Libro: Anatomy of Facial Expressions

Anatomy of Facial Expression is redefining the understanding of the human face, often considered one of the most complex areas of human anatomy. A team of professional artists and medical experts has collaborated to create a book that clarifies this complexity through visual images and examples!

The book reveals how muscles and fat compartments work together to create smile dimples, disgust wrinkles, orange-peel chin, frown lines, and countless other facial features.

If you are interested in:
- Detailed information about facial muscle anatomy and physiology
- How facial muscles function and affect the shape of the face
- Facial fat compartments, connective tissue
- Main gender, age, and ethnicity differences
- Topography of the skull, bony structures, soft tissue, and key landmarks

What's inside:
- Color-coded anatomy illustrations, 3D models, live model images, and side-by-sides
- The three structures behind every facial expression: muscles, ligaments, and fat
- Facial muscles organized by region and the expressions they create
- Facial expressions broken down into Action Units of the Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
- Ethnic, sex, and age comparisons across various facial expression references

Anatomy book for learning and understanding
The book's visual approach makes the subject easier to understand, often giving you those eureka moments! Learn through color-coded 3D models, 2D anatomy illustrations, live model images, and side-by-sides revealing ethnic, sex, and age varieties. More than 90% of the book's content is visual.

Create expressions that provoke real emotions!
Faces are rarely static; knowing how to create a neutral face is only half the job. To create believable emotions, you need to understand the anatomy and facial muscles behind every expression.

Self-explanatory images of facial muscles and expressions
It features 3D renders of facial muscles overlaid onto photographs and photogrammetry scans of neutral and expressive faces. Additionally, it includes images of real people and 3D skull structures.

A structured approach to a complex system
All the muscle groups are carefully distinguished from one another and labeled. The images and text also explain how muscles work and how they affect the surface forms of the face.

From the author Uldis Zarins
Publisher of Anatomy For Sculptors, the bestselling series of anatomy books for artists. Collaboration with Anatomy Next, Inc. team.Uldis Zarins, the author of the series, teaches anatomy at the Art Academy of Latvia and is an award-winning sculptor with more than 25+ years of experience.

• Anatomy book
• Anatomy for artists
• Sculpting Book
• Facial muscles
• Facial expressions