I think the portraits are great. My only complaint is there aren't enough of them!
True, I can download others but they don't have the same 'flavor' as the ones already supplied and then they look somehow out of place when mixed with the originals.
The problem is that Jason Manley (the artist who did the portraits) only has so much time (I can't remember if it was two weeks per portrait or two portraits per week, sorry) but basically, it costs money to make a portrait (particularly a good one) and unfortunately Black Isle and Bioware and Interplay have other projects.
Certainly if I had to make 32 portraits, I would have made some different ones but if you asked 10,000 people what 32 portraits they wanted, I'm sure you would get 10,000 different opinions. No way you can satisfy everyone.
Even though I would prefer a female Elven ranger with a bow or a male human cleric with a mace, I am way more than satisfied with the defaults. I love these portraits. As I said before, I only wish there were more!
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