Restorative Art - Facial Proportions Chapter 5

Traingle

Appears significantly wider at the jawline than at the cheekbone and forehead. The forehead is the narrowest feature.

Square

Appears to be short and composed of straight lines. The hairline is often straight.

Inverted triangle

Characterized by a jawline that is narrower than the cheekbone or forehead. The forehead is the widest feature of the face. Eyes are wide-set.

Oblong

Long and narrow. The nose usually long.

Round

Short, with full cheeks and a rounded, fuller jawline and a rounded cranium.

Seven to eight

The average human is how many heads tall?

Vertical/balanced

The chin, forehead, and upper lip all project to an imaginary line. Not any one feature protrudes or recedes more than the other two.

three

The face is how many noses long?

Vertical-convex

The forehead and eyebrows project equally to an imaginary line, and the chin recedes less than the superior mucous membrane.

Vertical-concave

The forehead and eyebrows project to an imaginary line, and the chin protrudes more than the superior mucous membrane.

Concave-convex

The forehead protrudes beyond the eyebrows and the chin recedes from the plane of the upper lip.

Concave-vertical

The forehead protrudes beyond the eyebrows, while the upper lip and chin project equally to an imaginary line.

Concave profile

The forehead protrudes beyond the the eyebrows, and the chin protrudes beyond the infatine retrousse plane of the upper lip

Convex-concave

The forehead recedes from the eyebrows and the chin protrudes beyond the plane of the upper lip.

Convex-vertical

The forehead recedes from the eyebrows, while the chin and upper lip project equally to an imaginary vertical line.

Convex profile

The forehead recedes posteriorly from the eyebrows, while the chin recedes from the plane of the upper lip.

Oval

The ideal head shape

Concave profile

The least common type of facial profiles

Convex profile

The most common facial profile.

eyebrows

The superior border of the ear is on the same plane as this.

Diamond

Wide cheekbones and narrow forehead and jawline. The greatest width is across the cheekbone.