I can't quite put my finger on what it is I don't like about this, it might be the fact that on the dark backgound with the white print the buddha looks like he's giving a sly glance to something to one side! and the budda just seems a bit blobby to me.
Yes the shadowing on the buddha does not seem quite right. I like it without shadowing. And I like the buddha better all in white, on a darker shirt background. The red shirt looks good.
And it's the hat that was throwing me off at first. I looked up images of buddhas on the web, and the hat is not shaped right. I think I would delete the hat totally. I like the bald buddhas with the round head and chubby cheeks best. :)
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