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Hi Steven - Thanks!
I'm not posting the reference in deference to the mom's wishes, who felt it was OK to post a portrait of her kids, but didn't want an actual photo on line. The reference photo for this girl was not actually one I would have picked (and should NEVER have shown to the mother!)- but of course, that was the one she HAD to have. The girl is very pretty in real life, not heavy, no double chin, but in the photo, not only were her teeth showing (I tried to downplay them with not too much contrast, but still keeping the overall shape etc.) but she had her chin pulled in giving her the appearance of a double chin.... So, I did alter the chin (removing the extra one) and pull in the contour of that cheek by about 1/8 of an inch between roughly even with the upper lip and where it meets the chin. So, you're right that the cheek was not spot on... but the alteration was somewhat intentional and the mom likes the likeness. So I guess I'm stuck with it for now -- though I certainly didn't intend for it to look unnatural! Hopefully it's not too off that a non-artist would notice?
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