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Old 07-29-2002, 11:17 PM   #6
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Nice pastel. I changed a few things for your consideration. The long continuous highlight on the hair of the older girl is now broken, and the hard outline of the chin is softened as it meets the hair, which makes the the face and head appear less cut-out. I also tried to soften the cheek for the same reason (to avoid the strong/hard outline). I have some problem with the younger girl's eyes and without any reference will assume that they are as big and dark as we see here. I did, however, move the highlights so that they are not so much in the center of the eye. Maybe they should be to the left but the light source on her face comes from the right. I also softened the hard outline of the shoulder between the girls.

I reduced the ear to our right which might have been a little large. Otherwise, make it fade into the hair to underplay its size.
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