As for the others - thank you for your positive comments, I didn't think that work will be appreciated so much.
Also, these portraits really bugged me, so my next work will be much more large-scaled, though I am not sure if I will finish it this year, lol.
Таки да, мыльновато выглядит. В будущем постараюсь так не увлекаться, ололо.
ok, you've mastered AA. now move on to the next technique!
A vertical head to complement the vertical canvas, that leads the eye down into a fairly-horizontal flat shape that is the torso, which bleeds into the outline that leads the eye around the perimeter of the image. The eye then searches for a focal point again, which is naturally the head/face, and the visual flow cycles through again.
I really like everything about this. :D