Video process

Prologue

If you got problems with

- Can draw as same for both of eye

- Up view or down view are your nightmare

- Can not draw eyes in right positions

- Look flat

- Look stiff [ no emotion]

- Squint eyed …

Here is the right article for you

Realistic vs anime

Eye lid

Iris

Pupil

Eyelashes upper and lower

Tearduct

Sclera

 

 

Base on your character design

The anime eyes got a lot of shapes

And those shapes will define eyelashes positions [upper and lower]

Drawing eyes in various angles [perspective]

Box and bend

If we draw eyes as box shapes like rectangles or squares, we will have 3 boxes with the same size at any view.

Then just like a paper, we bend it.

And we could draw the eye at any angle.

For any look up view, the edges of the boxes will be bent down.

And vice-versa.

You could replicate the process for any shape of eye you like as long as you boxed them.

Drawing eyes at front view [on any app]

The hard thing is draw 2 eyes at front view by hand.

They always look different a little bit or too much on both sides.

So here are 2 ways to help you get over it easily.

Using symmetrical ruler

Cause we draw at front view so we need a straight ruler for this.

Find this symbol on your tablet screen.

Then drag this tab out to see [SHIFT] button.

Click [SHIFT] before starting draw ruler.

Remember to turn it off after drawing ruler.

Check this to activate the ruler through all layers or you won't see the ruler when you're on other layer.

Now like a mirror, both sides will be the same.

Flip the eye

If you wanna flip a part of canvas or one layer, make sure you follow below step.

[I make a mistake so that I flipped whole canvas, you could watch my mistake on video process]

Then use this tool to drag the eye on the right positions.

Expression

Without other parts of face, eyes could tell us a lot about character emotion by changing of size and position elements

Up, down and horizontal

This affect all line elements on the eyes like eyebrows or eyelashes

Let's draw eyes like rectangles

When the edge go up, it show weak or soft expressions such as sad worry scare

When the edge go down, it show strong emotions like anger insane..

When they go horizontally, it show boring, tired..

Pupil

In reality, pupil changes when it comes to a strong feeling in your mind.

So here is the same.

Pupils go small when something cause suddenly or make character insane.

View directions

The rule is

Point your pupil/iris at the same side/direction.

Color & pattern

Cause there are a lot of shapes for anime eyes, so I will make 3 as examples today.

Make sure drawing eyelashes follow curved directions, or you will make a durian on the face.

Pick a neutral tone for the base color.

Color of sclera is not white at all.

It looks grayish.

The shadow of eyelashes and eyelid will cover the iris upper, so it will be darker than the lower.

Let's choose the dark color for the upper and the light color for the lower.

Use another light color to add some pattern here and there.

You could change the shape of reflections as symbols for decoration

Cover black parts by colors.

Then color the skin outside the eye for more interesting.

Last words

Now you had everything you need to create wonderful eyes for your character

So let's

Choose your a style[ aka workflow ] that work well for you

You choose to draw simple eyes or complex eyes

Then you replicate that process for 100 times to get familiar with it

So I hope all knowledge I know from the 1st time I tried to replicate Sailormoon or Yaiba eyes until now could help you ❤️