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<blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 3282454" data-attributes="member: 1515">Being in the same situation as you, here's a few of the things I've done:1) Use photos of real people.&nbsp; I've used pictures of actors and musicians for many of my PCs.&nbsp; One of the issues is that you can't always find a picture of them in D&amp;D-style garb, but even so, you might be surprised.&nbsp; IMDB.com, one of my favorite web sites anyway, has many pictures of actors.2) Rather than doing a general image search, narrow it by looking in &quot;appropriate&quot; sites.&nbsp; <a href="http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/" target="_blank">Elfwood</a> has a huge repository of fantasy art (though of varying quality...after all, most of the contributing artists are amateurs).&nbsp; Nightfall's reference to Claudio (Claudio &quot;Klaus&quot; Pozas) is a pretty good one, actually...he's too busy to do art for hire these days, but he's got some &quot;character&quot; illustrations on <a href="http://www.enworld.org/Pozas/" target="_blank">his site</a>.3) Check out the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forumdisplay.php?f=55" target="_blank">Art Gallery</a> board here on EN World.&nbsp; I'm always impressed by the caliber of some of the artists who regularly post there.4) I do have a few friends in my groups who are fairly talented artists, and I occasionally impose on them for an illustration.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenobi65, post: 3282454, member: 1515"] Being in the same situation as you, here's a few of the things I've done: 1) Use photos of real people. I've used pictures of actors and musicians for many of my PCs. One of the issues is that you can't always find a picture of them in D&D-style garb, but even so, you might be surprised. IMDB.com, one of my favorite web sites anyway, has many pictures of actors. 2) Rather than doing a general image search, narrow it by looking in "appropriate" sites. [URL=http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/]Elfwood[/URL] has a huge repository of fantasy art (though of varying quality...after all, most of the contributing artists are amateurs). Nightfall's reference to Claudio (Claudio "Klaus" Pozas) is a pretty good one, actually...he's too busy to do art for hire these days, but he's got some "character" illustrations on [URL=http://www.enworld.org/Pozas/]his site[/URL]. 3) Check out the [URL=http://www.enworld.org/forumdisplay.php?f=55]Art Gallery[/URL] board here on EN World. I'm always impressed by the caliber of some of the artists who regularly post there. 4) I do have a few friends in my groups who are fairly talented artists, and I occasionally impose on them for an illustration. [/QUOTE]

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