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Just documenting the efforts of Jay_Cup who is/was working on face gen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9DzmO47Avw

(From IRC conversation 18 Mars 2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArTSiVFefWk

(From IRC conversation 25 Mars 2019)

At the time of writing, Jay_Cup was last seen on IRC 30th Mars.

They are pretty awesome concepts.

Please get this mod going. This is the way it should be done.

Here is my reworked version of the Facegen system I have been working on. It took me a few failures to come up with a system that would actually work. I'd love to hear what you all think about it so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcK9LVUZzJI

Sorry for the slow reply!
I think this version is nice, and feels much more natural than the previous attempts.
I do like this minimalistic approach. I also like the 3/4 angle of them, much more natural than a front shot.
I have a couple of notes:

• I think a bit of perspective on the left eye (from our pov) would look nicer with the shape adhering to the perspective a bit more (did not do that on the paintover)
• Mouths feel a bit floaty, as if they are not part of the face. It is partly a shape issue, and partly shading. Shading the upper lips darker, and adding a bit of shading to the underside of the lower lip helps a lot.
• I think the mouths and noses would benefit form a bit of proportion tuning. The noses could be a bit shorter, and then the mouths could move up a bit. And they could be shifted to the right a bit, to better show the perspective.
• The shape of the mouths could also show that perspective and the shape of the head more. And some would look better being a bit bigger in my opinion. (At least for the one I painted over).
• The nose would benefit from some shadow under the tip of the nose
• The eyes feel a bit out of place. Their shape language is a bit different from the head shapes and other details.
• I'd think about changing the gray shading on the skin to something more of a darker skin tone. It makes them feel a little dead.
• On the bellow paintover, I've also reduced the size of the top of the head, I think it was too big.

I think most of these faces could feel more natural with similar proportion tweaks to.
I did a quick and dirty paintover:

Oh, and a trick: flipping the image can be quite helpful when it comes to proportions. Much easier to spot these subtle issues that way, since you can look at the image with a somewhat fresh eye:

Thank you for taking the time to look them over. These are great points that I will take into account when revisiting the system in the future.