mh, that's kind of embarrassing for me, but everything you mentioned only referred to the parts I mostly left untouched you can see the original by ~ ephebe here [link]

I know agree with you about that reflection part in the middle and the melting of faces, that's why I left them like they were. I also know what you mean by those lines being too sharp, they've been placed by ~ephebe (I guess they're vectors or sth like that) from the beginning as well, but I didn't want to change them much or at all, as I didn't find them that bothering.
those "roots" coming out of his eye were also a part I wanted to change from the beginning, but I couldn't come up with anything new or a big improvement of it.


still, on the one hand I'm just as surprised as you about the lack of attention it received, on the other hand I'm pretty much used to it, since most of my non-portrait pictures get any views or comments at all.

thanks a lot for your comment, it's always a pleasure to read them

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