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you need to know! Well, not ALL but this'll do

This is more of a How-I-Did-This-and-Here's-a-Tutorial-to-Go-with-It kind of drawing, so all of you folks who are like: "GIVE ME YOUR SKILLS" *cough*~TaiyoPrower and ~NeKiriaNe *COUGH* or are having trouble drawing eyes in general, I hope this helps!

Step 1: Eye Shape! This is basic--any eye shape will do. If you're confused.. draw lashes! It doesn't have to be a closed-shape.

Step 2: The Iris! It is important to position the iris in which direction the eye is looking at.

Step 3: Eye Pupil! This is about as important as the position of the Iris. This also, shows what direction the eye is staring it. It just gives a more intense and clearer understanding.

Step 4: Eye Color! You don't HAVE to color in the eye (that depends on your art style), but it gives it diversity. OPTIONAL.

Step 5: SHADING. One of the problems an artist has to face! The most appropriate shading for the eye is the top-half of the iris--which is supposed to be under the eyelashes. Even if your eye doesn't have eyelashes or not, its supposed to represent the eyelash's (or eyelid's) shadow.

Step 6: Unless you're aiming for a "dull" look in your eye, you can skip this step. Because all there is to do add a slightly light color to the unshaded, bottom portion of the eye. DON'T cover the "true" eye color (the color you added in Step 4), just enough to give it detail. I added light flecks (a lighter color than the "shine") because I can.

Step 7: Again, this is completely optional--you just take the color white and highlight the eye (add a circle/sparkle of light). This is just to show that light is reflected off the eye! This is important because if you were to draw someone looking down towards the floor--the eye shouldn't be reflecting light. The point of looking away is to avoid eye contact, so it keeps it "dull" look.

Step 8: (Not shown) I mashed Step 8 into Step 7 because.. I didn't want to make the tutorial any longer or more complicated than it should be. The last and final part is to add final touches! Eye lashes, shadows, you name it! The hard part's over, just customize the eye to your liking!

Note: I did this with the PEN tool in Paint Tool Sai. This method could also work with other brushes, not just pen.

Description
you need to know! Well, not ALL but this'll do

This is more of a How-I-Did-This-and-Here's-a-Tutorial-to-Go-with-It kind of drawing, so all of you folks who are like: "GIVE ME YOUR SKILLS" *cough*~TaiyoPrower and ~NeKiriaNe *COUGH* or are having trouble drawing eyes in general, I hope this helps!

Step 1: Eye Shape! This is basic--any eye shape will do. If you're confused.. draw lashes! It doesn't have to be a closed-shape.

Step 2: The Iris! It is important to position the iris in which direction the eye is looking at.

Step 3: Eye Pupil! This is about as important as the position of the Iris. This also, shows what direction the eye is staring it. It just gives a more intense and clearer understanding.

Step 4: Eye Color! You don't HAVE to color in the eye (that depends on your art style), but it gives it diversity. OPTIONAL.

Step 5: SHADING. One of the problems an artist has to face! The most appropriate shading for the eye is the top-half of the iris--which is supposed to be under the eyelashes. Even if your eye doesn't have eyelashes or not, its supposed to represent the eyelash's (or eyelid's) shadow.

Step 6: Unless you're aiming for a "dull" look in your eye, you can skip this step. Because all there is to do add a slightly light color to the unshaded, bottom portion of the eye. DON'T cover the "true" eye color (the color you added in Step 4), just enough to give it detail. I added light flecks (a lighter color than the "shine") because I can.

Step 7: Again, this is completely optional--you just take the color white and highlight the eye (add a circle/sparkle of light). This is just to show that light is reflected off the eye! This is important because if you were to draw someone looking down towards the floor--the eye shouldn't be reflecting light. The point of looking away is to avoid eye contact, so it keeps it "dull" look.

Step 8: (Not shown) I mashed Step 8 into Step 7 because.. I didn't want to make the tutorial any longer or more complicated than it should be. The last and final part is to add final touches! Eye lashes, shadows, you name it! The hard part's over, just customize the eye to your liking!

Note: I did this with the PEN tool in Paint Tool Sai. This method could also work with other brushes, not just pen.