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Potato Person

Things got a little out of hand with this one. Some areas are darker than I would like, some need to be darkened, the eyes look like they belong to two different people, too much space between the top and bottom of the chin, etc. The nose and mouth look pretty good though.

On the plus side, I can confirm that using a colored wash to activate pigment of a different color on the page results in a subtle color shift. It doesn't show up too well in this scan, unfortunately.

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