Refining the head

In this section, you will continue to refine the face, plus you will learn about the characteristics of the various facial features and the role that the skull, muscles, and fat deposits play in the shapes of these features.

Again, studying reference material and keeping the facial anatomy in mind will help you create a more realistic and visually appealing head.

Figure 11.8 – Skull, muscles, and fat of the face

Also note that this project is based on a Caucasian woman. Differences in the proportions and shapes of skulls in other ethnicities give their faces a different appearance, so you might have to find extra reference pictures and look at the specific development of each facial feature more closely. However, the underlying anatomy is similar, and the information can still be used to sculpt a more believable head.

Here, you can observe differences between a European, Asian, and African skull:

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