I also loved the challenge I set for myself to dress my characters to resemble their portrait as much as possible. This made me reverse my usual procedure and create characters which would fit the look of these portraits! It was such a fun process, as it also helped me to step outside of my comfort zone and choose classes I never considered before. Unfortunately, I usually stumbled upon portraits I absolutely fell in love with, but which weren’t suitable for my planned out characters. I used to plan out my character’s class, race and appearance in my head then searched for a suitable portrait. My first character, Eowyn the cleric, was Jaheira’s long lost twin (unknowingly to me until much later as I played Baldur’s Gate II before Baldur’s Gate I), then one day she became my own unique character!įrom then on, I couldn’t get away from the lure of finding the perfect custom portrait for all my characters – it became a crucial and fun part of character creation for me. It was like magic – the only thing that changed was her portrait but I felt much more connected to my character than before. Then one generous person from the Baldur’s Gate community gifted me with this beautiful custom portrait – created based on an image I found in a local magazine along with a vague description of my perceived character’s appearance. While I found this portrait very pretty, it wasn’t quite what I wanted as I envisaged my character having blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing armor more vibrant than brown. For my first character, I chose a portrait depicting a half-elven lady with brown hair and eyes, wearing brown armor and a staff in her hand. My love for painted custom portraits started with Baldur’s Gate II.
Not only are these portraits exquisite to look at but they help me tune into the characters I create by setting them apart from other player’s characters, making them uniquely mine.
There is just something about painted portraits – I always feel so irresistibly drawn to them.
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