The updater just adds to the default art directory.
What do you mean by enhancing? Changing or adding? The process so far has been if there isn't a graphic that CocoaSpud needs, the first one to get it to him has it included. (How else would some of my icons be the default monster icons?

) But, I think if you can make a good case, especially if it's original artwork, i.e. no copyright issues, then there is a good chance it will be used. I know that anything that is a direct import from FRUA is changed...
As far as expanding the amount of art- size is an issue. But, with that said, at the 640x480 resolution, small pics are, well, small.

(We could probably add as many icons as we could find, and it wouldn't change the size in any appreciable way.) The deal for some of us is that we are working in 1024x768- here the graphics are a bit larger...
-manikus