What makes a bad character portrait? Would any of these do, or

>>48813340
If the entirety of the character portrait can fit in a paragraph, why even have one.

>>48813340
Cliched is bad, but that's more your fault then the character portrait. I guess the only things that would make the portrait bad are if it's not a portrait or the image is just low quality. Everything else is the fault of your character. Overall, a character portrait should show the tone, appearance above the shoulders, and some of the clothes of the character.

>>48814063
There's more genetic diversity inside Africa then the rest of the world combined. I assume it's taking that into account.

>>48814083
What the fuck does that mean

>>48814192
If you can describe your character in words in the space a portrait would take up on a character sheet, don't bother with the portrait.

Or, at least, I assume.

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>>48814063
Because it's 2016.

>>48814175
Implying diversity=good.

Fucking cuck.

>>48814245
I never implied that. I just assume the image is meant to illustrate as many different distinct ethnicities as possible. Which, of course, would take into account how many there are in Africa.

Doing a quick search, it's from a French project designed to illustrate different ethnicities and what is considered beautiful within those ethnicities. S

>>48813340
They all look fine to me, some of them are pretty intense to boot.

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>>48813340
>Are they too normal
Anon, please. Get on my level.

>>48814063

It must be a very scary world for you.

>>48814520
>beautiful within those ethnicities
I guess reading gets hard if your brain stops working everytime you see a nig.

A bad character portrait would be something that doesn't squarely show their face, instead showing a slanted profile or something from the back.

>>48816857
a mug shot is just as bad in its own way

>>48818460
A mugshot is perfectly fine in a lot of settings, though. Shadowrun, for example.

>>48820011
Would a wanted poster make a good character portrait? It would show what they look like, their name, and have a general description of them.

>>48820098
I used a few. I like portraits that fit with the game's tone, like wanted posters, oil paintings, mugshots, license photos, and so on.