Portrait Final

This is Ryan.  I chose a tilted head pose, instead of straight on.  This took an incredibly long time.  I tried to use some gradient mesh in the face, but it just wasn't turning out right.  I couldn't get it to look not splotchy, so I went with the regular gradient.  The colors were very challenging to work with since there are so many different flesh colors.  I also cut myself out of the original photo, so there was some guess work in some of the shapes.  Overall, I am happy with this.  This is definitely the most difficult illustration to date.