Most definitely. Although the models must have been near perfection, the Icewind Dale portraits seem to relect that near-perfect reality in a way suggesting of Pre-Raphaelite art. I think that the superiority of the IWD portraits may most simply be due to their texture. While the BG2 pics are undeniably digital, the IWD pics look like paintings... much more realistic and heroic at the same time.
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