Some of you may have noticed that there are eight different portrait poses for Sims in The Sims 2.
Below is a gallery displaying some of the Sims from The Sims 2 base game and which of the eight portrait poses they use.
Portrait Pose[]
Female Variant[]
.png "Bianca Monty (Default).png (63 KB)")
Male Variant[]
.png "Goopy GilsCarbo (Pleasantview).png (64 KB)")
.png "Kent Capp (Default).png (51 KB)")
Portrait Pose[]
Female Variant[]
Male Variant[]
.png "General Buzz Grunt (Default).png (62 KB)")
Female Toddler Variant[]
Portrait Pose[]
Female Variant[]
Male Variant[]
Female Child Variant[]
Portrait Pose[]
Female Variant[]
.png "Ophelia Nigmos (Default).png (54 KB)")
Male Variant[]
.png "Ajay Loner (Default).png (49 KB)")
Female Child Variant[]
Male Child Variant[]
Portrait Pose[]
Female Variant[]
.png "Olive Specter (Default).png (53 KB)")
Male Variant[]
.png "Nervous Subject (Default).png (55 KB)")
Female Child Variant[]
Male Toddler Variant[]
Portrait Pose[]
Female Variant[]
Male Variant[]
Male Child Variant[]
Portrait Pose[]
Female Variant[]
.png "Erin Singles (Default).png (66 KB)")
.png "Bella Goth (Strangetown).png (66 KB)")
Male Variant[]
.png "Antonio Monty (Default).png (62 KB)")
Portrait Pose[]
Female Variant[]
Male Variant[]
.png "Vidcund Curious (Default).png (68 KB)")
Male Child Variant[]
There used to be at least two other portrait poses but they were both discontinued during development. However, there are still some deceased Sims, resurrectable or unresurrectable, that use these discontinued portrait poses.
The first of these discontinued portrait poses, the one used by Sims such as Gunther Goth that can be resurrected in-game, will have the same portrait pose that Sims such as Kent Capp use, should their appearance be changed using the mirror, and no expansion packs are installed.
Discontinued Portrait Pose[]
Male Variant[]
.png "Skip Broke (Hidden).png (62 KB)")
Skip Broke (Hidden)
Discontinued Portrait Pose[]
Male Variant[]
.png "Michael Bachelor (Hidden).png (55 KB)")
Michael Bachelor (Hidden)
Notes[]
- All the information that I've written above is correct. The most efficient way to prove this is by ageing the toddler and child Sims, since the baby, toddler and child variants of each portrait pose is different from the older life stages. However, this way is only possible if expansion packs aren't installed, since portrait poses are no longer fixed with expansion packs.
- To switch genders to see the other gender variant of each portrait pose, you do this with CAS Sims in Create a Sim with the base game only. Before you have confirmed the creation of your family, go back and edit a Sim that's now waiting in the waiting room for new family members.