Artwork

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Wed Oct 10, 2001 10:19 am

Okay guys I've been thinking about this and I'd like you to tell me what you think. We have seen Garcia's and Xyx's artwork. It is my opinion that these guys become the official guild artists. What do y'all think?

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Wed Oct 10, 2001 3:14 pm

I think it is too much honor for my amateurish meddling in Paint Shop Pro.

Really, everyone that is prepared to stick a few hours into it can come up with that stuff.

However, I kinda like doing it. So... fine by me.

If you have requests, well, you know where I post.

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Wed Oct 10, 2001 11:39 pm

Well Xyx is in, Garcia are you up for it?

Xyx, maybe you can converse with Garcia about possible designs for our shield, banner etc. I'd like to see our keep with big-ass banners flying unfurled in the wind. *Nippy sheds an emotional tear* *sniff* "Bootiful"

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Thu Oct 11, 2001 1:17 am

Yeah, uh... about those flag / shield banners... We'll have to see what NwN's / Argyle's plans are for that. Would indeed be mega-cool if we could raise our very own custom flag when we finally get our very own custom guildhouse.

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Thu Oct 11, 2001 12:43 pm

Originally posted by Xyx:
Yeah, uh... about those flag / shield banners... We'll have to see what NwN's / Argyle's plans are for that. Would indeed be mega-cool if we could raise our very own custom flag when we finally get our very own custom guildhouse.

HAving spoken to the guys at Argyle they have said that we could do that sort of thing if NwN allows it.

Garcia · Post by **Garcia** » Thu Oct 11, 2001 11:34 pm

Originally posted by Xyx:
I think it is too much honour for my amateurish meddling in Paint Shop Pro.

You know Paint shop pro?!

No really I would be honoured to take that job (if Xyx is up for it, for a little "meddiling in paint shop pro" he does a nice job) and I am willing to put a lot of hours into it. I am working almost each day to figure out just what that paint shop pro can do (I am still stuck in 3D studio max......and paint

)

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Thu Oct 11, 2001 11:44 pm

Originally posted by Garcia:
You know Paint shop pro?!

No really I would be honoured to take that job (if Xyx is up for it, for a little "meddiling in paint shop pro" he does a nice job) and I am willing to put a lot of hours into it. I am working almost each day to figure out just what that paint shop pro can do (I am still stuck in 3D studio max......and paint )

Excellent (the fools have agreed muwahahahhaha*cough hack cough*hahahaha)

So who's gonna commission some artwork? I think I'd like to see some portrait work...

Rail · Post by **Rail** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 12:31 am

Okay, here we go. I'll just stand with my sword on my shoulder and shield to the side after slaying this dragon here. I'll put one foot on the dragon's neck with my hand resting on my knee like this, and... Hey! Did this thing just move?!?

Seriously, Xyx and Garcia, you more than deserve it. You guys have done great with your artwork.

[ 10-12-2001: Message edited by: Rail ]

Garcia · Post by **Garcia** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 1:00 am

@Rail thx

@Nippy
Well we could make some or you could send/post one with some wishes so that we can "modify" it like this:

[url="http://garcia.whitehat.dk/oldguy.jpg"]Before[/url]
[url="http://garcia.whitehat.dk/Garcia_tolkien_2.jpg"]After[/url]

This one I took from Thorinoakensfield

[url="http://garcia.whitehat.dk/Thorinoakensfield_before.jpg"]Before[/url]
[url="http://garcia.whitehat.dk/Thorinoakensfield1.jpg"]After[/url]

I will start working on some new ones other wise you can make some requests and we can see how it turns out.

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 2:33 am

Nice background swap on the Kender.

There's also this cool stained glass option in Paint Shop Pro. Maybe we can use that to cook up some custom windows for our future guildhouse?

I have a decent collection of 1000+ fantasy masterpieces residing on my HD to "borrow" from.

Garcia · Post by **Garcia** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 2:39 am

I also gave her a dental work and a plastic-operation

the glass effect is very cool! (I also like the plastic wrap though I can see little use for it here

)

1000+

can you pick out a few of the best and show them?? or you could send your HD to me

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 6:47 am

Does anyone know how to extract portraits from Baldurs Gate? The portrait I like is in Baldurs Gate but I don't know how to get it out...

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 7:00 am

Originally posted by Garcia:
I also gave her a dental work and a plastic-operation

Ah, yes.

Very unobtrusive. Nice job! Ten years younger.

Originally posted by Garcia:
1000+
can you pick out a few of the best and show them??

Erm, I'm not going to upload 1GB of jpgs...

I'll post a bunch of links where I found most of them when I get home (at work now - not very busy

).

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 11:09 am

And here they are.

Treasure these links!

D&D artist sites:

[url="http://www.clydecaldwell.com/index2.html"]Clyde Caldwell[/url]
[url="http://www.jeffeasley.com/"]Jeff Easly[/url]
[url="http://www.larryelmore.com/"]WWW.LARRYELMORE.COM[/url]
[url="http://www.keithparkinson.com/"]Keith Parkinson Online[/url]

Other great fantasy artist sites:

[url="http://www.chrisachilleos.com/"]Chris Achileos[/url]
[url="http://www.dac-editions.com/"]Ciruelo Cabral Official Website[/url]
[url="http://www.davidmattingly.com/"]David B. Mattingly home page[/url]
[url="http://www.denbeauvais.com/"]DENBEAUVAIS[/url]
[url="http://www.kenkellyart.com/home/"]Ken Kelly Art[/url]
[url="http://www.luisroyo.com/ihomeroyo.htm"]LUIS ROYO - ENGLISH HOME PAGE[/url]
[url="http://www.rodneymatthews.com/"]The Official Rodney Matthews Website[/url]
[url="http://www.michaelwhelan.com/main.htm"]The Art Of Michael Whelan[/url]
[url="http://www.bobeggleton.com/"]The Fantastic Art of Bob Eggleton[/url]

Fantasy image galleries:

[url="http://www.fantasiaonline.com/"]Fantasia Online[/url]
[url="http://www.imagenetion.com/"]ImageNETion[/url]
[url="ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/fantasy/"]ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/fantasy[/url]

Enjoy!

[ 10-12-2001: Message edited by: Xyx ]

Sabre · Post by **Sabre** » Sat Oct 13, 2001 10:19 pm

Nippy: You can get them from Lady Nightshade's collection, go [url="http://www.teambg.net/teambg_com/cgi-bin/YaBB.cgi"]here[/url], click on the "Lady Nightshade's Custom Portrait Browser" link at the top and download the program. Then just run it and you can access her database.

Or you can tell me which one you want and I'll extract it for you.

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Sun Oct 14, 2001 8:43 am

Originally posted by Sabre:
Nippy: You can get them from Lady Nightshade's collection, go [url="http://www.teambg.net/teambg_com/cgi-bin/YaBB.cgi"]here[/url], click on the "Lady Nightshade's Custom Portrait Browser" link at the top and download the program. Then just run it and you can access her database.

Or you can tell me which one you want and I'll extract it for you.

Thanks Sabre

Sabre · Post by **Sabre** » Sun Oct 14, 2001 10:00 am

You're welcome

Garcia · Post by **Garcia** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 1:19 am

I have made a few portraits now but does anyone remember the size of the portraits?
there should be a big one and a little one.....they are somewhere in the FaQ on NWN.com I believe, but it take ages to find.

sorry for my lazyness

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 2:04 am

3.11 - Is the format of the posted character portraits final, so that we can start making our own?
The portraits in Neverwinter Nights are 110x170 pixels, the same size that we used for the large portraits in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2. They are stored in 24-bit *.bmp format.

My my, aren't we the lazy one Garcia

Garcia · Post by **Garcia** » Fri Oct 19, 2001 2:31 am

thanks Xan