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Old 10-23-2007, 07:49 PM   #4
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Marina, I was willing to accept the hair as a "style," though it does seem a bit solid, especially, for example, as it falls below the far side of the chin. I wonder if that lower line of the hair form might be broken up a little. Even a few narrow lifts with a knife-edged kneadable eraser.

The very first thing that came to mind, however, when I first opened this image, was that the crown of the head seemed very high, given what appeared to be the pose of the head. It couldn't be explained by a full hairstyle, because the part -- close to the scalp -- works its way to the back of the head. I wouldn't have expected to see such a sharp rise from the forehead in the front to the crown in back, unless her head were tilted forward, which it is not.

That may well be accurate, and I'm not saying it's "wrong," just unusual and perhaps something to take a second look at.
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