Shame.
I rather like elves. But too many people assume you should make them incredibly beautiful, and incredibly good at everything, so I basically don't bother to go through the trouble.
I much prefer making my own characters.
Like my Half-Gorgon, Half-Zap Dragon (humanoid dragon creature I made up; both pyrokinetic and electrokinetic) character Phorcys. He's telekinetic, and has a tail like a Zap Dragon, but otherwise takes after his Gorgon lineage.
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…” --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)