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A pirate info page, showing the pirate's portrait at the center

Portraits are in-game paintings any player can purchase at any building or ship with a portrait easel in it. Easels can always be found inside palaces, in the first room to the right. Prices vary depending on the background chosen and the number of people in the portrait, and as they tend to be relatively expensive, portraits serve as a major PoE sink. Portraits can be displayed in pirate info pages or viewed in player galleries.

Commissioning a portrait

Selecting an easel brings up the "set up your portrait" interface.

Clicking on an easel brings up the "set up your portrait" interface, where the pirate is allowed to select the portrait background and pirate alignment (for expansive backgrounds), and name the portrait. The pirate must then pay the portrait commission cost and doubloon fee (on doubloon oceans) to move on to posing for the portrait. Both the PoE and doubloon prices vary depending on the background and pirate alignment selected (see the background article for details). If the pirate later decides to cancel the portrait, he/she will receive a full refund.

The "pose for the portrait interface" lets players customize their portrait pose.

Once the portrait commission cost has been paid, the pirate will continue to the "pose for the portrait" interface. Other pirates may now join the portrait by clicking on the same easel (in the case of multiple-pirate backgrounds), and all pirates in the portrait may choose their facial expressions and to hold an item. Additional prints of the portrait may also be ordered (the cost also depending on the background and alignment, with a fee of 7 doubloons each). Note that by default, all pirates joining the portrait will have 1 additional print selected, provided that they have enough PoE (and doubloons, if on a doubloon ocean) on hand to purchase a copy, and that the number of final portraits produced will be equal to the number of additional prints plus the original portrait itself. Once all the pirates in the portrait select the ready checkbox, the option to generate a preview of the portrait will be enabled. After this, the final painting may be ordered.

After the portrait is created, the commissioning pirate and those who ordered prints will receive a portrait (or more, depending on prints ordered) in the portraits section of their inventory. These items will not decay; nor will framed portraits.^[1] They can, however, be trashed.

A pirate may edit his/her gallery through the portrait's item menu in the booty panel.

All portraits in a pirate's inventory can be viewed in that pirate's gallery, which others may access through the pirate's info page, or directly through the URL http://OCEAN.puzzlepirates.com/yoweb/gallery/?pirate=PIRATE, where OCEAN is the ocean the gallery is in and PIRATE is the name of the pirate. The gallery view of the portrait will show the portrait with its title, the name(s) of the pirate(s) in the portrait, and captions added by the gallery owner. The date the portrait was commissioned, as well as the location of the easel and the governor of the island or pirate at the helm of a ship at sea are also automatically saved and displayed. If the portrait is of a single pirate, a "flip over" link will show the pirate's experience, standings and crew and flag membership at the time the portrait was commissioned.

A pirate may edit his/her gallery through the item menu brought up when selecting a portrait in the booty panel. Here the pirate may add captions to portraits, arrange the order in which they appear, or select one single-pirate portrait of him/herself to be displayed in his/her info page.

Captains may select a portrait to show on their crew's info page. Monarchs may select a portrait to show on their flag's info page. Crew and flag info pages can only display group portraits.

Portrait Fees & Number of Pirates

The cost and number of pirates that may be in a portrait depend on the size of the background. Limited Edition portrait backgrounds are generally single portraits, but there have also been some that were other sizes. The doubloon fee, in addition to the PoE fee, is only charged on doubloon (green) oceans. Subscriber oceans only pay the PoE fee.

An illustrated, current list of the different background sizes and fee information can be found in the background article.

Single Portraits

One row, 1 pirate
15,000 PoE & 20 Doubloons
Additional Prints: 5,000 PoE & 7 Doubloons

Double Portraits

One row, 2 pirates
30,000 PoE & 40 Doubloons
Additional Prints: 5,250 PoE & 7 Doubloons

Expansive Portraits

One row, 4 pirates
60,000 PoE & 80 Doubloons
Additional Prints: 5,750 PoE & 7 Doubloons
OR
Two rows, 5 pirates
75,000 PoE & 100 Doubloons
Additional Prints: 6,000 PoE & 7 Doubloons

Expansive Ocean View

One row, 5 pirates
75,000 PoE & 100 Doubloons
Additional Prints: 6,000 PoE & 7 Doubloons
OR
Two rows, 7 pirates
105,000 PoE & 140 Doubloons
Additional Prints: 6,500 PoE & 7 Doubloons

Clothing

Main article: Portrait clothing

When a portrait is commissioned, each pirate is shown in the clothing he or she is currently wearing. (However, portraits cannot be made while the pirate is trying on clothes from a tailor's rack.) The colors of the clothes are reproduced in the portrait. If the pirate is wearing a familiar, that is also shown.

Skin and Hair

Main article: Portrait skin and hair

The colors of pirates' skin and hair are reproduced in the portrait as well as any injuries.

Items

Main article: Portrait item

A pirate can hold a single portrait item or choose to hold nothing at all. Items are only available if the pirate meets the criteria necessary for it. Some items exist but can only be held by Ocean Masters at this time.

Backgrounds

Main article: Background

The pirate commissioning a portrait may choose from a variety of portrait backgrounds. The background determines how many pirates can be in the portrait and in what arrangement.

Poses

Main article: Portrait pose

If a pirate is holding an item, it will usually be in the pirate's right hand, and the left arm will be by the pirate's side or placed in pocket. Some bludgeons require both hands. If no item is chosen, then the pirate's clothing determines the portrait pose.

Familiars and Injuries

Familiars and injuries also show up in portraits. However, familiars and injuries belonging to female pirates, for the most part, look different than those belonging to males.

Disappearing and Hidden Injuries

Any pirate holding a two-handed bludgeon will always be drawn with two uninjured hands even if they have a hook injury. The female gown completely conceals both feet; this, of course, hides any pegleg injury as well. Likewise, the diving helmet completely conceals the face and thus any eyepatch injury.

Males with Familiars				Males with Injuries


Females with Familiars				Females with Injuries

Note: Any peg-legged pirate wearing fancy boots will have their pegleg colored in the colors of the boot; male peg-legged pirates wearing boots with gaiters will have their pegleg colored grey; female peg-legged pirates wearing curled slippers will have their pegleg colored gold.

Framing portraits

A pirate may choose to frame a portrait by buying a framed portrait furniture item at a furnisher. When placing an order, the pirate will be required to place the portrait in the ordering interface. The portrait will then be removed from the pirate's inventory, and will no longer be viewable from his/her gallery. The resulting furniture object, when placed in a scene, will provide an option to "view" the portrait, which will directly link to the portrait's page. Note that captions on framed portraits will be cut off after 250 characters.

Free portraits

A pirate can get a free portrait from the 'Get yer portrait painted' mission. This portrait can only have one pirate in it, must use the Sandy background, and cannot feature held items. Additional prints of this portrait cost 5000 PoE and 7 doubloons. Each pirate may commission one free portrait, after they have paid for and delivered one piece of clothing on any pirate on any ocean on his or her account. The free portrait cannot be framed (though any copies bought can be).

Trophies

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Historical Notes

Free portraits were added in release 2006-10-17.

Portraits made during the 2006 Halloween events featured the pirate as a ghostly form, as they appeared in-game.

On April Fool's Day 2006, pirates who had purchased the funny glasses could get portraits featuring them. This is still an option, but as all un-protected pairs of funny glasses dusted after 24 hours, the only ones left are those that had been gift-wrapped since then.

Portraits made during the first portion of the 2005 Halloween events featured the mask associated with that hat type in-game. (For example, a portrait taken while wearing a wide-brimmed hat would have a witch mask) Portraits in the second portion featured that person's Zombiefied features and traits. (Black hair, coloured skin, and expression of hunger for braiiiiiins)

Prior to release 2005-09-01, a portrait made while trying on clothing from a tailor's rack would feature those clothes instead of the ones the pirate is actually wearing. This is no longer the case.

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 A pirate may edit his/her gallery through the [[item menu]] brought up when selecting a portrait in the booty panel. Here the pirate may add captions to portraits, arrange the order in which they appear, or select one single-pirate portrait of him/herself to be displayed in his/her info page.
-[[Captain]]s may select a portrait to show on their crew's info page.  [[Monarch]]s may select a portrait to show on their flag's info page.
+[[Captain]]s may select a portrait to show on their crew's info page.  [[Monarch]]s may select a portrait to show on their flag's info page.  Crew and flag info pages can only display group portraits.
 == Portrait Fees & Number of Pirates ==