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It's my belief that it is not really the client's job to tell you how to fix a portrait. It's the artist's responsibility! The client can say "It's not quite me...something abut the eyes..." or "my mouth is off," etc. but just following the client's directive and "fixing" the eyes, mouth, etc., is not going to solve the problem. It's our responsibility as artists to figure out what's really going on. Usually the problem is more widespread and involves proportions outside the realm of that one feature they are complaining about. If we have to repaint the whole head, so be it. I ask clients to tell me their reaction, and then let me try to figure out what changes need to be made.
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