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ReNae, this is an excellent likeness and I like the texture on his face. The main thing that strikes me, aside from the others' comments, is his cheekbone on our left. You have it jutting out more prominently than it is in the reference photo; your photo shows a smoother, less diagonal (left downward to right) line from that cheekbone to the chin, and in part that's because the cheekbone doesn't come out as far to the left on the photo as you've painted it. To make it all work, I think his supraorbital ridge and the visible edge of his right eye (our left) might also need to come in toward the left just a bit.
His eyes are a little more hooded in the photo, which gives him a more relaxed look there. And the fold of his cheek from the bottom of his nostril to the plane of the mouth, on our right, should end further to the right before it curves back toward the mouth, to give more of a smiling effect. These are all very minor details, though, of the sort that I imagine every artist works over as a piece progresses, and on the whole it's very good. Take care!
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