[@Crimson Raven] Not to speak for the contest creator in question, but since the entire point is character creation. I kind of figured you'd be expected to be pedantically detailed and use words to describe your character's look over a mere picture...because that sort of feels a bit lazy for this kind of contest. Least my two cents/expectations on the subject. Isn't the contest suppose to be your work alone? Not someone else's? You'd figure (or I figured at least) that included the character's appearance.