This fails on so many levels...

But, there's something about the technique used that's interesting. I think the proportions are off and that's why it looks bad. Face has uncanny valley effect, but that's not the problem here, exactly. In any case, there is something intriguing here, so it might be worth showing off.

Been painting.

Borrowed a digital camera, better picture. Also, final changes

Old picture's here, too.
Webcam is a webcam. Oh well. I started this painting some years back... it seems this year, I'm finishing it. I think I might tweak it a bit more, but I think it's more or less done.

something re-done in black and white.

Yeah. Not chiaroscuro, per se.. I'd probably like something of a background, here, but as you know, I'm lazy.

I think I almost managed to retain the essential charm of the image, though.

This reminds me, Ben used to bug me to make things neater and cleaner and less fuzzy... I generally work from, sort of blurry towards sharper.