quang
A Fixture
Here I am. Late as usual!
Gary, your sculpt is very convincing on its own right: great attempt at ethnicity (he looks like an Indian), correct anatomy, lots of character.
The one thing that put me off was the hunchback syndrome (again) which can be easily corrected by giving him some more neck and trimming the bottom of the torso to bring up the viewer's attention towards the face (arguably, the focal point of the bust). (see previous pix).
Now to achieve a likeness with the original subject is a different drum.
The first thing to correct is the general shape of the face.
Note how the sides of the forehead taper towards the top. That would explain the steeper angle of the hair on the original. Likewise, the sides of the lower jaw taper towards the chin. Now you can see that the outline of the face has the shape of a lozenge instead of a rectangle as on your sculpt.
Next is the ridge of the nose which is much sharper and extends further down the upper lip, a characteristic of the archetypical 'Indian' nose.
Mouth is straighter and brows are gently sloped but that has more to do with expression than with the bone structure.
FYI, Little Hand has a typical Southern Cheyenne features (wide face, small pebble eyes and flat, sharp nose) while your sculpt looks more like a South-Eastern Indian (Seminole, Creek, Cherokee).
My humble opinion of course as I've never seen an Indian in the flesh in my entire life!
Quang
Gary, your sculpt is very convincing on its own right: great attempt at ethnicity (he looks like an Indian), correct anatomy, lots of character.
The one thing that put me off was the hunchback syndrome (again) which can be easily corrected by giving him some more neck and trimming the bottom of the torso to bring up the viewer's attention towards the face (arguably, the focal point of the bust). (see previous pix).
Now to achieve a likeness with the original subject is a different drum.
The first thing to correct is the general shape of the face.
Note how the sides of the forehead taper towards the top. That would explain the steeper angle of the hair on the original. Likewise, the sides of the lower jaw taper towards the chin. Now you can see that the outline of the face has the shape of a lozenge instead of a rectangle as on your sculpt.
Next is the ridge of the nose which is much sharper and extends further down the upper lip, a characteristic of the archetypical 'Indian' nose.
Mouth is straighter and brows are gently sloped but that has more to do with expression than with the bone structure.
FYI, Little Hand has a typical Southern Cheyenne features (wide face, small pebble eyes and flat, sharp nose) while your sculpt looks more like a South-Eastern Indian (Seminole, Creek, Cherokee).
My humble opinion of course as I've never seen an Indian in the flesh in my entire life!
Quang