Free & Downloadable Vintage Facial Anatomy Books
4 free downloadable vintage facial anatomy books with epic visuals
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Facial Blanching and Blood Flow
A deep dive into facial blanching: what it is, why it happens, and how to spot the difference between generalized and localized blanching in behavior and facial animation.
Squishy Faces & Expressions
Facial volume is neither created nor destroyed.
Upper Lip Raiser vs. Nasolabial Furrow Deepener​​
In the land of facial expressions, there are many, many facial actions that are easy to confuse and difficult to tell apart. Among the contenders for most-difficult-to-distinguish-facial-actions are two upper lip elevators known as upper lip raiser and nasolabial furrow deepener. (These terms are defined by the Facial Action Coding System – FACS.)
Stylized Facial Expression Design
Many facial movements look similar but differ in core ways. When we read faces, we rely on subtle differences to interpret expressions and their meaning. Because your audience will be likening your character’s facial expressions to what they already know and have experienced, you want your character to be readable – to be relatable.
/p/ /b/ /m/ Bilabial Visemes & the Importance of Asymmetry
How our natural facial asymmetries come through in speech and serve an important role in achieving natural facial movements and authenticity in viseme production.