I disagree vehemently with those who do not feel that this is laziness on the part of Bioware.
1.) I don't agree that this was meant to be an "Easter Egg." Discovering Tali's portrait may be an Easter Egg in itself (as only those who are romancing her can see it) but the artwork used for her portrait is an obvious hatchet job.
2.) I remember a time when gigantic, Photoshop lens flare effects on any kind of a picture were considered memes in and of themselves. Sure, they can rationalize that she was looking at the sunset when the photo was taken, but other elements of the picture suggest that it was added to obscure the subject rather than improve upon it. For me, the proof lies in the digital amputation that left behind the, heh, vestigial knuckle.
3.) This is a AAA title produced by a major studio. Are they really that starved for resources? They must have gigabytes of art assets that they could have recycled without our knowledge that could be used to craft an acceptable face for Tali. They could have rasterized an NPC's model and Photoshopped it. They could have whipped something up in the character editor. They could have used something other than a picture that could be found easily on Google Image Search.
4.) Tali is one of my favorite characters, to be sure, but I am not nearly as rabid a fan of hers as a lot of other people. But she's not a random NPC. She is not a DLC character. She is a potential love interest for the protagonist. Do I care what she looks like under her mask? Of course. Bioware themselves have perpetuated this mystery, to make people care. They have publicly acknowledged fan requests to reveal her true appearance in the past; there is a lot of "buzz" on the subject matter. After all that, all they could come up with is a royalty-free stock photo of Jane Doe?
When even the creators of the character treat her with such a distinct lack of respect, what does it say to casual fans like me?
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