From reading this chapter you should have gained a clearer under­standing of how the computer can be put to work as a makeup design tool and how to determine what the elements of your design should be. The importance and relationship of human anatomy to character and creature design should make better sense, as should […]

As our society becomes more and more cultur­ally and ethnically diverse, the impact of "race" is becoming more and more diluted as peoples begin to blend with one another and clearly defined descriptions blur. Race is a traditionally used term that describes major zoological sub­divisions of humankind, regarded as having a common beginning and sharing […]

  FIGURE 2.60 Anatomy of the face. Illustration by Wes Price. Image reproduced by permission of Wes Price; © 2008.   Tranverse frontal lines   Superior orbital groove   Here is a guideline: Wrinkles appear perpendicular to the stretch of the underly­ing muscles. For example, the horizontal (transverse) lines across a forehead are perpendicular to […]

As we grow, our bodies go through a series of remarkable physical changes of which we, as designers, must be acutely aware. The proportional change in the amount of lower face is perhaps the most fundamental aspect of facial growth. For example, as a child grows, the face grows downward and forward; the forehead becomes […]

Physically, there is obvious and readily apparent sexual dimorphism between men and women—that is, differences in shape and size between individuals of dif­fering gender in the same species. In many species, including most mammals, the male is larger than the female. For the most part, that’s true of humans as well; on average, men are […]

In the field of forensic art and illustration there has been a great deal of research into the distinctions of age, gender, and ancestry for the creation—or recreation—of individuals from a variety of infor­mation sources. Whereas a forensic artist could be given the task of helping to identify an indi­vidual from composite drawings, forensic anthro­pologists […]

It should be clear that these descriptions are a gross oversimplification of human anatomy and the proportional relationships between different segments and groupings of the body and that I am merely highlighting some areas of interest that I feel should be considered when you’re designing and creating for our craft. Some very interesting geometric relationships […]

The male and female figures in the following two drawings illustrate standing, sitting, and kneeling relationships. Both are standing at eight head heights (eight male and eight female, respectively), with kneeling height at % standing height and sitting height slightly more than W of standing height. You’ll notice that the female is a bit more […]

Before we can discuss dynamic symmetry of the human body, we need to estab­lish a visual frame of reference for when proportions are mentioned. Anatomical planes are crucial to describing human anatomy in a way that makes it readily understandable to others. Based on a vertical figure facing the observer, let’s compare planes based on […]