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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darraketh" data-source="post: 296028" data-attributes="member: 847">Oh, about twenty years ago I was in a market in Seattle.  And there was this fellow who did character portraits.  You gave him a description and he'd draw your character in charcoal and pastels.He was a character himself.  He was tall and lean but not gangly.  His hair was shoulder length and he wore his beard and moustache in the style of a Van Dyke.  His eyes spoke volumes and said he was intelligent and worldly but could be easily amused.He wore leather boots that came to knee height and buckskin pants with laces that run up the sides.  His shirt was a laced v-necked silk-like pullover with a tall collar and billowing sleeves ending in wide cuffs.  We wore the shirt with the collar open.About his waist he wore two leather belts.   The first belt, which he wore cinched about his hips, consisted of a series small, similiar sized, flap covered pouches that were fastened along the length of the belt.  The second belt he wore loosely, the left side appeared connected to the first belt and from the right side hung a single larger, deep pouch, the bottom of which was tied around his leg just above the knee.  The whole affair brought to mind a medieval utility belt.He wore a ring on each finger and a small silver hoop earring from each ear.  Long before it was again fashionable for men to do so.  About his neck hung a multitude of charms, crystals and amulets, sort of like a metaphysical "Mr. T."  Atop his head he wore a beret cocked to one side.-----I watched him working for quite awhile.  I've regetted not securing one of his portraits.  At the time I just couldn't think of any particular character I cared to have immortalized.  Looking back over the years I can see it was not about the character at all.  It was about me and my place in time.  It was about making good memories.I didn't really miss the opportunity to get a character portrait.  For me that artist, that wizard from the market lives on immortalized in my fondest memories.-----Over the years I've used the description of that artist as a description of my favorite wizard PC.-----I would be honored to have this character description illustrated.</blockquote>

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