User blog:KnowledgeProspector/Character Portraits

Hey, all. For those of you who don't know me, I am the writer of Apocalypse Life.

I've been really itching to get portraits for some of the major characters in my story. I was hoping to draw them, but my skills are poor, and I keep putting off drawing classes. I wanted to use live action actors, but I feel that I'm too limited by their looks, and I'm also terrible with actor names. Since I've been unsuccessful in finding a medium for my characters' appearances, I've resorted to a... somewhat lowly medium: using the Create-A-..... Sim, from The Sims 2.

Yes, I am also a bit apalled at myself and the thought of it. But I've messed around with it quite a bit (since I've spent countless hours making multiple sims at once), and I feel that this is the easiest way for me to shape the appearance of my characters. Of course I'll remove all traces of happiness, and will try to make their portraits as serious as possible.

But yeah, there's still some regret hanging in my gut.

The purpose of this article is to gain some supporters. Shall I, or shall I not use the CAS from the latest Sims games to make my character portraits? Should I look into a better medium for this? If so, which one? Will you take my characters seriously if I edit the portraits to be more ... serious?

TL;DR: I wanted to use the latest Sims games CAS to make my story's character portraits (I'm quite experienced with it), but I feel that my characters won't be taken seriously. Do you have any other suggestions?