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Photos for NPCs - a few sources

Started by Rincewind1, April 25, 2012, 09:07:12 PM

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Rincewind1

April 25, 2012, 09:07:12 PM
There was an ancient RPG.net thread, as well as a bit of my links. So I thought I'd share.

http://www.laboiteverte.fr/portraits-de-criminels-australiens-dans-les-annees-1920/  - Mugshots from Australian Police

http://collection.hht.net.au/firsthhtpictures/resbyfield.jsp?term=New+South+Wales.+Police+Dept.+&field=AUTHOR&searchtable=&displayFormat=TABLE  - This is where the photos in first link come from, but there are thousands of various here. Good also for locations.

http://csac.buffalo.edu/mirrors/mirrorsimages.html  - Arkansas Prison Mugshoots

http://www.iheartfaces.com/ - Photography website, lots of shots.

http://strangeraday.blogspot.com/ - Random photo every day

http://muslimswearingthings.tumblr.com/ - Name says it all

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157625520211184/  - American Civil War portraits.

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/04/02/spitalfields-nippers/ - Victorian street urchins

http://mydaguerreotypeboyfriend.tumblr.com/  - The name says it all again

And character actors and actresses:
http://www.imdb.com/list/eV8-oqaVf54/

http://www.imdb.com/list/1ylxy9T2-J4/
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

Benoist

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April 25, 2012, 09:10:23 PM
Terrific. Love to plunder those for NPCs.

danbuter

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April 25, 2012, 09:24:31 PM
That Spitalfields children link was really sad.
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April 26, 2012, 11:44:50 PM
Really interesting!

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April 27, 2012, 05:20:43 AM
Definitely useful to pull photographs.  

To keep them constant I used photographs from imdb that were restricted to the silent era.  It made for fairly consistent looking sheets. It worked really well, and they all had a consistent look to them that tended toward heroic.
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