would y'all happen to know of any databases/collections of photos or art references of people with facial differences? maybe in the vein of FatPhotoRef (a website with self-submitted pose references with fat models)?
I'm a learning visual artist and I've found one of the best ways for me to hone some aspect of drawing is to do timed sketches from photo references. I'm going to focus on facial expression soonish and want to cover people with various facial differences as well as the typically non-facial-difference-having models on mainstream reference sites. Any resources would be appreciated--even just non-art-focused websites with lots of neutral/positive photos of people with facial differences that I can sketch!
Thanks for all the work you do!
The closest one to what you describe is probably Positive Exposure, which aims to photograph and portray all kinds of disabled people (not just visibly disabled) in a less medicalized/dehumanizing way. If you know which conditions cause facial differences then you can go through their albums and pick some of them out - there's a ton of them. The one I linked goes to their ichthyosis shoot.
Here are some other photo resources I do know of, but just be aware they might be underwhelming for what you're looking for;
Portrait Positive - focuses on women with facial and bodily differences;
HOW DO YOU C ME NOW? - focuses on people with large birthmarks;
Here I Am - focuses on adults and seniors with Down Syndrome;
About Face - focuses on people with various kinds of facial paralysis, mostly Bell's palsy
Classic Stock Photo Website - exactly what it says.
These are video resources, obviously less convenient, but you can try screenshotting and redrawing a shot that you like;
I Am More Than Just Your Villain
AboutFace's Awareness Videos (unrelated to the other link named similarly)
Outside these you can always try looking for models/actors with facial differences. Some you can look up include Adam Pearson, Catrin Pugh, Austin Halls, Justin Stewart, Alison Midstokke, Loide Ndemueda, or Turia Pitt.
I hope this helps! Good luck drawing
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