I recently have seen other drawings taken from photographic pictures, and these were - alas! - "dead". They destroyed the vividness of the photo.
Here, I'm not sure if there was a photo or just a mirror, and it doesn't really matter, because your drawing is not only skillful but vivid and expressive. You "catched" your aura. The look of the eyes seems to glow out of the screen I'm looking on. Wow!
Thank you for your perceptive comments, ty-ty. In this case, as in most others, there was no photo, only a mirror. I appreciate your insight.