Edgar Allen Poe, as a Bungo Street Dogs Character, gives the viewer a catty look. "I use too much subtext in my stories? Do you want me to spoon-feed it to you? The whole point of a mystery is for the readers to figure it out themselves!"
Do You Want It Spoon-fed to You?
Before colors adjusted
Just background objects colored, hair color adjusted
Foreground colors complete but not adjusted
Darkening the shadows under the eye
First pass at skintone
Starting to color, keeping wrinkle texture in mind