Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Stacking Forms - Head/Face

Hi everyone,

I've used the head to show how stacking forms work.   The 3 main forms can be pulled, stretched and combined to create types even before you drop in any features.  This is where the strength of any character lies - In it's shape and silhouette.  Features are mostly decoration.

Applying this idea can help design a characters qualities.


The different facial characteristics can be simplified into basic face shapes.  Square, Triangle, Circle and combinations of these. Any character you start with has a type.


The Reilly Abstraction is an advanced form of this idea and uses rhythms to relate the structure and muscle forms across the face.

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