I'm inclined to believe the hood, sunglasses and shirt are pixelled by hand, and to a certain extent the neck too, but it does seem like you painted over a colour reduced photo. While I don't have an issue with somebody using a reference or painting over a photo, I think you could work a bit more on the parts that are still more clearly a a colour reduced photo. As such, I'm sorry but I am sending this back for revision.
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I'm inclined to believe the hood, sunglasses and shirt are pixelled by hand, and to a certain extent the neck too, but it does seem like you painted over a colour reduced photo. While I don't have an issue with somebody using a reference or painting over a photo, I think you could work a bit more on the parts that are still more clearly a a colour reduced photo. As such, I'm sorry but I am sending this back for revision.