaheira Fan Art - Baldurs Gate" by Nightlong86
fdv2
"Elven shock troopers" by Un Lee
fdv3
"Warrior Token" by Aaron Miller
Fighter/Druid ▸ with spear
mdw1
"Forest Warrior" by Elistraie
Shaman
ms01
"Publishing II - 2077" by Vance Kovacs
fs01
"Shaman" by Jean-Loïc Fontaine
Rogues
(Human, Half-Elf, and Elf only – see below for other races.)
Thief
mt01
"Thief Concept-art" by SineAlas
ft01
"Nix" hris Rahn
Thief ▸ climbing
mtc1
"Escape" by gkb3rk
mtc2
"Killer" by Jadevine95
ftc1
"Whirler Rogue" by Winona Nelson
ftc2
"Thief's Covenant" book cover by Jason Chan
ftc5
"Blackguard" by I-GUYJIN-I
Thief ▸ Assassin
ftn1
"Assasin Dream Reactor" by NikolaiOstertag
ftn2
"Wu the Lotus Blossom" concept art from Jade Empire
Thief ▸ Swashbuckler
mts1
"Piter Blood" by anry
fts1
"Warcraft OC - Ienera" by Jorsch
Fighter/Thief
mtv1
"82" by Timkongart
ftv1
"Elidia" by aaronflorento
Bard
Bard ▸ with flute
fbf1
"Playing The Flute" by Llyncis
fbf2
"Piper of the Woods" card art from Heroes of Camelot
Bard ▸ with lute or guitar
mbg1
"(CE) Oghma, Lord of knowledge" by Thepastart
mbg2
"Bard" by gerezon
mbg3
"kickstarter promo art" from The Bards Tale IV
fbg1
"Pirate Girl" by Giby-Joseph
fbg2
"Sionachie Heartsinger" by Maerk Okon
fbg3
"Half Her Heart's Duet" by sheppardarts
fbg4
"Bard" card art from Heroes of Camelot
Bard ▸ with other instrument
mbh1
"Darkwood Vigilant" by JasonEngle
fbl1
"Commission: Sondra Sparkle" by tjota
Bard ▸ Blade
fbv1
"Alcina - fantasy character concept" by me-illuminated
fbv2
"Ballad of the Emerald Bard" by Eddy-Shinjuku
Wizards
(Human, Half-Elf, and Elf only – see below for other races.)
Wizard
mwb1
"The Wizard" by Ilnere
Wizard ▸ extravagant
fwa1
"Damnation" by Melanie Delon
fwa2
"Butterfly" by yuehui Tang
fwa3
"Narnia concept art - White Witch v16" by Justin Sweet
fwa4
"Publishing II - 2064" by Vance Kovacs
Wizard ▸ old
mwc1
"Gandalf" by John Howe
mwc2
"Oldmage-kingkostas2014" by kingkostas
Wizard ▸ elemental magic
mwf1
"playing with fire" by artastrophe
mwg1
"Koth the Hammer" by Jason Chan
Wizard ▸ elemental magic ▸ ice
mwi1
"Hogarth" by ArtofTy
mwi2
"Ice Mage" by TomEdwardsConcepts
fwi1
"Atevora OC commission for Runenwinter" by me-illuminated
Wizard ▸ school: Abjuration
mwj1
"Teferi, Temporal Archmage" by Tyler Jacobson
mwj2
"Separatist Voidmage" MtG card art by Jason Rainville
fwj1
"Red mage" by Allnamesinuse
Wizard ▸ school: Divination
mwm1
"The Prophet" game card from Heroes of Camelot
mwm2
"Magician" by IcedWingsArt
fwm1
"Clairvoyance" by SirTiefling
Wizard ▸ school: Necromancy
fwr1
"Witchcraft" by HBDesign
fwr3
"Necromancer" by Takeda11
Wizard ▸ shrouded
mws1
"Dark Mage" by Forge-T
mws2
"game concept art 12" by Justin Sweet
Wizard ▸ Thief/Mage
fwt1
"The Scion" promo art from Path of Exile
fwt2
"Black-mage-at-tower" by Vaejoun
fwt3
"Celaena" by Vinogradov Aleksei
Shorties
Dwarf
Dwarf ▸ with axe
mi01
"Peuple du nord" by Leo Lasfargue
mi02
"Male Dwarf 1" IWD2 portrait by Justin Sweet
mi03
"game concept art 19" by Justin Sweet
mi04
"Dwarf Skirmisher" by IgorLevchenko
mi05
"Dwarven warrior in a cold lit dungeon" by mathieuloiseau
mi06
"Dwarf Knight" by marktarrisse
fi01
"Kings of the realm" by Grafit-art
Dwarf ▸ with sword
Dwarf ▸ with hammer
mih1
"Dwarf mauler" by IgorLevchenko
mih3
"Dwarf Hammerer" Warhammer concept art
fih1
"D&D illustration" by Cynthia Sheppard
Dwarf ▸ with ranged weapon
mik2
"Dwarf Hunter" by Carsten Biernat
mil1
"Male Dwarf 2" IWD2 portrait by Justin Sweet
mim1
"Dwarf slinger" by IgorLevchenko
fik1
"Sagani" Pillars of Eternity promo art
Dwarf ▸ Nature focused
mir1
"Dwarf Woodsman" by IgorLevchenko
mir2
"Icewind Dale fan art" by IgorLevchenko
fir1
"Sagani" Pillars of Eternity promo art
Dwarf ▸ Rogue
mit1
"AEG - TS 004" by MarkTarrisse
mit2
"Thievery" by 1oshuart
fit1
"Dragonage Dwarf Common" by Jason Chan
Dwarf ▸ Spellcaster
miw1
"dwarf" by Ellion
miw2
unknown
miw3
"Equalize" WoW card art by Daarken
miw4
"Grim Elder" by Lukasz Jaskolski
fiw1
"Martiana the Mindwrench" WoW card art by Aleksi Briclot
fiw2
"Sister Remba" WoW card art by Dan Scott
fiw3
"Remba, Abbess of Ash" by Dan Scott
fiw4
"Dagna" by Wildweasel339
Gnome
Gnome ▸ Warrior or Rogue
mgt1
"Gehko Bindus: Rogue" by IzzyMedrano
fgj1
"Windstrike" by Seraph777
Gnome ▸ Spellcaster
mgw1
"Recover the Magister's Orb" Lords of Waterdeep card art
mgw2
"Anarchic Adept" by Matias Tapia
mgw3
"Gnome" D&D concept art by Raven Mimura
mgw4
"Gnome Wizard" by Kim van Deun
fgw1
"Female Gnome 1" IWD2 portrait by Justin Sweet
fgw2
"Gnome" by feliciacano
Halfling
Halfling ▸ Warrior
fhd1
"Paewyn, Halfling Cleric" by Snakebearer
fhj1
"Halfling Martial Artist" by Frank Hessefort
Halfling ▸ Rogue
fht1
"The Expensive Visitor" by SirTiefling
Half-orcs
Half-orc ▸ with axe
moa0
"Captain Drelm" by Eric Belisle
moa2
"Warrior" by dusint
moa3
"Orc" by anssiart
foa0
"Bree, iconic Cavalier" by BenWootten
foa1
"Orc Warrior" by Davi Hammer
foa2
"Northog Tactician" by Hamsterfly
foa3
"Ms.Orc- Last stand" by bayardwu
foa4
"Ranger Orc" by lithriel
Half-orc ▸ with sword
mob0
"Mage Slayer" by Akeiron
mob1
"Good Is Not Nice" by SirTiefling
mob2
"Artemis Entreri" by aditya777
mob3
"Eye of Justice Rogue/Paladin" by SirHanselot
mob4
"Icewind Dale:half-orc" by IgorLevchenko
mob5
"The Silvan Mist" by joeshawcross
fob0
"worts4" by Song Nan Li
fob2
"The Warrior" by MisMist
Half-orc ▸ with katana
moc0
"Orc Samurai! (For Brainstorm)" by Showmeyourmoves
moc1
"OrcRonin" by AJengdi
Half-orc ▸ with other weapon
mom0
"Rebel Orc" by ARTOFJUSTAMAN
fog0
"Cleric Half-Orc for Dragonfire" by Kim Van Deun
fog1
"Myev - Gladiators of Dragon Isle| KS board game" by mlappas
fot0
"HEX - Orc female Rogue by rafater" by rafater
Half-orc ▸ Spellcaster
mow0
"Figaro, the dandy Orc wizard" by Kim Van Deun
mox0
"Bule-Eyes WhiteDragon REG" by Diego de Almeida Peres
fow1
"Ork Mage Hero" by ARTOFJUSTAMAN
fow3
"Horde Shaman speedysketch" by KrisCooper
Fighter: Fi01, Fi02
Wizard: Wi04
Dwarf: Dw02, Dw03
Added three more portraits cropped from Justin Sweet's art: Ba03, Ba04, Wi05
And three from Vance Kovacs' art: Pa02, Dr05, Wi06
The resolution of that last one (Wi06) is actually too low, especially for the "size N" portrait which zooms in on the face. So I may remove it again from the collection if I decide that it looks too bad in-game. It is a very cool painting though, so if someone has good google skills, please help me find a higher-resolution version of it. This is the source image I worked with.
Also, I now have a whole bunch of promising pics that I found online but haven't gotten around to process yet. So if anyone is looking for portraits for specific race/class/gender combinations, let me know so I can try to prioritize them. (No promises of course.)
- Many more portraits added.
- Subcategories
- New filename scheme
- Readme files
- Version numbers
Enjoy!There are now 132 portraits in this collection. Together with the 59 original portraits and the 9 variations from my IWD:EE Portrait Variations mod, this should hopefully let you find something you like for your characters...
(If your characters are Humans, Half-Elves, or Elves, that is. The "Other Races" bundle still has only the same old 3 portraits. I hope to get around to that one in the coming weeks.)
I've further categorized the portraits within a bundle into subcategories. This way, similar portraits can be together – both in the preview list on this page, and in the filesystem.
Now includes my modder prefix, and a letter specifying the subgroup.
This means that if you've already installed the old version of this collection, you should uninstall it before installing this one to make sure you don't end up with duplicates in your portrait folder.
Each bundle now comes with a (hopefully helpful) readme file. In addition to installation instructions and details about each portrait's origin and modifications, it shows all the portraits at the size that they're rendered at in-game, so you can get a better look compared to the thumbnails on this page.
I've started versioning the bundles separately. All are now at version 02, except for the "Other Races" bundle which I've kept at version 01 for now.
You've done a very commendable job of selecting portraits that are similar in art style and cropped them such that the smaller versions are similarly proportioned. This continues to be one of the biggest problems with portrait packs- inconsistency.
I assembled my own collection and tried to use consistent cropping of the smaller versions, though less faithfully than you have. If you're interested, they can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8iufhwi2r56hae2/iwd ee portraits.zip?dl=0
Feel free to incorporate anything from my pack into yours. I recognize ~70% of what you've posted, but maybe I've got something you don't. If you want higher resolution versions of anything, PM me. I've kept the originals.
Btw, I think the key to having consistently cropped side-bar portraits, is to allow the image to end up smaller than 169x266 pixels. That may be the size that the built-in BMPs use, but they're scaled down anyway in-game.
E.g. when playing at a screen resolution of 1920x1080 and with UI scaling enabled, the side-bar portraits are rendered at a size of 76x118 pixels.
So to have a bit of safety buffer, I used 85x133 (i.e. half the canonical size) as the minimum BMP size for them. Of course, if the source image is large enough I allow the BMPs to be larger, up to the canonical 169x266 pixels.
The iconic Caelar Argent wallpaper would be a suitable candidate for being cropped into a Paladin portrait for this collection though.
But in hind sight. How hard would it be to compile ALL the various BG 1 SoD and BG 2 potraits onto this list?
That way the whole thing could be used all across all the platforms.
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/17117/icewind-dale-style-portraits
- layout L = from the shins up in case of human-sized character standing upright; adjusted as appropriate for other races and poses
- layout M = headgear + head + upper chest area
- layout M_zoomed = head
If a painting can't be cropped to all three of those layouts, or doesn't have the necessary minimum resolution after being cropped this way, then it can't become a portrait in this collection. I know this means I have to skip a lot of cool art I find, but I think it's worth it to ensure consistency.(Btw, I have a separate thread for BG2 style portraits... Which I should really update some time...
Too bad there are no new portraits for half-orcs.
An "IWD style portraits for BG1/2 NPCs" collection is actually on my to-do list, just not at the top of it...
As far as I know, portraits work the same way in all EE games: The portrait file names that end in L are used for the character record screen, and the ones that end in M for the side-bar. So there's no technical hurdle, it's just a matter of collecting suitable artwork.
Since I'm not able to paint full-body versions of the Baldur's Gate NPCs myself, I have to rely on promo art and fan art, and I've been keeping a look-out for those, but so far I only have high-quality ones for a few of the NPCs.
I've actually already snuck in two BG companions in this collection right here:
The left one is cropped from this official Beamdog promo art of Rasaad, and the right one from this fan-art depicting Jaheira.
NixxiCal on deviantart.com also has very nice fan-art for 6 or so of the NPCs.
Maybe I'll make a collection for the ones for which I've found high-quality art, even if it doesn't cover all the NPCs yet.
Right now I'm getting a bunch of Dwarf portraits ready for the next release of the "Other Races" bundle, though...
Update: Other Races v02
- Tweaked the 3 Dwarf portrait from v01 to bring them closer to the IWD:EE style.
- Added 36 more portraits (25 Dwarves, 8 Gnomes, 3 Halflings).
Didn't get to the Half-orcs yet, sorry.Too bad there are so few half-orc portraits, but it doesn't diminish the value of this pack.
Nice work assembling it, dude.