Character Portrait Tutorial

Well i've decided to make a tutorial about something i actually know something about. that made no sense. forgive me it's 2 AM. I spent a great deal too much time on this, and had a great deal too much fun. I am by no means an expert, but i hope this is helpful to someone.
if you do anything with it, please show it to me! (and link back to the tutorial, dur)
oh and i forgot to mention in the actual tutorial- this is all done on OpenCanvas 1.1. just for the record.
i know i had something else to say but i can't for the life of me remember what it was.