
I misread this post. My criticism would be that your portraits look uglier than the original images. Although, modern art likes that occasionally.
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Sun 29 Jan 2006, 4:19,
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Now kiss and bum/make up.
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Sun 29 Jan 2006, 4:21,
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it's a kind of impasto style meant to look like acrylic paints.
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Sun 29 Jan 2006, 4:25,
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after you've completed the tutorial, if you ever do. Try submitting it anyway, it could still get in as it's useful to everyone even if Rob himself didn't want one doing.
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Sun 29 Jan 2006, 4:26,
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dodge, burn, blur again.
duplicate blend multiply, repeat. It gets there in the end.
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Sun 29 Jan 2006, 4:30,
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duplicate blend multiply, repeat. It gets there in the end.