Thank you! That's a huge compliment. A disproportionate number of my favorite illustrators had their hay-day in the 1960s, so I really, really appreciate the comparison.
Art style stuff in the spoiler. I can't blatantly assume you guys want my art-life story. That belongs in a fanart thread. Besides, we have an egg head to talk about!
SO BACK ON TOPIC... Solas. I actually really do want the buddy cop Abelas + Solas/ or Lavellan DLC through the deep roads.
On that note, did you guys notice how there were absolutely no shrieks in this game? That's what elves become as Darkspawn and it was just weird that all we saw were genlocks and hurlocks. They were certainly more prevalent in DA:O (which makes sense, there being a blight and all), but their complete absence felt rather odd.
Out of universe explanation: Resources allotment. Darkspawn don't play much of a role beyond Ser Cornflakes Bakes-a-lot himself, so they'd rather add a few creepy Red Templar or cute deer models instead.
In-universe: Without either Awakened darkspawn or an Old God to organize them into squads, when hunting outside of the Deep Roads, the stealthy shrieks are too good to be detected by the player, and not suicidal enough to take on a player's party when there's not a hit order on them by Urthemiel. Likewise, in the Deep Roads, they'd wait for the perfect opportunity to strike.
Other out of universe explanation: They felt bad enough for the arachnophobes what with the Fade sequence, so they decided high-def Shrieks and their caterwauling would be too much.
Also, while still catching up:
LORE FORUM!

Allan! 