Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:22 pm
Well, I get most from existing ravenloft sources:
If the NPC exists, I pick a portrait of them.
If not, I choose a character I will never ever use and use them in place of my own (Estevan from CoD became Raphael Vettighetto, annoying, foppish, and womanizing Borcan Artist.)
Or I use a character that's not really a character, sometimes with a little photoshopping. (The Alchemical Philosopher from VRA bacame Lord-Governor Guignol (who to my knowledge has never been pictured). The Pistoleer from the same book became Marie Delacourte. The shirtless Caliban from the RCS became Caliban Gunsmith Hughes Maigney from the RLDMG (with the photoshop addition of the suitcoat from the RCS male Dwarf) The huddled Caliban in the RCS bacame Shrotte, a Falkovnian refugee. One of the ghosts from CotN:G became Marcos Veddarak. (I've become quite adept at adding Falkovnian forehead brands))
If all else fails, I turn to www.elfwood.com, a searchable site of fantasy art galleries. (I try to avoid this since several of the artists forbid republishing of their work, and I like to include the pics on my website whenever possible. But I did find a good replacement pic for Akriel here.)
If that doesn't work, there's always a google image search. I found a few beauties that way (Councilor Jean-Jacques Moreau is a fop from some famous painting. Councilor Josephine Chantreux is from some mediavl engraving.)
If the NPC exists, I pick a portrait of them.
If not, I choose a character I will never ever use and use them in place of my own (Estevan from CoD became Raphael Vettighetto, annoying, foppish, and womanizing Borcan Artist.)
Or I use a character that's not really a character, sometimes with a little photoshopping. (The Alchemical Philosopher from VRA bacame Lord-Governor Guignol (who to my knowledge has never been pictured). The Pistoleer from the same book became Marie Delacourte. The shirtless Caliban from the RCS became Caliban Gunsmith Hughes Maigney from the RLDMG (with the photoshop addition of the suitcoat from the RCS male Dwarf) The huddled Caliban in the RCS bacame Shrotte, a Falkovnian refugee. One of the ghosts from CotN:G became Marcos Veddarak. (I've become quite adept at adding Falkovnian forehead brands))
If all else fails, I turn to www.elfwood.com, a searchable site of fantasy art galleries. (I try to avoid this since several of the artists forbid republishing of their work, and I like to include the pics on my website whenever possible. But I did find a good replacement pic for Akriel here.)
If that doesn't work, there's always a google image search. I found a few beauties that way (Councilor Jean-Jacques Moreau is a fop from some famous painting. Councilor Josephine Chantreux is from some mediavl engraving.)
