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Three-Quarter View Face: Reference Photos and What Changes
Reference photos of a face in three-quarter view: the head turned between forty and seventy degrees away from the camera, the chin level. Each photo below is a real person at that angle, with the landmarks that move listed underneath. Open the same search in Angle Ref to turn the angle yourself.
Zulfugar Karimov, Unsplash License 
Boston City Archives, CC BY 
Lượn Production Team, CC BY 
Dave Morton, Public Domain Mark 
Miguel Discart & Kiri Karma (Photos Vrac), CC BY-SA sammy swae, Unsplash License 
istolethetv, CC BY Olena Bohovyk, Unsplash License 
Instant Vantage, CC BY-SA 
teltone, CC BY-SA İsmail Efe Top, Unsplash License 
James Blair - NASA - JSC, U.S. Government Work (NASA)
What changes at this angle
- The far eye reads narrower than the near eye. Compare the two eye openings side by side; the one nearer the edge of the face is shorter across.
- The near ear is fully visible and the far ear is hidden or shows only its rim. Only one ear shows; if any of the second ear appears it is a thin edge behind the far cheek.
- The centre line of the face, from between the brows down the nose to the chin, sits much nearer the far edge than the near edge. Measure from the nose bridge to each side of the face; the far side is the short one.
- The side plane of the head opens up between the near eye and the near ear, showing the temple and cheek as a wide area. The distance from the near eye's outer corner to the ear is wider than one eye.
- The far brow reads shorter than the near brow and curves around the edge of the head. The far brow ends at or near the outline of the face.
What goes wrong
- Drawing both eyes the same width and only moving them across the face: the far eye is narrower.
- Drawing a second full ear on the far side of the head: only the rim of the far ear shows, if anything.
- Placing the nose and mouth centre in the middle of the head's width: the centre line sits nearer the far edge.
- Placing the near ear right beside the eye as in a front view: the side plane opens between them.
Try it
Open the same angle in the head search and turn the skull to see the full set of results.