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[Ché Biko]

I like the lighting in this one too: the eyes, the soft and hard (piercing!) shadows above her breasts, the left arm reflecting light from the side.
I also like the mixture of expressions on her face. Reminds me a bit of Aria's pre-incarna portrait. Nicely done.

[Veiki]

After spending some time playing with the portraits of the Gesakaarin I think I've finally managed to make them in a way that reflects how I view them as characters in my head:

Hevaima: The quiet professional. Well-groomed, remarkably polite, and even when he takes off his suit there is just another suit underneath. He also has a goatee, so you know he's not evil.



Veikitamo: The cold killer. The sadist. A calm exterior borne of the willful restraint of her desire to stick a knife in another's liver or a violin E-string garotte around someone's throat.



Vairuken: Calm and laconic in nature. The type of man who remains reserved with his glass and bottle of whiskey in the corner wall of a bar happy with his own company.



Karaitamo: The joker. Mischevious and intelligent. Possessed of a dry wit born of a cynical amusement.

[Lyn Farel]

New one after coming back, updated. Eventually settled for long hair because it works best for portraits. Not totally happy with shadow artifacts but that's what you get often with that hairstyle.

[Morwen Lagann]

Lyn still has the butan-nose, so 10/10 would pres again.

[Velarra]

Critically, it's a little soft due to gentle Gaussian application in order to counter Eve's jagged hair. Equally it's not strictly a portrait in the eve portrait-capture render sense.

[Aelisha]

Aelisha Montenagre in her Providence meet and greet apparel. 

[Mister Screwball]

Katmin in all her glory cause why not

[Samira Kernher]

Veik: I like the mood in your portraits, though I feel Veik and Karaitamo are a bit too similar.
Lyn: Good portrait, the eyes are rather striking.
Velarra: I like the pose and expression there, though it looks like you had low resolution graphics set which reduces the quality of the picture.
Aelisha: I know you're trying the 'gold' look, but blonde really doesn't go with dark skin.
Jastrina: It's like Kat, but more soulless. The stronger eyeshadow really brings attention to the eyes.


And here's a slight update to Sami's. Vince helped me come up with a way to have a better stressed/addict look to Sami's appearance. Is hard with the options we have available in-game, but I think it comes across decently now.

I've also made a few other changes recently, including freckles 1 to give a less airbrushed appearance to her.

[Jennifer Starfall]

I'd like to have more of a facial expression, but I suck at the facial manipulation UI. Suggestions are always welcome.



My alt, Sarangerel Mishi, on the other hand, I managed to evoke a bit more of a look with.

[Lyn Farel]

@Jennifer : the key is to break the symmetry. Slightly close an eye more than the other, move a bit more one side of the mouth, that kind of things. If you do it too visibly it will just change the expression altogether (which can also be good). If you do it with enough subtlety it will theorically not strike you at first, but that's what makes humans human, and not on the verge of uncanny. Don't hesitate to use the rotation tool for the head too, making it tilt more or less. I find that it often unblocks a suck up expression. 

Although I could try to give more advice if I know what pose/expression you are trying to achieve.

Lyn: Good portrait, the eyes are rather striking.

Same for Sami. Eyes between wet and dim, fits the addict.

[Morwen Lagann]

Updated Naoko's portrait for the first time in however many years since Incursion and its Incarnatars hit Tranquility.



Old one for reference, is here.

[Aria Jenneth]

[Aldrith Shutaq]

Poor Aria. Trying to not get sucked into the black abyss after being chucked out of it by someone already lost in its tide...

Nothing left but to show her New Eden and make sure she sinks back down into it!

Have you accepted Amarr as your one true savior?

[Kybernetes]

After reappearing and ending up with the Sansha's Nation Outlaw doodads, I figured I'd change Kyber's portrait for the first time since Carbon. Not entirely happy with it, but how much of that is genuine fault and how much just neurosis I'm uncertain.

[Charles Cambridge Schmidt]

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After reappearing and ending up with the Sansha's Nation Outlaw doodads, I figured I'd change Kyber's portrait for the first time since Carbon. Not entirely happy with it, but how much of that is genuine fault and how much just neurosis I'm uncertain.

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I like it. I feel like it could use some stronger shadows if it's so up front. Angular vectors really help create good looking lines for portraits, and if you angled his sharp face away (I usually pick down and to the side), then I feel like you could make it even better.

Also welcome.