Senior Character Artist Georgian Avasilcutei offers a video tutorial designed for digital sculptors and covering the basics of human facial anatomy, from bone structure to muscles and fat pads.

With over 20 years of experience in the 3D industry and 15 in the game development field, known for working on such projects as Dishonored 2 and Life is Strange, Georgian Avasilcutei is a 3D Character Artist with plenty of knowledge in the adjacent fields. He's been also running a mentorship for more than 3 years and frequently makes various tutorials and other educational materials on ArtStation.

As a Character Artist, he's particularly great at realistic portraits. Have a look at some of his works below:

Naturally, he's just as good at sculpting stylized faces:

If you're looking to sharpen your head sculpting skills and get a better grip on human anatomy, Georgian Avasilcutei's video tutorial on facial anatomy is a great place to start.

It covers the basics starting from bone structure, discusses the influence it has on the final surface, and consists of five videos divided into several chapters: Intro, Bone Structure, The Face Muscles, Fat Pads, and Conclusion.

The tutorial comes with a ZBrush file that includes the male and female skulls on which Georgian Avasilcutei is going to explain the basic bone structure and the anatomical figure which gives you an easy way to identify each muscle and fat pad. There's also a PureRef file with more anatomy references and examples. 

Georgian Avasilcutei's Facial Anatomy Tutorial is available on ArtStation at $65.70.

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