Yes, I noticed that as well! It's odd, you know. I leave my art for a few weeks and when I come back, my new portraits always ended up looking better than my previous attempts. Let's hope I don't get stuck in a vicious cycle of redrawing things. ><
As for the next update, we'll see how it goes. It's pushing 4-5 hours in gameplay length, so it's looking good so far. I'll probably start calling for beta-testers as well ( I already have you and Ron in mind ^^ ).