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# Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference for Artists

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Review: Excellent condition and a must have artist's reference! - I bought this book used under the "good" category, meaning one step above heavily used, old and damaged. If I could put a stamp on it I would have put "very good" (and the only reason I can't stamp it higher is because it's been used gently and isn't "like new" meaning no damage or use at all). It's in excellent condition. I highly recommend buying things from Goodwill. Some of them even make donations to Raster Seals or some charity from the sale of what you buy. That out of the way, I clearly bought this because I'm am artist and this is a must have reference for anyone who does really any medium of art that has ant semblance of a human face in it, or monsters or character animals etc. It helps with gestures, expressions glasses sun glasses, hats/headgear of literally any means (ethnic headdress, Sombrero, sports face masks, hats, visors and helmets, snorkel and scuba headgear, safety masks such as gas masks, COVID/medical masks 😷 etc. And it shows them in different positions). There is even a section of two people kissing, a few full pages of them in different types of embrace from the shoulders up which also shows their hands and that's so helpful. There's a section for phonemes. The way different people look when making the sounds words make. Especially vowels. And there's expressions showing different types of emotions, yelling, grimacing anger, laughter, you name it. The book is absolutely packed with 3 pages for each model (sometimes 2) and then examples of absolutely astounding ways artists have used their likeness from one or more of their pictures in their sculpture, comic, painting, drawing... 253 pages of non stop headsets from all different angles with all different expressions from the skull with muscles and without which is really cool all diagramed hen with a page of pictures for each.. And models of all ages of very uniquely different people young and old. The only thing I didn't see was children. That would probably fill another book this size if done by this amazing author. He was VERY kind as to not only thank the models in the front of the book, but he listed all of their contacts should anyone want to use them for more of their work. He also listed all the artists and their websites and contacts and gave them very kind praise for their skill and talent of imagination and creativity. So....this is one heck of a reference that EVERY artist should have on their shelf (mine rarely gets put away which accounts to a lot of the wear you might see in the pictures). Although if your groove is painting watercolor meadows full of beautiful flowers, or oil paintings of giant landscapes, maybe you could pass on this. Otherwise, if you can, don't pass this one up. If I could, I would give it 10 stars. It's absolutely fantastic.
Review: I neglected this gem too long! - My first though on seeing this book was: "What can it give me that looking through magazines or searching on the internet does not?" A lot, as it turns out. I was seriously underestimating the value of having so many pictures of faces in one place. Especially photos showing various angles and extremes of expression -- which can be difficult find in traditional photos. About thirty seconds with this book was enough to make me realize that I will always keep it within easy reach of my art desk. In addition to being a great learning tool, I think this book will be especially useful to cartoonists and comic artists. The extremes of expression make it easy to extrapolate the kind of exaggerated features required for such venues. Included in the book are example cartoons and caricatures based on the photos. Some of these even show the extrapolation to expressive animal faces! No regrets about buying this one. Now I want one for hands and feet too!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #66,183 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #17 in Art Portraits #31 in Human Figure Art (Books) #94 in Figure Drawing Guides |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (856) |
| Dimensions  | 8.97 x 0.68 x 10.75 inches |
| Edition  | First Edition |
| ISBN-10  | 0823016714 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0823016716 |
| Item Weight  | 1.62 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 256 pages |
| Publication date  | June 1, 2005 |
| Publisher  | Watson-Guptill |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent condition and a must have artist's reference!
*by S***R on August 12, 2021*

I bought this book used under the "good" category, meaning one step above heavily used, old and damaged. If I could put a stamp on it I would have put "very good" (and the only reason I can't stamp it higher is because it's been used gently and isn't "like new" meaning no damage or use at all). It's in excellent condition. I highly recommend buying things from Goodwill. Some of them even make donations to Raster Seals or some charity from the sale of what you buy. That out of the way, I clearly bought this because I'm am artist and this is a must have reference for anyone who does really any medium of art that has ant semblance of a human face in it, or monsters or character animals etc. It helps with gestures, expressions glasses sun glasses, hats/headgear of literally any means (ethnic headdress, Sombrero, sports face masks, hats, visors and helmets, snorkel and scuba headgear, safety masks such as gas masks, COVID/medical masks 😷 etc. And it shows them in different positions). There is even a section of two people kissing, a few full pages of them in different types of embrace from the shoulders up which also shows their hands and that's so helpful. There's a section for phonemes. The way different people look when making the sounds words make. Especially vowels. And there's expressions showing different types of emotions, yelling, grimacing anger, laughter, you name it. The book is absolutely packed with 3 pages for each model (sometimes 2) and then examples of absolutely astounding ways artists have used their likeness from one or more of their pictures in their sculpture, comic, painting, drawing... 253 pages of non stop headsets from all different angles with all different expressions from the skull with muscles and without which is really cool all diagramed hen with a page of pictures for each.. And models of all ages of very uniquely different people young and old. The only thing I didn't see was children. That would probably fill another book this size if done by this amazing author. He was VERY kind as to not only thank the models in the front of the book, but he listed all of their contacts should anyone want to use them for more of their work. He also listed all the artists and their websites and contacts and gave them very kind praise for their skill and talent of imagination and creativity. So....this is one heck of a reference that EVERY artist should have on their shelf (mine rarely gets put away which accounts to a lot of the wear you might see in the pictures). Although if your groove is painting watercolor meadows full of beautiful flowers, or oil paintings of giant landscapes, maybe you could pass on this. Otherwise, if you can, don't pass this one up. If I could, I would give it 10 stars. It's absolutely fantastic.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I neglected this gem too long!
*by K***R on May 11, 2007*

My first though on seeing this book was: "What can it give me that looking through magazines or searching on the internet does not?" A lot, as it turns out. I was seriously underestimating the value of having so many pictures of faces in one place. Especially photos showing various angles and extremes of expression -- which can be difficult find in traditional photos. About thirty seconds with this book was enough to make me realize that I will always keep it within easy reach of my art desk. In addition to being a great learning tool, I think this book will be especially useful to cartoonists and comic artists. The extremes of expression make it easy to extrapolate the kind of exaggerated features required for such venues. Included in the book are example cartoons and caricatures based on the photos. Some of these even show the extrapolation to expressive animal faces! No regrets about buying this one. Now I want one for hands and feet too!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very important book for all kind of Artist, Illustrator, designer...
*by C***O on April 9, 2025*

I love it so much! and thank you Mark Simon for doing this! Because you can see the differnt expression: sad, joy, mad... All kind of expression, in one book! This book have a tons of facial expressions and different ethnic people, so you can drawing, painting, and practice expression. And it's very important for practicing the multiples expressions. But unfortunately the details in their faces are not clear, I can't see the details, like the details of the nose, the shadows are very dim, don't have much contrast. The size of each heads are little... And it's a very good book, but I can't see the details. It's very hard to see it. So, for drawing with a good shadows and contrast, the book it's not have it. But I recommend this for a variety things that you can do.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference for Artists
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