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FACIAL
MORPH
SAMPLE REPORT // MARQUARDT MORPH
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Last Updated 2022 Feb
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GLOSSARY

Fig 1: Soft Tissue Facial Landmarks.

1. Inter-pupilar width Lateral - of, at, towards, or from the side or sides
2. Inter-canthal width Medial - pertaining to the middle; in or toward the
3. Bi-zygomatic width middle
4. Nasal width Ipsilateral - belonging to or occurring on the same
5. Philtrum width side of the body
6. Mouth width
7. Bi-gonial width The basic facial landmarks needed to understand the
8. Helical Distance concepts covered in this report have been outlined in
9. Bi-temporal width Fig. 1 above. The remaining parameters not
10. Total face length mentioned here are explained individually in greater
detail throughout.
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FOREWORD
The Marquardt Morph, developed by Dr Stephen
Marquardt is a 'geometric' mask that aims to
design a face using golden ratio ideals.
Immediately you may think that this is
nonsense, and quite frankly, we think so too.
However, in our pursuit of trying to find
'perfect' we find 'excellent' and so the usage of
this mask allows us to gain some key details in
how to make a face more attractive.
Criticisms of the mask include that it gives the
face shape of a masculinized European woman
(E.Holland 2008, Pitfalls of Relying on Fashion
Models...). We certainly agree with this,
however, by design or concidence, this is also
the face shape that is highly preferrential in
mainstream modelling; sharp dentofacial
features, with angularity and leanness and a
hint of feminine softness, is heavily preferred
for both men and women in pop-culture media.
As such, we find the usage of the mask
somewhat acceptable by Western standards, as
it is not too far off from the beauty standards
established in these regions. The mask also
comes in 3 forms, for 3 racial groups: East
Asian, Caucasian and African, and the large
part of the world's facial phenotypes fall into
one of these 3.
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In our practise, we do not fall the Mask blindly.
Instead using our expertise of facial aesthetics
to use the mask as a guide, and stopping where
necessary to not dive into the realm of the
uncanny. What customers find most beneficial
are the hair and beard morphs, along with
masculinization or feminization changes, rather
than the mask itself, which is more of a novelty.
In the past, the mask was used to superimpose
on a person's photo to find the 'goodness' of fit,
however, we do the reverse and make the
person fit the mask, a task that would not be
possible sans Photoshop. In doing so, we can
also recommend surgical or non-surgical ways
to achieve this look if it is so desirable, although
we rarely agree that the produce of the mask is
worth the effort. As such, we also produce a
more 'realistic' toned-down version that can be
achieved with less intensive changes and also
looks better.
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MORPH HISTORY

Fig 2 - Before / After Comparison.

Unrealistic morph produced by fully
following the Marquardt Mask.
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MORPH HISTORY

Fig 3 - Before / After Comparison. Hair and

beard applied to the 'unrealistic' morph
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MORPH HISTORY

Fig 4 - Before / After Comparison.

Unrealistic morph produced by fully
following the Marquardt Mask.
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MORPH HISTORY

Fig 5 - Before / After Comparison. Morph

with shaved head and increased cheek
bone projection and buccal hollowness.
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MORPH HISTORY

The subject's face was morphed using the Arguably, the biggest improvement was made
Marquardt mask to make a number of changes at the eye and periocular which are already a
to the periocular region, upper third and jaw focus of his face. His eyes currently have a
alignment. In addition to this service, a decent amount of scleral show (white below the
complimentary skin retouch was added to iris) which is undesirable as it makes the face
remove redness, micro dyspigmentation, look more tired and less youthful. This
undereye darkening and to achieve an even obviously goes against the 'pretty-boy' appeal
skin tone. The subject had asked for a more that he is trying to go for and so this was
androgynous, 'pretty boy' appearance which we corrected in the morph. However, the under-eye
tried to match by using a mix of both Marquardt region was left as is (with the puffy lower
morphs. eyelid) because we believe this gives the eyes a
feminine, soft appearance, rather than the
The jaw gonion is much more clear with a aggressive, masculine one seen with narrow
straight mandible body, unlike his existing jaw eyes low lower eyelid exposure. In turn, this
which has a rounded mandible body but still a softness matches his appeal much better as his
defined gonion point. Likewise, the jaw face doesn't have the masculine characteristics
inclination is now perfectly aligned to his to suit a hyper-masculine eye region as his
ipsilateral alar angle (i.e. a line drawn from his brow-ridge is relatively flat, forehead is
outer eye corner to nose wing matches his jaw rounded and cheekbones are projected which
inclination), producing a very subtle but are juvenile facial traits.
harmonic appearance as both the jaw
(mandible body) and cheeks (Ogee curve) flow Smaller changes were made to the skin and hair
towards the mouth. This is what gives the face density which had the expected effect of
its lean appearance; straight, proportionate making the face younger but only enough to
lines. Lastly, jaw asymmetry was corrected make it appear like that of a young adult.
where his mandible and subsequently mouth Smoothening the forehead had a big
are a few mm asymmetric. While he has an improvement in making the face more
already strong and defined jaw, these changes attractive as this is one of the first indicators of
help deage his appearance and take his age and his face shows signs of photo damage
aesthetic appeal to the next level which is (sun damage).
difficult on an already attractive face.
For final recommendations, achieving a lateral
Further changes were made to the nose shape canthopexy to reduce scleral show will greatly
which is notably slimmer but still retains his improve his eye area to be the ideal shape.
Afro-phenotypic features giving him both a Likewise, reducing nasal base width will better
feminine, soft appearance that matches his match the androgynous look he is after.
face.
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APPENDIX

Appendix Fig 1: Original Image

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APPENDIX

Appendix Fig 2: Marquardt Mask Morph