/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3807182
was it this? or something else

>>3468555
Scott McCloud explained it on his book "Understanding Comics."

Basically: the more simpler the face, the more people are gonna identify with it.
When we begin to go into details, we start to recognize things as specific, and therefore, not-belonging to us.

For example, take Nick Fury from the Ultimate Marvel comics. We can clearly see that he's Samuel Jackson, not us, so he's a person on his own.
Now take Mickey Mouse. Even through he's a mouse we identify with him because his face is just a couple of dots and a mouth (in other words, non-specific), which allows people to reflect themselves on him.

We as humans have a very, VERY sketchy view of our faces, given that we don't see it very often, so all that sticks to us is the basic locations of the face, nose, ears and mouth. The very basics.
Fill these basics with simple details and you've got a familiar face for almost every human.

This is why manga faces are very simplistic.