Facial Expressions
A Visual Reference for Artists
Mark Simon
ISBN: 0-8230-1671-4
Watson-Guptill
Book (Paperback)
9 X 10 3/4
256 pages
2,500 black and white illustrations
May 2005

All artists are tired of persuading their nearest and dearest to look sad...look glad...look mad...madder...no, even madder...okay, hold it. For those artists (and their long— suffering friends), here is the best book ever. Facial Expressions includes more than 2,500 photographs of 50 faces— men and women of a variety of ages, shapes, sizes, and ethnicities—each demonstrating a wide range of emotions and shown from multiple angles. Who can use this book? Oh, only every artist on the planet, including art students, illustrators, fine artists, animators, storyboarders, and comic book artists. But wait, there's more! Additional photos focus on people wearing hats and couples kissing, while illustrations show skull anatomy and facial musculature. Still not enough? How about a one—of—a—kind series of photos of lips pronouncing the phonemes used in human speech? Animators will swoon—and artists will show a range of facial expressions from happy to happiest to ecstatic.

• More than 2,500 photographs of 50 faces showing a variety of facial expressions
• Priceless visual reference, sensible pricing
• Artistic inspiration and pratical ideas
• Complete gallary of lips pronouncing essential phonemes of human speech-an animator must have

Mark Simon is the cofounder of A&S Animation, a cel animation house, and Animatics & Storyboards, the largest storyboard house in the South. The A&S team has designed sets and special effects on live—action feature films as well as produced award—winning shorts, commercials, and shows for Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. The author of two previous books on animation, he lives in Orlando.