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We usually talk about how high or low cheekbones are based on either the altitude of the most protruding part of the zygoma or the altitude of the bottom of the zygoma.
But how high your upper zygos are should also be considered because it affects your ogee curve.
Ideally, in a 3/4 view, the most "dipped-in" point on your ogee curve should line up with the outside corner of your eye, like this:
Bad upper zygos look like this:
Here's a 3D model of a Black woman with low-tier cheekbones:
With bad zygos, the lateral orbital rim keeps on going until somewhere below the lateral canthus before it transitions to a protruding zygo.
If you have low, straight, forward- and laterally-projected supraorbital rims and a foward-grown frontal bone, you can look good with the indentation point higher than your lateral canthus:
I stress that you must have good supraorbital rims for this because otherwise it looks Mongoloid (which is bad).
Mogger Morph
Sean O'Pry (original)
Sean O'Pry with a lower ogee curve indentation point
This ≠ Lateral Orbital Rims
If you couldn't tell from the O'Pry morph, you can have a high or low ogee curve indentation point independent of lateral orbital rim projection. Here are some examples to illustrate the effect:
High upper zygo, retruded lateral orbital rim
Low upper zygo, outward-projected lateral orbital rim
But how high your upper zygos are should also be considered because it affects your ogee curve.
Ideally, in a 3/4 view, the most "dipped-in" point on your ogee curve should line up with the outside corner of your eye, like this:
Bad upper zygos look like this:
Here's a 3D model of a Black woman with low-tier cheekbones:
With bad zygos, the lateral orbital rim keeps on going until somewhere below the lateral canthus before it transitions to a protruding zygo.
If you have low, straight, forward- and laterally-projected supraorbital rims and a foward-grown frontal bone, you can look good with the indentation point higher than your lateral canthus:
I stress that you must have good supraorbital rims for this because otherwise it looks Mongoloid (which is bad).
Mogger Morph
Sean O'Pry (original)
Sean O'Pry with a lower ogee curve indentation point
This ≠ Lateral Orbital Rims
If you couldn't tell from the O'Pry morph, you can have a high or low ogee curve indentation point independent of lateral orbital rim projection. Here are some examples to illustrate the effect:
High upper zygo, retruded lateral orbital rim
Low upper zygo, outward-projected lateral orbital rim
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