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It was an interesting read, but I'm frustrated at how link baity the title is. There actually was no discussion of how "beautiful people" are hard to draw. Rea

• Steko 11y ago
  It was in the Tom Brady section. You know what's hardest to draw? Beautiful people. Reproducing beauty is hard. Beauty is usually based on very fine, careful proportions with no irregularities. There are a couple judges who are just too handsome or too pretty. It's a challenge going in to draw them. It's a challenge to get a good likeness of them. A lot of beautiful people are just bland.
  • mirimir 11y ago
    Yes, some "beautiful people" are bland, with very symmetrical features, etc. What seems to matter is some mix of averageness, and ratios of feature sizes and arrangement.[0,1] But I've also noticed that some strikingly beautiful people not at all like that. And in some contexts, they can be just as dramatically ugly. [0] http://petapixel.com/2013/05/28/what-averaged-face-photographs-reveal-about-human-beauty/ http://petapixel.com/2013/05/28/what-averaged-face-photograp... [1] http://faceresearch.org/students/averageness http://faceresearch.org/students/averageness