Drawing anime eyes v1

Drawing anime eyes (Version one)

by iDoNTeVenKnoW
Program used is Paint Tool Sai paid full, and drawn with a wacom bamboo fun tablet on 300 resolution with the pen tool.


Prepare your canvas or paper and get any necessary supplies.

Step 1. Start off by sketching an oval. I chose to start with the left eye but you can do either side.

Step 2. Follow around the oval and add eyelashes. Adding strands of eyelash coming off the basic eyelash line will make the subject you are drawing look more feminine so if you're going for a masculine look don't add many eyelash strands. And don't forget to draw your eye crease.

Step 3. Find your light source, this will decide where you draw your highlights and shadows. In the green is where my light will be coming from and because of that position, in the yellow is where my eye highlight will be.
Having a light source and knowing where to shade will make your work come to life.

Step 4. Draw your eyebrows, eyebrows express how the subject is feeling. The common eyebrow is just a curved line so I decided to go with arched (the teal) eyebrows. If the subject you're drawing is sad, mad, worried, or like mine, in distraught, you can see a cringe coming off the eyebrows. (The red.)

Step 5. Go around your sketch and tighten up the lines so it looks clean and cut. This will be called your lineart.

Step 6. Here are the motions of things going on around the eye. In green is the crease caused by the eyebrow. In blue is the eye crease, if the subject you are drawing is surprised, or you want it to look as if the eyes are popping out, you will not see an eye crease. If you want the subject to appear tired, sick, unhealthy or elderly, draw lines coming off the bottom of the eyes. (The red.)

Step 7. Repeat all the steps to draw the right eye. If you need help making it look symmetrical use guidelines. Guidelines can be tedious but they really do help. Hope you take what you've learned from this tutorial and add on to it to be

ProTips

Most beginners start off by referencing, referencing is looking at a picture while you draw. I find it more beneficial to use human models but some people prefer to look at other drawings for referencing. Using models can help your art look more realistic, however, if you stick with just referencing you will stop seeing growth in your art. So make sure to draw new things and challenge yourself.