Yeah, even with c/p, every artists has their own style (oh the irony)
Cuz I can definitely tell the difference between this and vermine's heads. They just have different feels in how the artists interprets shapes or maps them.
If you do decide to do more manip, remember that a large part of it also depends on willingness to edit the shading in the final product yourself. Maybe smoothen it out, accentuate it, or merge some parts together.
Cuz I think that way, it opens up a gate into hand drawing the stuff yourself. Which I'm highly biased toward ^_^