Zed A. Shaw, Painter

Hmm.. a number of distances in this seem to point to that it's not 'straight on' and I don't understand the thing about the ears given this.. It still looks right to me?

Try to replicate this with your phone. Point the camera straight and nose straight then see if you capture the side of the head and how symmetrical the ears are. This nose and eyes are right at you, pupils center, but head is rotated like 15 degrees to his right.

Also, look at it in the picture frame. If the eyes and mouth corners are dead center and equal distance and pointed at you, the head silhouette should be a perfect cut out relative to the frame.

Replicate it with a camera then using your own face. I think your confusing “nose in center” with “nose pointed away from center” and alos the direction of the light causing a shadow makes you think the nose is turned but it’s just the light is on the side.

You're saying the one on the left is not very close to the other one? I think I'm not understanding the point about the ears then somehow?