Portrait of my father

[ClayJ]

Portraits continue to elude me.  I've fiddled for hours trying to create an image of my father, but I always seem to loose the twinkle in his eye and hint of a grin in this picture.  He comes out looking stodgy and mad.  And that's before I even start trying to make it into a cuttable image.  Could I get a hand here please?

[EIEIO]

See how this looks to you...He looks kind of tough - we better get it right!

[ClayJ]

I tweaked it just a bit to try to put more smile in it.  It helped some, but I might have to make the smile more obvious.  If anyone else wants to try a pattern, please do.

[EIEIO]

nice cutting. BTW - you're welcome.

[frankorona]

EIEIO: wonderful pattern.
ClayJ: Great job, loooks very well done, thanks for sharing.

[cdrover(Clyde)]

I think your cutting of the pattern is great, you can see the hint of a smile. Sorta makes you wonder what he was thinking. Good job.

[Joleet]

Hi Clay....I gave him a shot for a different take....Nice Pattern Ray and an excellent cutting Clay.

[Tomsunnu]

Ray , very nice pattern considering the quality of the picture and nicely cut CJ.
Ron ,nice patten as well.
Thanks for helping out.