Created as a replacement portrait for BG II NPC, Nalia. I never gave much thought to this character--she seemed an imitation Imoen in several ways. Appropriately, her portrait borrowed Imoen's cloak and brooch. Original art.
Posted by random gamer at 2008-09-01 13:30:01 Voted 9.75 on 09/01/08
I've never liked Nalia, but I love this portrait... great job again.
Posted by Skyhawke at 2005-03-31 15:29:02 Voted 8.00 on 03/31/05
Posted by Jarandel at 2005-03-25 05:42:23 Voted 9.50 on 03/25/05
Posted by Nightfire at 2005-01-02 17:02:12 Voted 9.00 on 01/02/05
Beautiful work, and I think it would fit the more
Posted by Nightfire at 2005-01-02 16:49:00 Voted 9.00 on 01/02/05
Beautiful work, and I think it would fit the more "mature" Nalia from ToB extremely well. The somewhat affected old look has given way to a hardened and much more focused appearance of a woman knows what she wants now.
Posted by Nightfire at 2005-01-02 16:48:00 Voted 9.00 on 01/02/05
Beautiful work, and I think it would fit the more "mature" Nalia from ToB extremely well. The somewhat affected old look has given way to a hardened and much more focused appearance of a woman knows what she wants now.
Posted by Malfidae at 2004-11-02 20:54:55 Voted 9.00 on 11/02/04
Posted by gromnir at 2004-08-10 08:51:17 Voted 8.00 on 08/10/04
Posted by Olivia_Chillia at 2004-08-10 07:38:19 Voted 10.00 on 08/10/04
Posted by Luminita at 2004-08-09 23:26:07 Voted 10.00 on 08/09/04
Posted by Celt46 at 2004-08-09 22:45:47 Voted 8.50 on 08/09/04
Posted by Brandiles at 2004-08-02 12:35:21 Voted 9.75 on 08/02/04
Nalia was always something of an oddball character. This image does her justice, although she doesn't quite seem as rich as her background should indicate. Regardless, and fantastic portrait and among the best available for NWN.
Posted by Mystery Poster ( 205.188.xxx.xxx ) at 2004-05-16 08:17:00
This a nice pic, and it certainly looks like Nalia(but if I remember right, her hair was wavier). Anyroad, she looks older and more responsible. She reminds me of ToB, not SoA. As someone mentioned below me, she doesn't seem quiet as kind. But I'll get over it.
Posted by Fvguy72 at 2004-04-25 07:33:47 Voted 10.00 on 04/25/04
Posted by Zazmio at 2004-03-29 02:02:01 Voted 8.00 on 03/29/04
Posted by LeOn at 2004-03-21 05:16:52 Voted 8.00 on 03/21/04
Posted by Wrock at 2004-03-16 12:49:22 Voted 10.00 on 03/16/04
This is a compilation of the old system into a single score. There were 51 that made this score of 8.28 then rounded to 8.
Posted by Anonymous ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2004-01-01 07:45:00
By far prettier than the original nalia.
Posted by El Agua ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-30 15:14:00
Heck, the only "negative" thing I can say (and this is stretchin' it) is "Smile, Nalia! You're painted very well!"
On the male/female preference thing, it was mentioned earlier that guys tend to draw guys first 'cause they can look in the mirror. All too true. Guys are easy. Women are much more difficult 'cause (as a guy) you certainly don't want your women to look like you! Why do ya think so many comic book women's look AND pose look like they're straight outta Victoria Secrets catalogs? Because they ARE! :-)
The secret to drawing women is easy, don't use so many lines. APPLYING that secret, now That's when it becomes difficult!
Good job, as always!
Posted by Balgin Stondraeg ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-29 19:37:00
Additionaly I personaly prefer the Baldur's gate style mug shot portraits to the Icewind Dale full body ones. They feel more intimate and personal, give you a feeling of what your character would see in a mirror or what someone would see when chatting to them.
Posted by Balgin Stondraeg ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-29 19:35:00
On a niggling annoyance front for someone who has more classic proportions she has virtually no earlobes to speak of. And as one of my old schoolteachers one commented having no earlobes hints at criminal tendencies....
Posted by Zero Tolerance ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-29 15:05:00
Nalia was not a spoiled brat because she was trying to make a difference, and even then, the lower classes hated her because of her heritage.
Anyway, I don't know what to say about this pic.At first, I was going to say that she dosen't look like the Nalia I would picture given her personality. But after a good meal, I took a second look, and concidered that she WAS a theif/mage, and though I don't see the mage, I do see the theif w/the cloak (identical to that of your Imowen);I also see the nobility she has in her tiara, but I don't see the kindness in her face but too much authority.
Damn good portrait of whoeve it is though. Looking foward to your uploads...
Posted by Thought ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-29 09:59:00
But that material cannot be posted on this site due to it's 'explicit' nature.
;-)
Just kidding.
Posted by gyrfalconthegray ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-29 09:47:00
As a woman, perhaps I can offer a comment on the "preferring to draw women" thing. ;-)
I don't know that it is necessarily so much *preferring* to draw women as it is *easier* to draw women. After all, in order to understand the female form, all I need to do is look in a mirror. The mirror is one of the primary ways I and most artists I know, informally at least, develop their "mental picture" of how to draw portraits and figures. I think (correct me if I'm wrong) most guys start out drawing guys because they have an easy reference (themselves). However, most guys I know (with some exceptions) would rather look at women, so... they move to that next. ;-)
For me, it really wasn't until after I got married that my male figures and portraits improved very much. I finally had good reference material. ;-)
Posted by sporeboy! ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-28 14:36:00
I created this series over a year ago to replace the female BG II portraits. The originals were fine, but a bit superficial for me--that and I was goaded into making new ones. The male images from BG II were rich and well-rendered, so I didn't bother.
The images you've seen were never used for PCs--I just re-packaged the NPC replacements for use here.
BTW, there are a couple of males in the queue.
--sb
Posted by Thought ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-28 10:55:00
I like it, much better than the original Nalia picture.
My only comment would be that - IMnsHO - Nalia was a bit of a spoiled brat. This portrait should have a bit more of a hauty aristocratic air to it, although not so much as a complete snob (at least Nalia was trying).
At least as far as a portrait of Nalia goes. As just a portrait of a serious young woman, it's very nice.
As for most of the good pictures being men. In my experience, the majority of both male and female artists
prefer to paint/ draw women. I know why men prefer to do it, women are more attractive to the eye than men, so men prefer to draw pretty pretty women.
Don't know why most women prefer to draw other women.
That isn't to say there are no artists that don't do good pictures of men, just most prefer to do women. Just seems to be the way it is.
As far as Dude's comments about them all being the same - I was looking at the Imoen picture just the other day, and I don't think they are the same. Similar maybe, but as was commented when painting from a mental picture instead of actual reference, that can happen.
Posted by The Dude ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-28 06:38:00
Hmm, maybe he can only make female portraits. Or maybe he's doing female, then male. Whatever the case, I think they're great, as I've said previously.
That is all
-The Dude
Posted by CorinNeval ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-27 22:12:00
Your stuff looks really great. But I do have a question for you. Do you do any males portraits? I don't know about you, but I like to play male characters, and the majority of good portraits are all female. Any chance you have a male elf portrait sneaking around in your portfolio?
Like I said before, this portrait and the previous ones are spectacular. They are as good as Almathea's and Nault's stuff.
Keep up the good work,
Corin Neval
Posted by Lucky Day ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2003-04-27 21:49:00
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