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gloomknight — Drawing Tutorial: Anime Eyes

Published: 2005-06-11 17:48:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 65385; Favourites: 1068; Downloads: 9803
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Description I stayed up a bit last night waiting for my hair to dry so I decided to make some tutorials in hopes of helping the DA ppl out there learn how to draw eyes or improve eyes. And yes, I don't mind if u use my style of eyes...heck my style of eyes was stolen from another artist long ago...and then radioactively transmutated into strange yet surprisingly interesting style of eyes.

Extra Pointers:
1.) Eyes can be either round or like yu-gi-oh (very pointy and large). I notice a lotta beginners (correction: aspiring artists) draw the outline of the eye very pointy...you could do that but it'd look more natural and inviting if it was round and curvacious.

2.) Eyelashes can be hard to do...remember, they look like a quarter circle fanning outward from the inside of the eye. Don't make them too large or they'll look like fake ones glued on. And also they add a bit of femmininity to your female character.

3.) Eye detail..the hardest part! You want to make a white circle in the upper right or left corner...followed by the pupil underneath...remember the more black there is in the eyes, the more depth it adds...Also for iris', there are 50 billion ways to detail iris'. the most common is just shading it all the same...or u can do a gradient (darker to lighter shading)...or you can add the lil' squiggly lines in the iris (like in real life).

4.) The ratio between the white part of the eye and the colored part. If the colored part is wayyyy to big...then that's just silly, cuz it makes your characters eyes look puffy. And eyes too small make them look beady. If they fit comfortably within the eye outline itself...then you got yerself a good lookin' eye.

5.) Have fun! If you love drawing eyes, you'll be more comfortable doing it, it'll become natural...and thus you'll improve your eye drawing skillz.

PS. Please do tell me if you find this useful at all...I'd like any kinda feed back, even if u say "OMG you're eyes are eyesores! Go back to drawing skooL, you suck ass! Even my dog can draw eyes better than u!"
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Comments: 97

byakuryu [2007-08-16 21:26:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I really need something as helpful as this!

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SakuraxCute [2007-07-20 19:35:29 +0000 UTC]

it Worked!Stunned

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brennemerket [2007-07-13 21:06:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank-you so much for this tutorial! Generally, when I search for them I find it too hard to do. ;__;
But your examples are simple yet so cute. So thank-you, again. :'D

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emilia-tokes [2007-06-29 01:51:03 +0000 UTC]

so precious and cute thank you for sharing !!

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gloomknight In reply to emilia-tokes [2007-07-01 07:01:24 +0000 UTC]

np! ^^

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hannahbanana91 [2007-06-04 23:29:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! fav!

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LonelynMisUnderStood [2007-05-03 01:35:31 +0000 UTC]

May i ask how you keep the eyes even...like on the same lvl. It's really hard to do it w/out a ruler and i was wondering if you had any tips. Please and thank you if you would

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gloomknight In reply to LonelynMisUnderStood [2007-05-05 05:32:27 +0000 UTC]

most of the time, my eyes are not lined up (if u look carefully), i generally just eyeball it. I mean you can use like a straight edge like a pencil or ruler. Or what u can do is, while you're drawing the head you can draw a guideline (lightly) so after you're done you can erase it.

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LonelynMisUnderStood In reply to gloomknight [2007-05-07 01:58:34 +0000 UTC]

ok thank you very much ^^ I'll try doing that. but i guess that nothing can be perfect no matter how hard u try and how many people you ask

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Darklordreaper [2007-04-17 17:53:18 +0000 UTC]

Very useful, I've been looking for a tutorial and I'm glad I found this.

Also, Exellent job.

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Riaya-kun [2007-03-30 15:47:29 +0000 UTC]

Ty Glooms :3 this was very helpfull because I get bored of some types of eyes and they give a very good affect

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SquirtSapphire [2007-03-29 01:51:56 +0000 UTC]

YAY I'm so glad you did a tutorial on actually DRAWIN the eye and not coloring it! I've been needin slight help, so. Thanks for doing this, it helps, aLOT!

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gloomknight In reply to SquirtSapphire [2007-03-29 03:14:38 +0000 UTC]

NP! ^o^

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SquirtSapphire In reply to gloomknight [2007-03-29 19:46:25 +0000 UTC]

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LulaSlytherinPride [2007-02-28 22:15:33 +0000 UTC]

I draw an eye that didn't suck! :'D

really, thanks that was great help n____n

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gloomknight In reply to LulaSlytherinPride [2007-03-02 16:57:41 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome ^o^

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GIMPgrrl268 [2007-02-24 01:35:53 +0000 UTC]

I am amazed!! you are really good! *claps*

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gloomknight In reply to GIMPgrrl268 [2007-02-25 20:10:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^o^

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kikalikescheesen-n [2007-02-18 22:16:39 +0000 UTC]

*compares your eyes to my character* AHH IT'S A ZOMBIEMUTANTTHING ^_^' Fwee, this guide was really helpful. I'm hopeless at drawing eyes.

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gloomknight In reply to kikalikescheesen-n [2007-02-19 06:17:49 +0000 UTC]

It's ok, I was hopeless once. But practice makes perfect...or near perfect Thanx, I'm glad it helped!

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foxykytten [2007-02-15 05:36:30 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks this was helpful

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gloomknight In reply to foxykytten [2007-02-15 05:56:41 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! Glad it helped

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Miyako90 [2007-02-04 21:57:13 +0000 UTC]

very nice &&helpful!

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CrAnKtHaTmUsIc [2007-01-10 02:08:59 +0000 UTC]

Very well done.
Thanks.
It helps
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mikalovestidus [2006-12-31 05:57:31 +0000 UTC]

nice.....I'm just randomly going through tutorials...and even though I don't need it...I'm getting more inteligent about eyes....and this is one of the best ones I've seen! It is good!

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Langiler [2006-12-10 16:36:35 +0000 UTC]

ZOMG! thank alot dude! i having sooo much trouble with my drawing skill lately..... ghee.. damm art block...

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AikoZaid [2006-11-13 02:36:05 +0000 UTC]

i have print this tutorial to practice with my draws u.u
thank u so much for the help !!

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Supercushion [2006-11-05 17:47:35 +0000 UTC]

wahey, help thankyou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Lottie-chan [2006-11-03 19:18:49 +0000 UTC]

i know this is like from ages ago, but i have just found it and had a spaz over the eyes and mouth pair!!! would i be allowed to "steal" them? as in borrow and see if they work with my sort of pictures? and if so, would you possibly be able to do a step by step thinggy for drawing them because they are amazing!!!!! if you don't have any free time don't worry but i would be sooooo happy if you caould do that!!! thanks!!!!

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gloomknight In reply to Lottie-chan [2006-11-07 06:06:13 +0000 UTC]

help yourself I'll make another tutorial, probably sometime soon, since you kindly asked for it

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Lottie-chan In reply to gloomknight [2006-11-07 16:26:49 +0000 UTC]

thank you soooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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xRainbowXraverx In reply to ??? [2006-10-13 00:54:23 +0000 UTC]

i stink at drawing anime eyes, but this tutorial helped me soooo much, thank you!

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gloomknight In reply to xRainbowXraverx [2006-10-13 15:44:15 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you found it useful ^___^

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himixxchan [2006-09-30 20:12:52 +0000 UTC]

Omg! This helped me so much! Thank you! you deserve to be in my favourite list! <333

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gloomknight In reply to himixxchan [2006-10-02 06:24:04 +0000 UTC]

thanx! glad it can help

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whodied In reply to ??? [2006-04-15 22:34:14 +0000 UTC]

ZOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH theres almost no tutorials on how to DRAW eyes on devart! theyre all about how to colour them -.-;; THANK YOU SO MUCH 1337 M4573R J00 H4V3 H31P3D M3 MUCHLY!!

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gloomknight In reply to whodied [2006-04-17 16:40:52 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, I hope u get better at drawing anime eyes

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Xanofar In reply to ??? [2005-08-15 06:11:25 +0000 UTC]

Cool. Anime eyes are pretty much the only kind of eyes I can't draw, so I'll take note of this stuff.

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gloomknight In reply to Xanofar [2005-08-15 18:17:25 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad u find it useful

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erinbann [2005-06-12 20:34:28 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, good tutorial, the last, other ppls eyes are really pretty. Maybe u cud do tutorials for hair or clothes or something ^^

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gloomknight In reply to erinbann [2005-06-12 23:27:48 +0000 UTC]

Great suggestion! Thanx! Hair is something I think everyone would like to do better at...I'll try posting another tutorial sometime soon

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erinbann In reply to gloomknight [2005-06-13 18:09:11 +0000 UTC]

Cool, no problem

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Mattrixi [2005-06-11 19:42:24 +0000 UTC]

yay really good well done i am of to draw lots of new anime faces with lots of good lookin eyes

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gloomknight In reply to Mattrixi [2005-06-12 01:56:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm so glad I can help u out!

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TikoInchumo [2005-06-11 17:52:40 +0000 UTC]

Very well done! your eyes are beautiful!

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gloomknight In reply to TikoInchumo [2005-06-11 18:01:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^o^

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