Portrait Upgrades!

[DirkStruan]

I've redone face_203 (and created one for 110). It's one of my favorite skins and I felt that the original portraits simply didn't do it the glorious justice it rightly deserves.

<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/portraits/face-203-FINAL-256.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
256
<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/portraits/HOOK-128-FINAL.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
128
<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/portraits/face-203-FINAL-64.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
64

You can download the new face_203 <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/n0vamy3yn31/FACE_203.zip" target="_blank">here</a> or yank it out of my directory on the ftp server.

Believe it or not I built this from 4 different screen shots and it's comprised of 15 or so layers. The skin, while completely amazing as a skin, is a bit too dark for portraiture. I lightened it up to the level of the stock portraits and did some detail work namely on the wounds, stitches, eyepatch and tattoos. I added his signature hook and gave it a more of a point. If you look closely at the eyepatch, I added a creepy drawn in eye, which I imagine a pirate of his kind would do. If you look to the right, you'll see a dead body in the background which leaves no mistake where the blood on the hook came from.

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As for face_110 I noticed this skin didn't have a proper portrait so I created one.

<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/portraits/FACE110-final-256.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
256

<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/portraits/FACE110-final-128.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
128

<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/portraits/face-110-final-64.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
64


You can download the new face_110 <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/mtr4dzw2t1l/FACE_110.zip" target="_blank">here</a> or yank it out of my directory on the ftp server.

I'm going to create more as time permits. My goal is to at least frame all of the 128 & 64 px portraits and redo the ones that lack cohesion with the rest of the portraits. i.e. the sloppy or pixelated ones.


If you have any specific portraits you'd like to see remade, just let me know and I'll add it to my list.


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Face 201 A.K.A Bartolomeu o Portugues checking in. I kept the same basic theme as well as the classic scars but <b>upgraded</b>.

<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/FACE_201-256.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
256

<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/FACE_201-128.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
128

<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/FACE_201-64.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
64

You can download the new face_201 <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/njmzytnmzjo/FACE_201.zip" target="_blank">here</a> or yank it out of my directory on the ftp server.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

That's a brilliant idea! There's dozens of character models that need portraits made and several others that could do with new ones.
Thanks a lot for working on this; it's much appreciated! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" />

 

[Thomas the Terror]

We can make the skin lighter too. Because I know exactly what you mean with that skin. Could you try that too.
I must say that the hook portrait file is very very beautifull.

 

[LordDrow]

Nicely done, mate! This will do a lot for the mod. You are a saint to pick up this area and run with it!

Welcome to our crew!

Cap'n Drow

 

[DirkStruan]

Face 201 A.K.A Bartolomeu o Portugues checking in. I kept the same basic theme as well as the classic scars but <b>upgraded</b>.

<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/FACE_201-256.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
256

<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/FACE_201-128.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
128

<img src="http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww114/Dirk_Struan/FACE_201-64.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
64

You can download the new face_201 <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/njmzytnmzjo/FACE_201.zip" target="_blank">here</a> or yank it out of my directory on the ftp server.

 

[Thomas the Terror]

It is just wonderfull! But I had a question, do you take the different screenshots ingame, or with the gm viewer?

 

[DirkStruan]

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I build them using screen shots and other stock photos.

 

[Bartolomeu o Portugues]

Thanks ! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":gday" border="0" alt="hi.gif" />

EDIT : That's weird I updated my avatar with the image made by Dirk Struan but the old one is still there. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I'm seeing the new one, just to let you know.

Good job, Dirk! Are you going to redo the other Bartolomeu portraits too?
If you're going to such an artistic job for all portraits, that's going to take you a while! Still, the end results are certainly impressive! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" />

 

[DirkStruan]

I noticed the other Bartolomeu portraits in the directory, but I haven't seen any of them used in game. I'm mainly focusing on active portraits that I see frequently.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

As the Bartolomeu quest progresses, the different models will get used, along with their portrait files.