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Isabella Hart · 2026-07-18T03:11:16.602Z

Any anatomy corrections on the face and neck would be appreciated. I’ve not done portrait work before so I don’t have an eye for stylization or colors yet either. (Not focused on the hair right now). Reference is one of the first images that comes up on google for “Frankenstein 2025”

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