Self Portrait - Almost Complete

My first time working with clay. After many re-do's collapses and still lingering technical and structural concerns, it is almost finished. Just a little more refining to do. Tomorrow I have to move it off of the board, which will be quite the feat. I also still have a support in the back that I am nervous to remove because the neck started showing slight signs that there is too much weight on it. I do npt expect it to survive the kiln, but nonetheless this is the most intimate, honest and most important work I have done, especially because I have no experience in 3D art.

Based off of these earlier-posted sketches:
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