Blossom, what a thrill to hear from you! I'm so glad you thought the face was a good choice. I tried several, but this one was the *clear* favourite.

You saved both versions? So did I. As I emailed jan-u-wine, it was terrible making up my mind which to post. As a work of craftsmanship, I much preferred the one with the hair revised. It really was a total blooper not to have done something with that area of the manip after I had reconstructed the collar under the original Narcissus' hanging lock of hair. But after I had done the revision, when I compared them, *even though the faces were exactly the same*, I found the one with the corrected hair missing to be the more poignant picture. Maybe because, like the dirt on his face, he looked more dishevelled? I don't know. But I settled on posting the revised version. Most viewers wouldn't even know there'd been a switch, I know. Just a compulsive, I guess. *g*

I am so pleased you enjoyed and valued this post, Blossom, manip and poem. I think it's one of this LJ's better contributions to Frodo Appreciation. *g*