Impressive. HyperRealistic in the sense that it's real + added extras ontop. So in that case, maybe not as realistic as you had in mind but I'll give you an example. I did this in Photoshop (Not for toribash) just for fun.
I'd really love something along the lines of that being implemented. Kind of like floral patterns coming off each eye with a bit of highlighting here and there.
The wip: I particularly like the ears (So far) and think it'd be great to see the hair maybe flow around behind the ears neatly - I'm sorry, this was my mistake for not saying in the original post. And would it be too late to ask for the hair to not cover the other eye? Other then that, I can see this escalating to a high quality piece. So thank you for your effort.
I'll say this once again: I WILL be buying ANY head made from the request if it's worthy and meets the requirements, regardless of how many different ones get submitted. So - to those that considered this request, don't back down. You won't be 'Outmatched' by other artists for this project. Entries will only get judged independently.