Facial Expressions Babies to Teens: A Visual Reference for Artists Paperback – June 10, 2008

I actually find this book very useful and refer to it a good deal.They're kids, and kids make faces, so while, yes, these photos are posed, the kids are just doing what kids do - and having genuine fun at it, so I find the whole thing remarkably helpful.

Apparently a lot of grievance against this book is the gray scale photos. As most modern digital art is shaded in grays and then color added, you will Absolutely Find this Book Amazing! Don't smirk at the "used good" this is a valuable tool at drawing children and understanding how light plays on the soft featured faces. It has great angles, features many ethnicities and ages, and will help you as a creator capture what your imagination is showing you. References make you a better artist, they don't detract from your style- which is literally informed by how you learned to hold a pencil and comfort from shoulder to finger tip. Books always are gift-able especially in this Age of AI. Nothing in this book is computer generated, making it a solid reference choice.

The pictures inside this book are so good and pretty good enough for artist who want to really understand or study the structure of kids' faces.And the variations of expression are excellent.

A ton of good photos to work from here. As always you may never find just the right photo to work from but with this many photos in one book you will come much closer to finding what your looking for.I could cry about the printing being to dark or wine about some of the grainy pics but hay for this price and not having to put up with a real brat and there over baring mother this is worth it (thats a joke honey).I have drawn a bunch of kids from life and most kind of like it but to get anyone to hold those cool odd faces is not being realistic.I have used the other face book more then you might think and sure hope to use this one as much.This book just makes my giggle every time I pick it up with the goofy faces these kids come up with.When I can't work from life a book like this is just what I need.

This is a great book for reference for artists and illustrators. There is no text, only photos and some characteritures of children from babies to teens of all nationalities and races. Such a great idea for a quick reference guide. It is very handy and well worth the price.

This is focused on faces of kids from toddlers to teenagers. Great collection all in black and white.

I own both Facial Expression books by Mr. Simon and for such a popular series you'd think they'd invest in a better photographer or a better camera. A lot of the photos, especially in this edition are very blurry and grainy. Though you don't need super well-taken photos to capture someone's facial expression it would have been nice if they would have upped the quality in this edition. I imagine it is difficult to direct children, but a lot of the expressions used were very similar too. This version has about the same amount of photos as the last, but they are a bit larger. I believe they made this change because one page after each person captured wasn't reserved for an illustration. This was a welcome change for me because a lot of the artists used in the previous book did sub-par work and some only re-drew the photograph of the person without applying the facial expression to something less obvious like an object or a fictional character. Overall, my satisfaction with this book is mixed. The first edition was far better because of the image quality, but it is nice to have references of children's expressions. Having little books to compare these 2 to, I had to give this 3 stars.

This book is fantastic for any artist working with people, love the age progression section in the back and it's great how the book has a variety of children of different ethnic backgrounds. A really great book to add to your reference library