Im actually cheating on this model. the back of the head is one piece and the ears are just created from projected curves on surface instead of being part of the head. This model will have a lot of hair to hide the seam there. the lips, i created those seperatly from the head then put them in. the lips are an attention object. i dont like to look at the rest of the head while im modelling the lips, it distracts me. i'm still not to happy with them so i'll get in the mood tomorrow and make more. thats the best thing about patch modelling you can take things from other models. as a matter of fact you can even stitch the edges if the geometry doesnt match.