@Kyuu Something like this recolored maybe? It's from DeviantArt and it's supposed to be a Spellfilcher, but she has an animal companion, and if you crop it and recolor the robe, it might do for a Druid...
And a note to anyone wanting to help in this on DA... searching for any kind of "African fantasy female" or "negro fantasy female" brings up results that will make you want to scour the eyes out of your head. Too many hideous Poser(tm) models and women with their back-hurtingly huge chests exposed and hanging out everywhere. This was the best I could do on short notice.
@LadyRhian the 2nd one down on the above is beautiful! Not a fan of the bustier-busting one lower down, but to each his or her own. You find some awesome stuff!
@reedmilfam Believe it or not, Miss Bustier Buster is one of the less extreme set of jugs appended to African female characters. But thanks for the Compliment. African or Darker colored skin female characters are incredibly hard to find. Especially elves, who tend to be depicted as "pale as the driven snow".
Very quick attempt at using one of your supplied photos...
I find it... ok. but you may like it fine enough...
That is actually very good and I can definitely use it. Thanks a lot! If I had to make a criticism, I might say that the robe looks a little like a rain coat with the use of the black-with-yellow-trim color scheme. But, that's being nitpicky and it's awesome regardless.
@LadyRhian Yeah, looking through Google image to find good black/dark-skinned models for Baldur-ization I ran into a lot of the same issues. There's a distinct lack of ethnic diversity for BG character portraits, and in fantasy art in general.
Not to sound like I am generalising or anything but western fantasy is traditionally (perhaps wrongly) viewed as the domain of the white person(male) and thus it is probably safe to assume most artists who do fantasy work (not all) are white.
So it isn't really surprising they draw "white" fantasy characters.
There's probably as many reasons as there are artists... but your average fantasy setting is set in something that usually resembles Europe from a climate point-of-view and thus pink people would be more common than brown.
There's probably as many reasons as there are artists... but your average fantasy setting is set in something that usually resembles Europe from a climate point-of-view and thus pink people would be more common than brown.
And also that fantasy worlds are usually based on medieval Europe...
Attempted the re-color first thinking it would be easier. Found out its quite difficult to turn light skin darker in a realistic way. Heres what I came up with. I may attempt the other photo ones a little later.
I actually like your version better than the original.
as a side note, I just found out a new and much better way to resize images. This makes me very happy. It also makes me feel like I have to re-do every picture I've ever mae previous now though
Portrait request challange for Evangeline lilly: Completed...
BRILLIANT!!!!!
Absolutely better than anything I could've hoped for!!
TiaxRulesAll does indeed rule all! ;-)
What I especially like about Evangeline's face (other than her sheer beauty ;-) ) is her pointed features, which could pass for either a human or an elf - and with her hair covering her ears in that pic, you wouldn't know whether she has rounded or pointed ears.
I also like the fact that you placed her in "light" armor, which happens to make the pic even more consistent with my current elven archer char (can't wear metal armor). Also, placing her in front of a forest background also happens to be consistent with my archer (ranger) char.
One more experimenet done before bed. Took a Jaime Lannister and did some paint over and re-color. I think it came out alright. Full set added to the (TiaxRulesAll) dropbox folder
Great work I think this would be perfect for my paladin (and perhaps my forum avatar if you don't mind) thought this means I'll have to make a dropbox account. ^^;
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For an unarmoured charname. Because I like scarves, mainly.
I find it... ok. but you may like it fine enough...
I dont know if anyone here besides me likes Board Games but if anyone do, and anyone own http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/53953/thunderstone
There is allot of awesome cards that can be used as portraits
Somebody might be able to baldurize as you say this one...
[img]http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3/universalmarc/576_beer_girls.jpg[img]
Now thats Neera right there
(Inspired by @Szb's thread about the epicness of cat familiars & nicked from Tard the Grumpy Cat's facebook page).
love the view in that second link. Ill see what i can do
I'll see what else I can find.
This one, only if you put some clothing on her... http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/037/6/f/contest_weena__come_with_me_by_sionra-d4ov6hm.jpg by Sionra
And a note to anyone wanting to help in this on DA... searching for any kind of "African fantasy female" or "negro fantasy female" brings up results that will make you want to scour the eyes out of your head. Too many hideous Poser(tm) models and women with their back-hurtingly huge chests exposed and hanging out everywhere. This was the best I could do on short notice.
Maybe I am blind but I don't actually see this in your drop box...
@LadyRhian Yeah, looking through Google image to find good black/dark-skinned models for Baldur-ization I ran into a lot of the same issues. There's a distinct lack of ethnic diversity for BG character portraits, and in fantasy art in general.
So it isn't really surprising they draw "white" fantasy characters.
We draw/write/create what we know.
Completed...
Absolutely better than anything I could've hoped for!!
TiaxRulesAll does indeed rule all! ;-)
What I especially like about Evangeline's face (other than her sheer beauty ;-) ) is her pointed features, which could pass for either a human or an elf - and with her hair covering her ears in that pic, you wouldn't know whether she has rounded or pointed ears.
I also like the fact that you placed her in "light" armor, which happens to make the pic even more consistent with my current elven archer char (can't wear metal armor). Also, placing her in front of a forest background also happens to be consistent with my archer (ranger) char.