Restorative Art - Facial Markings, Proportions, and Phtographs

Heredity, Age, Environmental, Trauma, Emaciation, Cancer, Corpulence (Obesity), Atrophy, Hypertrophy, and Gravity are all considered..

Factors responsible for facial markings

A crevice in the skin accompanied by adjacent elevations

Furrow

A furrow, wrinkle, or groove

Sulci or Sulcus

An elongated prominence adjoining a surface

Fold

The human body has how many “natural” facial markings at birth

9

They develop through life due to repetitious use of muscles, gravity, environment, heredity, etc.

Acquired Facial Markings

How many acquired facial markings are there?

11

It’s defined as the aesthetically pleasing vision of the human figure as it relates to culture, geographic region, or the historical time period in which it is found.

The Cannon of Beauty

It’s proportions developed over 25 centuries ago in the Greek Culture

The Cannon of Beauty

The harmonious relationship between the face and its’ features

The Cannon of Beauty

It serves as the basis of comparison

The Cannon of Beauty

It is employed as the “norm,” so that differences can be documented

The Cannon of Beauty

The canthi of the eyes is better described as the …

corners of the eyes

The “head” can be divided in half by drawing a horizontal line through the …

canthi of the eyes

A horizontal line through the canthi of the eyes divides the head from the _____ to the ______ exactly in half.

base of the chin; vertex of the cranium

The human face ends at the ______.

hairline

To divide the face into 1/3rds a horizontal line is drawn at the ____, _____, ____, and the ____.

Hairline, the brow line, base of the nose/ear lobes, and the base of the chin.

When the face is divided into thirds, the ears are squarely found in the _______ of the face.

middle third

The bottom 1/3rd of the face can be divided into ______

1/9-ths

To divide the bottom 1/3rd of the face into 1/9ths, a horizontal line is drawn at the ____, _____, _____, and the _______.

Base of the nose, the line of closure of the mouth, the top of the chin, and the base or bottom of the chin.

An “eye width” is the distance from the ______ canthi and the ______ canthi.

medial; lateral

The medial canthi is the _______.

Inner corner of the eye

The lateral canthi is the ______.

Outer portion of the eye

The face is _____ eye widths wide

5

From one medial canthi to the opposite medial canthi is considered how many eye widths wide?

1 (across the bridge of the nose)

From one lateral canthi to the same side of the face is how many eye widths wide?

1

The width of the wings of the nose is considered to be how many eye widths?

1

If one were to draw a vertical line down the center of the each eye to the mouth the lines would intersect at the …

Corners of the mouth

The mouth is considered how many eye widths wide

2

In terms of height, an infant is how many heads high?

4

A 6 year old child is how tall

6 heads

A 12 year old child is how many heads tall

6-1/2 heads

Generally speaking an adult female is how many heads high

7-1/2 heads

Generally speaking a male is how many heads high?

7-1/2 heads

The “average” adult is how many heads high?

7-1/2 to 8 heads

Held parallel, the tip of the index finger to the tip of the thumb is roughly equal to _______ of the face.

1/3rd

The ear passage to the tip of the nose is equal to how many thirds of the face?

2/3rds

The eye brow to the base of the chin is equal to how many 1/3rds of the face?

2/3rds

The hairline to the base of the nose is equal to how many thirds of the face?

2/3rds

Ear passage to ear passage is equal to how many 1/3rds of the face

2/3rds

The frontal view of a photograph reveals…

length and width

The three-quarter (3/4) of a photograph reveals…

fullness

A profile view photograph reveals…

projection and recession

It’s the shallow, curving groove between the medial corner of the eyelids, moving laterally downward.

Oblique Palpebrae Sulcus

It’s the angular area between the posterior margin of the wing of the nose to the side of the mouth.

Nasal Sulcus

It’s the eminence of the cheek and adjacent to the mouth. It extends from the superior part of the posterior margin of the wing of the nose to the side of the mouth.

Nasiolabial Fold

The vertical groove that is located medially on the superior lip. It runs between the columna nasi and the margin of the red lip

Philtrum

The small convex prominence is found lateral to the end of the line of closure of the mouth.

Angularis Oris Eminence

Is the groove found at each end of the line of closure of the mouth.

Angularis Oris Sulcus

It is the junction of the base of the chin and the submandibular area, which may appear as a furrow.

Submental Sulcus

Shallow depressions located on the cheek or chin in a rounded or vertical form.

Dimples

The furrows which cross the forehead, caused by action of the occipitofrontalis muscle.

Transverse Frontal Sulci

The vertical or transverse furrows between the eyes.

Intercilliary Sulci

Is the furrow of the superior border of the upper eyelid.

Superior Palpebrae Sulci

The furrows radiating from the lateral corner of the eye, AKA, Crow’s Feet

Optical Facial Sulci

The furrow of the lower attached border of the inferior palpebrae.

Inferior Palpebrae Sulci

Furrow originating at the superior border of the wing of the nose and extending to the side of the mouth.

Nasolabial Sulci

The vertical furrow of the cheek(s)

Buccofacial Sulci

The vertical furrows of each lip, extending from within the mucous membranes into the integumentary lips.

Linear (Labial) Sulci

The furrow between the jawline, which rises vertically on the cheek.

Mandibular Sulci

Is the transverse, dipping furrow of the neck.

Platysma Sulci

Vertical prominences of the neck, they may be long or short.

Cords of the Neck