#PERFECT FACE TEMPLATE PROCREATE SKIN#

The brows were left untouched because they slope at an angle that is just about perfect and they are also quite well placed. Again, we want to keep the eyes fairly symmetrical, so any glaring differences should be corrected. We needed to make small adjustments to the eyelids, because the eye on the left has an eyelid that slightly droops at an angle steeper then the right eye. They are perfectly spaced and the exact shape and size they need to be. Our model happens to have a great pair of eyes. The length of the nose however is right on point, so we do not need to make any changes there. The bridge is a little wide, and it curves slightly towards the right. In our example here, the right side of the nose is ever so slightly higher then the left. You want to focus on slimming the bridge of the nose and straightening any curvature it may have. The nose should be kept as symmetrical as possible. This is something you could further emphasize with dodging and burning to create the right protrusion of the chin and jaw area. The face anatomy mask has a good guideline with rings around the chin area to give you a sense of perspective and how gradual the slope should be. Not too much, or it will be pointy, but as we soften this models wide jaw, we don't want the chin to become overbearing. While we are changing the shape of the jaw, we also want to minimize the chin ever so slightly. This is something that is extremely important in commercial photography because we want the face to be inviting and warm. By softening the jaw and bringing it in line with the face anatomy mask we instantly get a more feminine and friendly face.

This face shape is good for portraying a strong and dominant personality but it can also be interpreted as mean and angry. Our model has a very wide jaw giving her a rectangular face. This is where we see the biggest difference between our model and the face anatomy mask. Let's break it down, point by point, on the areas of focus. Not too bad actually, but there is clearly room for improvement. Let's get started! This is the original image we will be working with.Īs you can see, our model has striking features, but how do they stack up to the 'perfect' face anatomy?

With this mask we can begin to understand face anatomy and make focused changes that will actually benefit our images. This can easily lead to unrealistic results that don't make the face any more pleasing then before we started.

Many people will simply go ahead and slim the face without any regard for proportion. The face anatomy mask provided here can serve as a guideline to help you visualize the changes you need to make with the liquify tool in order to achieve a pleasing result. Keep your eye out for the very interesting tidbits about the golden ratio's in face structure, which as some of you may know, also apply to photography in general: So What Can We Do With This Mask? I won't get into all the nitty gritty here, because I want to keep this article somewhat concise, but if you follow the link I provide here you can read all about how this face anatomy was determined to be the 'one'. Makes it seem a little cold and robotic doesn't it? However, our brains really do like order and proportions, so it would make complete sense that a face anatomy which conforms to our ideas of order and good proportions would be deemed as 'beautiful'. Everything from the proportion of the lips to the distance between the eyes has been precisely calculated. Well according to many experts, this is it:Īfter many years of research and studies, some facial experts have determined this mask to represent what our brains deem as 'beautiful'. I only hope to show you the direction this photo could take.

#PERFECT FACE TEMPLATE PROCREATE SKIN#

Also, keep in mind, that while I did do some minor skin correction and color adjustments, this is far from a retouched photo. But because this image would have been discarded, it serves our purpose quite well. It is a 100% crop from a much larger image and it was just a lighting test, so the quality ain't the greatest. The image I have chosen to work with here is from a recent shoot. In this article, I want to explore with you what some experts deem to be the 'perfect' face anatomy, and how we can take a regular face that doesn't exactly conform to this standard and turn it into one that does using Photoshop's liquify tool.

Perfect face template procreate