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#1: Heather M (AuntieH) on Jan 9, 2014

I honestly enjoyed this puzzle!

thanks Heather :)

a sad abe lincoln :(

wow.... you recognized it :)

of course :)

Very good puzzle Tom! A great challenge

thx Susan :)
I wonder if Kristen will like it.

Super nice Tom.:)

Not bad. Abe has one of those iconic faces that can be made in a very small grid and still be recognizable.

If you want it to look like an actual portrait (not a charicature), you have to be very careful with proportion. The eyes are in the center of the head, with as much space from eyes to crown as from eyes to chin, and the tops of the ears are level with the eyes.

thx Aldege
thx Kristen for your advice. So if I gave him more hair, on top, that would satisfy the look?

Enjoyed the solve!

thx Jota ..it took awhile

Once the initial LL is stuck, work on some 2-way logic focusing in the upper-left corner:
C5: R4-5 are blank to avoid a contradiction in C6
R4: C7-9 are blank to avoid a contradiction in R6

You can get pretty far after this with LL, though there's a tricky dot the Hint doesn't catch in R19.

Finally use some edge logic on the 7 clue in R29 to blank out R29C21.

Line logic to finish.

thanks Wombat

very recognizable! pretty good, T

naw, I think she's saying that the eyes need to move down more towards center(ie bigger forehead)...

K's the portrait-master, but a helpful hint for making them is to start with the eyes. get those to look how you want, then work the grid outwards from there. (if you're working in proportion to the rest of the face, the eyes will determine grid size needed)

thx Kurt :)

He looks like he can't believe it

Great image. Very tough solve with no guessing.

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