[quote=@Mr Allen J]
Doesn't that paint a clear picture of my character?
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I think it does and in contrast to pictures this would come out on top in my view, but I'd say that is partly because you also put in information about genealogy(race and racial history) which could be addressed in the history field of a CS that uses only a picture. Though I think the emotive wording to describe the look in his eyes or how his various appearance aspects compliment certain personal aspects is where the true advantage of a text description comes in.

As it has been said, some people build their characters around an image, so I assume that this type of emotive text in describing appearance would be a harder thing to pull off. Especially considering it is a subjective manner, so what looks like the eyes of a man in pain in a picture to one person could be the eyes of sadistic pleasure to another person. Additionally, I think certain pictures can provide an instant dose of atmosphere/impression to a character, I mean you could describe a pale young girl quite emotively to emphasise internal struggle or hatred to others, but a picture of said girl surrounded by bodies, or smiling in a graveyard, could serve better to emphasis such an impression.

Though I entertain that my last point could be made moot by 1. How you value atmosphere and if you only recognize the atmosphere of the general setting itself. 2. Other fields like history, bio and personality could descriptively produce the same or maybe an even better result. 3. It too can be a subjective manner and could provide the wrong impression/different impression for different people.