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Shannon the line on the forehead was originally just pixels that needed some recoloring to make the forehead smooth, but then I looked at it and thought: "Hey, that's sort of like vein or wrinkle and it makes him look more serious and rugged!" so decided to flaunt it and polish it up instead. :-) As for the eyes, the dot of light is definately not "realistic", but matched the person whose portrait I was making.