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Some artists do lovely portraits of faces...but they do not look like the person they were intended to resemble. Ethically, I would not be happy selling my work if I did not feel I was providing you with a decent likeness of your guide or angel.

Below are some samples of sketches I've done based on photos so that you can compare an original to a piece of my artwork so you can judge for yourself how closely I come to the original. Sometimes I do like to change the direction of the eyes or darkness of the hair for expression or character.

Blessed be.

 I admit to having a bit of a Van Halen fixation in high school...

here are three of David Lee Roth, the last one is stippling,

done tediously with tiny dots form a quill pen dipped in ink.

And someone I've never quite let go of, even in my adulthood: Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. I think he has the most fascinating facial structure:

 ...And some people need no introduction. This one drawn over 25 years ago when I was in high school, for which no original is needed: