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@lillian-parks03
For some reason I’m unable to post a reply to your Face Proportions thread, so here’s my thoughts:
Well, I’m not by any means a brilliant artist, but this is my analysis:
On all three girls, the eyes are enormous. This can also be a stylistic choice.

The first girl (with the burka) has very large lips, but they actually look natural on her, in a stylized sense. Perhaps not picture perfect Western realism, but she looks fine. Her jaw is fairly large, and her lips are very close to her nose, but – very big but – all of these details look like they should be there. Her portrait is actually really good.

The second girl has unnaturally large eyes (which are also cross-eyed), no shadowing, an indistinct neck, and her fingers do not have visible joints. Her lips are also really big, but they don’t look natural here. Her jawline seems to be slanted – her head is crooked in shape, instead of being rigid (your head does not really bend – that’s the neck’s job.)

The third girl has a very strong Corpse-Bride / Helen Bonham Carter vibe to her. Eyes are slightly uneven (moreso than is anatomically normal for humans), though she has a pretty good nose; lips again are big, too darkly shaded. Not enough facial lines to indicate her frowning expression.
Her eyes are also going separate directions – thousand yard stare.

The first guy is done in a very different style from the girls that does not seem to be focusing on realism. Aside from the blankness of his expression (add a few more wrinkles to his eyes – he looks troubled and I think you could run with that emotion) he looks fine.

The second guy is perfect as far as contours go. Work on texturing his hair and you have an almost photographically perfect portrait.