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New Portraits Pack for BG NPC

TrouveurTrouveur Member Posts: 951
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Hi, I made a portraits pack with alternate portraits for BG NPC, trying to have the same style for all of them, with higher resolution without being too realistic.
A word of warning, I used some AI tools to do so.
Thanks to all which advised me and supported me, on G3 Discord, and particularly thanks to Darkodave for making all the technical side and adding them to his mod hosted on his Github. :)
BGEE :
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SoD :
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Black Hearts mod :
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The mod to install them is here : https://github.com/dark0dave/bmp_portraits/releases/tag/0.11.0

BG2 part should come soon.

Any feedback, particularly constructed critics, are welcome of course.
I can't promise I will take all in to account. Some have already been taken into account for some future updates.

They are all based on BG1 original portraits, except Jaheira and Minsc based on BG2 ones, M'Khiin totally newly generated, and Kagain based on his portrait from Murders in Baldur's Gate D&D module.


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  • cddscdds Member Posts: 58
    edited September 4
    Holy cr*p these are fantastic, congrats on the release! I'm sure this pack will become really popular, especially once you release the BG2 part as well :smile:
    The only reason i don't immediately switch to these is because i have A LOT of my own custom portraits in my game, which are specifically tailored to be in the style of another (moreso realistic-style) portrait pack (see here and here)... but as much as i love these realistic portraits, the style of your pack is great as well. I will definitely give your portraits a try at some point, even if it means i have to re-make all of my custom portraits to fit ( :s )
  • atcDaveatcDave Member Posts: 2,694
    Those are really gorgeous Trouveur. It is truly amazing the stuff that can be done with AI renders anymore. Being able to build my own renders has changed the way I interact with the game, it can change the look and level of personalization dramatically. I do like how clearly these relate to the original, familiar portraits. Very nice set.
  • lroumenlroumen Member Posts: 2,559
    Well done!
  • IsandirIsandir Member Posts: 481
    @Trouveur, I'm (obviously) a purist in terms of using the default portraits, but these are probably the best AI portrait replacements I've seen, both in terms of consistency and quality. (Dorn in particular looks fantastic.) The only suggestion I'd make is aging some of the characters a bit more, as a few like Minsc look a bit too young. If you don't mind sharing, what AI software did you use, and did it require the same structured prompt to generate them from the original portraits?
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