Why the mew portraits are so different from original?

mikkle

I was wondering why is that. The original BG1 portraits are beautiful; very various but still there is some consistency in them. The new ones are completely different: blurred, with not as many details and basically looking kinda IWDish. Anyone knows who is the author of the original ones? Or where can I find some custom/fan made ones that suit the original esthetics?

JuliusBorisov

The difference is because all artists are different.

Mike Sass was an artist of original BG1 portraits.

You can find portraits in other threads on this forum, for example https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/41704/custom-pc-npc-portraits#latest and https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/49253/hero-of-a-thousand-faces-portraits#latest
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/44895/custom-npc-portraits-masterthread-spoilers-obviously#latest

And to me, Thea Kent, Mad Bee and other artists involved in SoD portraits, have done a great job, I'm liking them a lot. They have created one of the best portraits for half-orcs I have ever seen.

Wraith_Sarevok

I don't like them. They look too modern to me and constantly clash with the art style of the original. They don't even remind me of the BG2 art all that much either. It's very distracting.

AntaraReis

Indeed.

Only Corwin is somewhat similar in style to the older ones. Any possibility for some fan remakes?

On the other hand, Imoen's new look is OK.

Diogenes42

If you want a portrait that fits the old style my friend, allow me to present the only portrait you shall ever need.

Dreis

Diogenes42 said:

If you want a portrait that fits the old style my friend, allow me to present the only portrait you shall ever need.

"Now then, Now then" ?