Ladles and jellymoulds, I present Anthony Hampton, illegitimate son of Elizabeth I's Lord Chancellor Christopher Hatton (therefore justifying my subject line, and not just referring to how much of a pain he's been so far), and protagonist of my latest crazy endeavour.
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/Nedraed/3.png)
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/Nedraed/dr1.png)
Before I get any historians crawling up my inaccuracies, this guy is fictional. Just a way of inserting a character into the situation of Elizabethian England in a sort-of high-ish but unacknowledged place.
this looks great, but a couple things look weird to me -- first is the torso seems too thick for what i am guessing is a pretty skinny guy. second is the gradient on the pants doesn't seem to match the shading on the rest of the image. maybe you could try just using 2-3 shades instead of a radial gradient. I love the hat/face/boots. :)
The face is not very clear. I can't tell if he has some weird twirly moustache, or a goatee and a really short face.