Talk:Anton Sokolov/Sokolov's Paintings/@comment-6716431-20161211000626/@comment-1500935-20161211014139

People in Dunwall lost money with the whale trading dwindling. They ever moved to Karnaca or sold their assets to people from there, which started to prosper with the mines and newest technologies. As for the newest artwork, Sokolov moved to Karnaca at some point and painted them there, where his models live.

The only exception is Ramsey, though I suspect the man had his portrait done there too when he visited to prepare the coup wit the Duke, and eventually left it to Major Bonville for one reason or another. I'll have to replay some early missions but it seemed to me either Sokolov or Meagan Foster mentioned they knew Ramsey was in Karnaca at some point prior to the coup, and Sokolov would be well-placed to know if he painted him his portrait.

That said, the real explanation is that the developers found it easier to reuse existing artwork instead of commissioning more from Cédric Peyravernay. Even Sokolov's newest artwork are just Peyravernay's studies on Dis 2's characters.