Product Description
All artists are tired of persuading their nearest and dearest to look sad…look glad…look mad…madder…no, even madder…okay, hold it. For those artists (and their long-suffering friends), here is the best book ever. Facial Expressions includes more than 2,500 photographs of 50 faces—men and women of a variety of ages, shapes, sizes, and ethnicities—each demonstrating a wide range of emotions and shown from multiple angles. Who can use this book? Oh, only every artist on the planet, including art students, illustrators, fine artists, animators, storyboarders, and comic book artists. But wait, there’s more! Additional photos focus on people wearing hats and couples kissing, while illustrations show skull anatomy and facial musculature. Still not enough? How about a one-of-a-kind series of photos of lips pronouncing the phonemes used in human speech? Animators will swoon—and artists will show a range of facial expressions from happy to happiest to ecstatic.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 50 reviews)

Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference for Artists by sebastian pape

5 Stars
August 30, 2009
I'd most definitely recommend this to anyone who draws characters or people, it's an extremely useful book.

Top notch for face close ups. by JaySeaAre (Kalamazoo, MI USA)

4 Stars
August 20, 2009
You can judge this book by its cover. No full body visual reference, just faces.

A Wonderful Resource for Cartoonists and Comic Book Artists alike by John Joyce (Dublin, Ireland)

5 Stars
March 17, 2009
Virtually Maria (Virtual Trilogy) I came across this book when I was looking for reference material to illustrate my Captain Cockle childrens' books and have kept it near my drawing board ever since. What I like about it is that it gives a very wide range of material in terms of expressions, angles and different ages that I have not come across in any other book of its type. It also uniquely shows some examples of how some of the photos have been turned into caricatures or cartoons (both of humans and animals) that give an interesting insight into how they might be used. My only criticism (which I see I share with a few other reviewers) is that it is difficult to lay this book down on a drawing table without it flipping shut again due to its paperback format. Spiral binding would have been better, but that's a small price to pay for such a valuable resource. I look forward to a companion manual perhaps on figures, hands or activities.

Good visuals by Mike (USA)

4 Stars
February 24, 2009
This book is all about imagery. If profile facial images are what you want, this book is for you. Has a good mix of different people with different race, age, gender...etc. Would recommend it.

Judith Hamilton "buggin" Janesville, Wisc. USA by Judith K. Hamilton (Janesville, WI USA)

3 Stars
January 14, 2009
Endless supply of pictures of facial expressions but no instruction for beginners. Good for more experience artists.

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