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Thanks, friends! You made my day. I thought the brother would be the easier of the two because the lighting in the pic was better, however the angle was difficult. And he has unusual features to work from, a) for a young adult there were prtty deep lines due to the smile which when handled wrong (as in the earlier attempts in my wastebasket) made him look older than he is and b) he has terrible teeth! I worked hard to downplay his teeth. My client loved the way I handled this feature and says I did not sacrifice likeness in doing so - Yeah!! I learned so much from his portrait about planes of the head and how light turns the object, etc. I can still find things in the portrait I wish I could tweak!!
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