meeks

Now that it's pointed out, I can see that divergence. The proportions of facial features to overall face size are different in people of different ages -- and the ages scale slightly differently across the races because the features look different, too. And of course any face will be rounder in childhood than adulthood (which I should probably have mentioned in the description). I've seen some good artistic references about drawing children, but all of them used caucasian models.

I went looking for some good closeups of Asian girls. Interestingly, while the eye shape is visibly almond early on, the upward tilt of the corners seems more pronounced in older people than babies or young girls. In children, the corners seem to point more sideways than up. The shape can also make the eyes look a little smaller than rounded eyes would look. Anyhow, here are some images that I found:
http://aramiaincognito.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/rie-chan.jpg
http://www.wallcoo.net/photography/asian_children_photography/images/Cute_Asian_Children_photos_HU148_350A.jpg