Hey everyone, this is Sophie, Today I’ll be sharing a quick tutorial of how to draw and color Anime eyes in Clip Studio Paint. Hope you like it and create brilliant drawings :D

I thought of drawing our model in a sakura printed kimono since it was the sakura season!

 

1- Sketching guidelines

Let’s bring out the model, then go to view > [Grid/ruler settings]. Enabling the grid will help you draw a symmetrical face.

Then, create a new layer form the layer tab in the menu, pick the pen tool, (example, default G pen) pick a red color to sketch the face guidelines.

sketch the eye lower guideline and then the upper guideline, this is where the eyes will be drawn, add a symmetrical line in the middle. Sketching the whole face is an important step before drawing the eyes

2- Initial sketch

Lower the opacity of the guideline layer to about 30%.

Create a new layer, pick a brown colored pen, I set the size of my pen to 20 but that will depend on the size of your canvas. Sketch the nose and mouth, and roughly draw the eyebrows and the upper eyelashes, then the lower eyelashes, then the iris

Don’t worry if they don’t look the same, this is an initial sketch, we are only planning the shape and size of the eyes.

 

3- Outline

Next, Reduce the opacity of the initial sketch layer to 30%

create a new layer for your actual outline. I like using dark brown color, but feel free to go for black, it depends on the style you are going for

 

On a new layer, outline the eye as shown and then fill in the upper eyelash with the same color. Start with the right eye first then move to the left one, that way will allow you to mimic the other eye. You can either trim the lower eyelash line or leave it, it’s a style preference. Next on the same layer, apply a thick border to the iris

Then draw the pupil in the middle for both eyes

 

 

4- Coloring

Color the pupil with dark brown by using the fill tool, create a new layer, Place it under the outline layer. And color half of the iris as shown with dark gray. Go to the color settings again to pick any lighter color for the 2nd half of the iris. Then using the [Blend] tool, blend in the two colors together.

Next add a new layer, Above the outline. Use the same shade of brown you have used, then cover the upper half of the eye. Use the [blend] tool, with the following settings to blur the part we have just colored in a downward motion on the same layer you are in!

5- Highlights

Create a new layer. Using a white color or light gray draw the eye highlights or light reflection. Add a 2nd bigger white circle on the upper right side of each eye, remember it should represent where the light source is coming and be consistent with the overall drawing.

Then Pick a light gray color to add more tiny highlights. If the eyes you were coloring were blue, then you would go for a light blue color.

Create a new layer, Pick a light gray color, and fill the pupil using the pen tool.

Then click on the [blend] tool and drag the color downward to give a gradient look

 

Then in a new layer, go for a much lighter gray tone, using the airbrush tool, color the lower half of the iris, reduce opacity to 45% and change the layer type to lighten.

6- Final touches

In a new layer, pick a darker shade of brown and outline the eyes as shown to give it more depth, then use the blend tool to blur and merge the colors together

Darken the eye pupil and blend it a little. Add some short lines to make it even more realistic. create a new layer and add few white dots with the pen tool. after adding them, use the blend tool to blend them in a little

Next, make a new layer, and drag it below the layers you have drawn, pick a light gray color, then use the airbrush to give back shadow to the eye

then blend it in with the blend tool.

 

I have noticed that the lower eyelash is too thick, so I picked the same color using the eyedropper tool then used the pen tool to color it

Finally, I’m adding a lighter tone of gray to give the lower part of the iris more reflection and make it more vibrant.

 

We are done, I have added a pink highlight using the airbrush tool to her cheeks and lower eyelash to match the background.

Hope you find this little tutorial helpful, Good luck :D

You can also watch the tutorial on YouTube!