The portraits not matching does annoy me. I was hoping that while you build the character it in turn builds the portrait so that they are always a perfect match, kind of like building a paper doll. DA:O did something similar, as did Age of Wonder 3, but it wouldn't even need to be that elaborate.
As it is now I just pick the portrait first and then try to make the character match it. Using that method I just need a lot more portraits to choose from.