Just finished this one today. It was a custom job for a dude. I'm pretty happy with results and wanted to share my WIPS with y'all.

Pretty good, the only flaw I see is that it's a little off in the back you have a line going up it. Other than that good job

Thanks guys!

Line::: thats actually the war paint but it totally looks like a seam. Ill put more paint down so it looks better

Spinny::: idk how to do that in photoshop elements. I know how to animate gifs but not automated like i think gimp does anyone know of a pse plugin?

I work 512. Ill do a 1024 for the top of the head and use polar distortion so that u dont get the crazy distortion at the north pole of the head.

Usually for the L and R edges i make the back one solid piece then cut in half and move the seamless pieces to the appropriate side.

I did have a weird 1 pixel seam once using that 1024 polar distortion trick. In fact, the clockwork 8 head i own also shows that 1 pixel seam. But it ssems to show up randomly. Ill post a pic of what i mean in a bit

The only flaw I see is that the face is lop sided
Try to fix that

I meant the line below the headband, I knew the line above was war paint.

Natejas::: how do u mean lopsided? Im not seeing it... But the mouth is maybe a little crooked and lit kinda not exactly right. Is that what u mean?

Osiris::: below the band is supposed to be war paint. But agreed. It looks like a seam.

How do yall feel about the mixing of styles. The crown is sorta Celtic with a realistic illustration style, the face is more manga, and the warpaint is like a third oddity. Do u feel they mesh okay? I have some doubts about the heavy outline around the crown to be honest.