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Quick tutorial I made on how I color eyes these days. People seemed to like my page of eyes, and I liked drawing 'em, so I thought why not make a tutorial. The result is a bit different than the method I used for those eyes, but the method is generally the same, just different tools and layer order. All of the layers on this, except the first color layer, are on top of the layer stack. This makes an interesting balance between the lineart and the color, I think. As well as stylized and realistic.Mainly for SAI, but can be used in Photoshop as well, just exchange the Luminosity layer for Screen or Color Dodge.
Someday I may go back and put text in place of my shitty handwriting....
Feel free to let me know if it's helpful, or if you have questions.
And I'm kinda working on other tutorials, so if you have a request for that lemme know. :3
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RikkiArosa [2013-11-29 11:00:04 +0000 UTC]
Oh wow, this was amazing, mines didn't turn out as beautiful as yours but it did work out enough to where I like it better than what I was doing before
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Arenheim In reply to RikkiArosa [2013-12-01 22:49:28 +0000 UTC]
I'm glad you enjoyed trying it out! It's good to try different things when you're not quite happy with your current method.
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RikkiArosa In reply to Arenheim [2013-12-03 11:59:06 +0000 UTC]
Yea I'm always so thankful to find these tutorials, they help me improve and at the same time I keep my style as well in some ways Anyway thanks again ^_^
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SiCK-of-ThiS [2013-04-09 01:28:50 +0000 UTC]
omigod all of your tutorials are amazing THANK YOU~
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SkyeExcalibur [2013-03-08 09:10:50 +0000 UTC]
Helpful stuff :'D
Would you mind explaining how the highlights in the eye works? c:
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Arenheim In reply to SkyeExcalibur [2013-03-08 23:09:04 +0000 UTC]
Can you elaborate on what you mean by how they work?
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SkyeExcalibur In reply to Arenheim [2013-03-09 08:06:08 +0000 UTC]
umm like how do you know which part of the eye to add the highlight so it'd be natural? D:
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Arenheim In reply to SkyeExcalibur [2013-03-09 21:22:57 +0000 UTC]
Well just keep in mind that the highlights are just reflections of the light that's in the subject's environment. Also remember that the eye is a sphere, so as it curves into the socket, it's going to get less light. So the highlights should usually be toward the center of the eye.
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SkyeExcalibur In reply to Arenheim [2013-03-10 04:20:50 +0000 UTC]
Ohh. I always thought it follows where the light source comes from o: That's a helpful tip, thank you ^ ^
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WizyWizWiz [2012-12-24 21:47:30 +0000 UTC]
i just had too! This eye is so beautiful. I hope you dont mind that i used this step by step exactly hahha
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that is my attempt XD thank you sooooooooo much
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Arenheim In reply to WizyWizWiz [2012-12-24 22:10:39 +0000 UTC]
Oh wow! That looks great! I hope it helped you. Thanks for showing me!
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manda-j-panda [2012-11-22 05:51:54 +0000 UTC]
Pretty... I need to practice eyes. This is really helpful!
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PikaCat13 [2012-11-21 22:55:41 +0000 UTC]
So beautiful! I love how you draw eyes ^^
Oh, is SAI free? I'd love to try this :3
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lorenziana In reply to PikaCat13 [2012-11-22 00:23:12 +0000 UTC]
for pc only, download it free hereοΌ
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MeganBrenton [2012-11-21 18:45:37 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for showing us your process.
It's been a bit helpful for me.
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Arenheim In reply to MeganBrenton [2012-11-21 21:25:37 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! I'm glad you found it a bit helpful.
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ninaqueenbee [2012-11-21 17:06:15 +0000 UTC]
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS EVERYDAY YESTERDAY
MY EYES NEED AN UPGRADE
YOU BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING
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Arenheim In reply to ColorSergeant [2012-11-21 21:37:15 +0000 UTC]
Glad it's helpful to you!
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Fenori [2012-11-21 07:44:52 +0000 UTC]
Ooh I really like the effect when you go over the lineart like that *O* thanks
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Arenheim In reply to MisterUnicornNipples [2012-11-21 21:27:23 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! And I love your username. XDD
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MisterUnicornNipples In reply to Arenheim [2012-11-21 22:40:31 +0000 UTC]
Your welcome c;
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AbsolutePineapple [2012-11-21 00:57:33 +0000 UTC]
Absolutely amazing! I hate to copy other people's techniques, but I'll definitely have to give this a try!
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Llunet1 [2012-11-21 00:57:24 +0000 UTC]
This is AWESOME.
Such awesome eyes
Thank you for this tutorial!!
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