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[Archmage Silver]

I know IWD1's portraits were done by Jason Manley, but the IWD2 portraits are somewhat of a mystery to me. Wikipedia offered this information:

[quote name='http://en.wikipedia....e_II']Jason Manley, the portrait artist for the previous Icewind Dale games, left Black Isle Studios in late 2001; several new works he painted before his departure were later used in Icewind Dale II. Black Isle Studios artist Justin Sweet was asked to substitute; Justin Sweet's artwork has also been featured by Wizards of the Coast.[/quote]
I assume this means that IWD2's portraits are a mixed batch from the two artists, but does anyone know better? How many portraits did each of them come up with, which ones belong to whom etc?

[Archmage Silver]

P.S. I'm not in a hurry about getting an answer, so if anybody comes up with anything later, don't hesitate to post.

[Solaufein]

Justine Sweet did the portraits for IWD2. They also used Manley's from IWD as well. Sweet's portraits have a unique look compared to Manley's.

[Archmage Silver]

Thanks for the link, that should help quite a bit!

[-JR-]

Such incredible art. Manley was amazing, but Sweet... wow.