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>>3470693
The reverse can also be applied as well.
When you give a realistic face to a realistic body, like explained here: >>3468862 you can give that person a sense of "otherness", meaning that we no longer identify with them, we no longer are with them, and thus we are detached to them. Basically "dehumanizing them" in a way.

When you want your readers to know that a person is "on the other team" you can make that person a realistic face and body to detach the viewers from them.

This is mostly applied to antagonists, villains, monsters, etc, but can be applied to anybody according to the context of your work.

Most American comics often fall in this pitfall, sometimes denying the readers a sense of immersion.