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Title: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Bons on March 31, 2004, 10:09:46 PM


(http://bons.50megs.com/NSURL23.jpg)
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: neriana on April 01, 2004, 01:40:00 AM
I would like to vote for this one.

I would also like to say that I laughed for nearly 5 minutes over Bons' sig. Way too much sugar.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Kish on April 01, 2004, 01:47:56 AM
Yes, I think this one's prettier, too.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: BevH on April 01, 2004, 01:50:52 AM
I agree - I like this one better as well.  It's lighter overall and more of the close-up style of the rest of the BG portraits.  Good job, Bons!
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Bons on April 01, 2004, 05:56:40 AM
Portrait love is great! You don't have to vote between the two, though. I intend to package both sets as options on install, so you'll be able to pick 'Original' or 'BGII-style' to your heart's content.

Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Ghreyfain on April 01, 2004, 06:02:52 AM
Which one is which, though?  I assume BG-II style is this one, since original could only mean the... um, original one, yes?
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Bons on April 01, 2004, 06:19:12 AM
Yes.

Does the mere mention of the word 'Original' make anyone else think of fried chicken?

And the Original will be the one used on the eventual 'Download Me Please' page, so it'll be a safe guess that this one is the...um, Other Portrait That People Actually Like. In fact, I think that's what I'll call the component. :)
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: jester on April 01, 2004, 07:36:58 AM
I am glad to see that she has recovered. Before she looked a bit like someone after a stroke.

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Does the mere mention of the word 'Original' make anyone else think of fried chicken?

So there is an option during installation to have the picture of a fried chicken instead or what?
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Bons on April 01, 2004, 11:18:37 AM
No, it means I was hungry while I was posting.

Um, back to the portrait. Mongoose87 had commented about funkiness with Surayah's necklace. I didn't add any shadowing, which I think is the cause. (And I can't believe Galactygon didn't point out the lack of shadows - *gasp!* :) ) That is the only tweak I see making at this point, since there's plenty left to do in other areas of the mod that could better use the time.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Shodan on April 01, 2004, 04:29:06 PM
It's going to be hard to choose between the default and alternate ports. I like them both. :-)
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Bons on April 01, 2004, 06:15:49 PM
You won't be able to experience everything playing through this mod just once, so take turns! :)
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Dark Raven on April 01, 2004, 07:38:43 PM
This one is good. She has a Middle Eastern look to her which is what Calimshan is based on.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Kate on April 01, 2004, 08:13:52 PM
Hey Bons, did I forget to mention that the new portrait is beautiful?  Sorry if I did then ^_^  I really like this one, good work man!
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Bons on April 02, 2004, 07:28:44 AM
Thanks for the comment, Blood Raven. I had wondered with this alternate version if I had strayed too far away from a Calimshite look.

Kate, you hadn't commented on this version yet. I appreciate it!
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Shodan on April 02, 2004, 09:28:38 AM
You won't be able to experience everything playing through this mod just once, so take turns! :)

Who said anything about playing a mod only once? ^_^  :-*

You don't wanna know about my default mod install list. Haha. When this one is finished I think It'll earn a place into my deault selection. And yes, I'm pretty picky :P
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Nesquaam on April 02, 2004, 03:23:08 PM
Really good work. One not though: the upper part of the necklace looks a bit "sharp".
It stands out from the rest of the picture.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Dark Raven on April 02, 2004, 06:25:39 PM
Thanks for the comment, Blood Raven. I had wondered with this alternate version if I had strayed too far away from a Calimshite look.

Kate, you hadn't commented on this version yet. I appreciate it!
I prefer this one over the default one. Much prettier.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: cliffette on April 08, 2004, 05:23:12 PM
Is that Penelope Cruz? As an Australian, it is my patriotic duty to dislike Penelope Cruz.

But top job! Very BG2ish - more so than the original in terms of composition :)
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Bons on April 08, 2004, 07:15:33 PM
No. No. No Penelope Cruz. I based both portraits on a Brazillian model named Caroline Ribeiro. In this case, my starting point was a scan of a print ad (http://bons.50megs.com/caroline_ribeiro_ellus_ad.jpg).
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Aphril on April 10, 2004, 04:48:30 PM
Ummm... I like the picture...?
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: discharger12 on April 10, 2004, 09:30:16 PM
What skills you have Bons! Singing, turning ordinary photos into BGII portraits, and mod making.

If only more women were more like you  ;D
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: KIrving on April 20, 2004, 06:59:58 PM
Wonderful portrait Bons!!  Like Cliffette, I am also relieved to hear that it is not based on Penelope Cruz. :)
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Bons on April 23, 2004, 09:15:58 AM
So we basically have a cadre of cliffette, KIrving and me giving the big *ppffbbt!* to all things Penelope Cruz. I was a little sad that there's enough of a resemblance in Surayah's alternate portrait that the question came up, because I so don't want that. *sniffle* *boohoo*

Okay, I'm over it now. Just no one ask me if the default was based on Catherine Zeta-Jones, or I'll be completely traumatized. :)


P.S. cliffette: Beaker = LOVE
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: neriana on April 23, 2004, 06:03:23 PM
So we basically have a cadre of cliffette, KIrving and me giving the big *ppffbbt!* to all things Penelope Cruz. I was a little sad that there's enough of a resemblance in Surayah's alternate portrait that the question came up, because I so don't want that. *sniffle* *boohoo*

Surayah looks like a woman. Therefore, she doesn't look like Penelope Cruz.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: mcruz on April 24, 2004, 02:17:58 AM
Great job Bons!!
Both portraits look amazing (especially this one) and I would be more than happy to play with either one.
And don't worry, she resembles Penelope Cruz not at all!
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Aldurien on April 24, 2004, 09:56:47 AM
Portrait looks like it is based on a photo of the actress Laura San Giacomo
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: CORVIS TERRIBLE MOUNTAIN GOD on May 04, 2004, 05:00:51 PM
Not such a big fan of this one. The eyes look funny and she seems to be frowning.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Aristothenes on June 28, 2004, 06:57:06 PM
Mouth seems a bit off, other than that really really good!
Like this one better than the original.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Janneia on September 16, 2004, 05:18:10 AM
Is that Penelope Cruz? As an Australian, it is my patriotic duty to dislike Penelope Cruz.

OMG! It does too! I'm an Australian too and I dislike her too...how could she?!
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: irenicus on October 08, 2004, 01:41:32 PM
i really like this one..... its much nicer, but ill still probally make my own, i did the same with kelsey lol
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Keltosh on October 12, 2004, 05:47:53 PM
Hmm I like this one better than the original as well .. I hope you make this the standard portrait
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Opalescence on October 15, 2004, 11:14:32 AM
It's nice, but I thought the original was more BGIIish for some reason.  Out of curiosity, who is the person whose face you're using?   ;D
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Bons on October 15, 2004, 08:03:59 PM
We discussed the model a while back:
http://forums.pocketplane.net/index.php?topic=25.msg1783#msg1783 (http://forums.pocketplane.net/index.php?topic=25.msg1783#msg1783)
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: irenicus on October 16, 2004, 01:04:16 PM
utada hikaru :D thats the face im using (look it up in google)
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Shadowhawke on November 01, 2004, 09:15:34 PM
As another proud Australian, I'm very glad that it wasn't based on Penelope Cruz.  :). And not only that, it looks great... so good on you!
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: nurgles_herald on November 29, 2004, 07:00:09 PM
I like the details of the newer portrait, as it certainly defines Surayah far more in-depth.  However, she came off as being.... white, to me.  She was much darker in the other pic, which seemed to express her racial heritage more accurately.  That is, of course, assuming Calimshan is actually in the desert regions of FR.  I'm not entirely sure, as I really don't pay all that much attention to the geography of the world I'm playing in  :P.  Otherwise, really nice portrait!
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: neriana on November 29, 2004, 08:46:50 PM
She looks like she could be Arabic, Indian, Greek, Italian, or Spanish to me in this portrait, to name a few. I don't think Calimshan is supposed to be like Africa, but rather like the Mediterranean/ North African region, as much as one can impose Earth geography on the FR. Plenty of desert in North Africa.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Bons on November 29, 2004, 09:04:16 PM
Calimshites can have dusky skin, which is why I used the tones I did in the first portrait, but I went much lighter in the alternate all around (such as her clothing) because I found out that on monitors without high gamma settings, the portrait is really too dark to see it well. Soooo... the default portrait is how I see Surayah, but the alternate portrait shows up better on a wider range of monitor settings, which is why they are different (other than the part where I wanted a slightly more Baldur-dized version).
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: nurgles_herald on November 29, 2004, 09:06:26 PM
Makes sense.  Both look great on my monitor, despite the fact my monitor is a broken up piece of trash badly needing replacement.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: neriana on November 29, 2004, 09:20:19 PM
Calimshites can have dusky skin, which is why I used the tones I did in the first portrait, but I went much lighter in the alternate all around (such as her clothing) because I found out that on monitors without high gamma settings, the portrait is really too dark to see it well.

Well, on my monitor the first portrait was way too dark, and this one does look "dusky", if we mean the same thing by "dusky". So perhaps that's where different perceptions are coming in. I also think this one looks more Baldurized :).
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Deathsangel on February 25, 2005, 07:57:08 AM
Indeed nice job, but am I the only that thinks the right part of her mouth should be closed? That part of the mouth and the part above it till the nose look to me somehow a bit unnatural shifted upwards
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Eral on February 27, 2005, 04:53:12 AM
Are we getting a bit picky here?   ???
She's gorgeous.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Vasculio on March 31, 2006, 12:50:49 AM
I have to agree and say this is the better choice! Plus i'm glad that you used an unformilar model to do this!

I think using famous actors and actress portraits ruin it for me! Anyway good job!
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: berelinde on June 26, 2006, 04:50:58 PM
I prefer this alternate portrait. I found the red background detracted from Sruayah's features--the eyes are drawn to the red, and her beauty, while present, is more easily overlooked. The alternate portrait is stunning.

Jeez. Anomen would never love my PC if she were around. I'd better get looking for a better portrait. ;D
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Oldwolf on November 27, 2006, 06:31:01 AM
Have to add my Kudo's Great Pic!
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Kendo Khan on April 20, 2007, 05:15:33 PM
i dont know if voting is over yet (or if it was ever up to the forum members) but this pic is WAY better than the other. love it
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Silverfern on January 15, 2008, 02:44:10 PM
Yes, I definitely prefer this picture. I'm not entirely sure why - I can't really see anything wrong with her original - but this is better. Perhaps it's because the first thing I thought when I saw it was "She looks like a Greeco-Roman goddess. Especially a Greek goddess. She even looks a bit like how I imagined Helen of Troy."

One thing I HATE about that movie "Troy" is that they gave Helen BLONDE hair - when most ancient depictions of her give her BLACK hair. And she would have black hair, coming from that part of the world. I mean, Helen wasn't Scandinavian.

But, I digress. I like this portrait better. This picture has a more artistic feel to it, and it looks more like a Calimshite than the other one.
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: goddess_darlarosa on June 11, 2008, 09:21:04 PM
ummm whatever they said.....I CONCUR!!

see I spiced it up there didn't I yeah!!

yeah the portrait is spectacular I like both but this one is a bit more BG2
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Lady of payne on January 19, 2010, 07:32:30 AM
You must take it in game. This portrait the best than first
Title: Re: Surayah's Alternate Portrait
Post by: Lady of payne on February 25, 2010, 09:07:08 AM
What do you think about this Surayah. Actress name is Victoria Justice and her age are 17
http://i024.radikal.ru/1002/a7/8d060758e344.jpg