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Hi Dwight, I would like to preface my reply by saying I am not very good, so please view my input with this in mind. I think it has a decent likeness. The thing that I first noticed was the nose. I don't know why, but the nose in your drawing doesn't seem to pop out as much. The tip of the nose doesn't seem to come forward as much or be noticeable enough to me. My second thought was that the eyes were drawn a bit too big, but I'm not as confident about this. Often when I think something needs adjustment I will later realize it was something else in relation that needed adjustment. I wish I was good/knowledgeable enough to say what might deserve further effort, but if you are welcoming of the impressions of someone who is less skilled then here I give them. If I were drawing it, I would try to make the nose, especially the tip stand out more, either bigger or more highlighted by values idk. Next if I deemed that as an improvement, I would look at the relationship between the nose and the eyes, and see if that had an effect on my uncertainty about the eyes. If it didn't then I think I might try adjusting the lower eyelid to make the eye the slightest bit narrower. Its easy for me to say this because I draw on a tablet, and if I don't like the results of my experimentation a few clicks brings me back to where I started. I'm sure you have put a lot of work in to get to this point and it looks good. I can appreciate the bravery needed to potentially mess up the work so far, in an uncertain attempt at marginal gain. However it goes or whatever you decide to do best wishes. Sincerely, Frog
Dwight
2yr
Frog, I believe anyone's opinion is useful. I agree that the nose's values could be pushed more, at the very least to make the picture a uniform scale. And about the eyes, Charles said something similar, so I'll look into experimenting with eye size. As to modifying the original image, I'm not going to. Not because I'm scared of ruining it or something, but I like to flip through my sketchbooks and see how much I've grown since then. So this will be a page where I can reflect, and learn from. I appreciate you taking the time to respond. - Dwight
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