Hey folks, I have once again come across the issue of creating a character for this site, only to have a very limited selection of portraits to choose from. This really wouldn't be a bother to me if the portraits weren't so overwhelmingly white and male. I'd love to find a way to incorporate more diverse portrait pics without spamming the site.
What I'd love to offer is, if you have a picture of a person of color you would like for your character(s), but don't know how to cut the size down, send me the link to the picture and I will be happy to edit it down for you to exactly or as close as possible to site requirement. I'll then send it back to you so that you can send it yourself to the portrait crew here.
Breaking it down:
1) Submit link to pic to my PM (or post in this thread)
2) Will edit to proper submission format
3) Will send back to you for your character
4) You send to portrait team
Let me also reiterate the rule being that
you can submit no more than one portrait per "portrait cycle", and only for the character that you're playing.
You can reference the FAQ for portrait submissions
HERE.
I was hoping that by volunteering this service, it would cut down on RPOL staff needing to thread through multiple pictures to edit down, removing some of the bottle neck issues. I hope to also encourage more individuals to invest in submitting portraits for people of color.
Imagine; we might get something like
1 pic of a black woman with an
afro, a
full page of "hispanic males" or even
more than 12 "middle eastern males" and where half of them are
not white! XD
Truly I'd love to find more inclusive representation for the players and DMs that want more diverse casts. I really hope this helps!