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Qinni — Semi-realistic + anime Eye Tutorial and References

Published: 2012-06-01 19:08:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 590961; Favourites: 32617; Downloads: 12188
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Description Reblog on my Tumblr

I've seen a lot of eye tuts on dA...at least, what seems like tutorials, but a lot of them are simply either step-by-step or just a bunch of different styles of eyes in different angles. None of them really explain how the eyes look the way it does, why the eyelids casts that shadow on the eyeballs, etc. At least, none that I've seen

I hope this gives you guys a more in-depth look to the human eye and the structure surrounding it. This actually took quite a long time, so i hope you guys like it . Rendering the eyes took a LOT longer than simply sketching them D;.


If you have any more questions, feel free to ask .

here's the step-by-step put into gif so it's easier to see:


here are the skull studies I did back a few years ago:


My other tutorials:


My other works:


I put some anime eyes in the references too, hope you guys don't mind, hahaha.

ps. i put it in traditional art catagory because it's the only one with the subsection "anatomy" in it. I'm not sure why digital art can't teach anatomy either, but you'll have to ask dA about that. xD;;.

PPS: I did this in Painttool SAI
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Comments: 698

ImaginationSlave In reply to ??? [2013-02-08 01:39:00 +0000 UTC]

Lovely direction and I love all of your examples at the bottom

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Junsei-san [2013-02-05 03:46:19 +0000 UTC]

This is the kind of style I want to do. I love it!

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CrimsonXK [2013-02-03 06:08:58 +0000 UTC]

I need to get better at illustrating eyes ... this was helpful : )

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HitokiriRouyakan [2013-02-01 00:01:15 +0000 UTC]

The skull part with the eyes drawn in gives me the creeps every time. xD

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PancakeShiners [2013-01-30 06:01:17 +0000 UTC]

What suggestions might you have for developing an artist-unique eye style? It's my goal to, while practicing and improving on drawing people, to stray away from anime and create my own human style that I can call my own. But, great tutorial, it helps a lot. Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge!

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RuffPuff In reply to PancakeShiners [2013-02-01 15:32:48 +0000 UTC]

Umm, I might be able to help~ Some people say that to get your style to show you need to try doing your work without thinking to much, then how you really draw will emerge; I think that's why quick sketches always have so much feeling to them. So if you draw a quick sketch without overthinking it you might see how you draw without the overbearing feeling of trying to get what you're working on right (like if you are trying to use someone elses style, and you try to hard and it comes out "wrong").

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Qinni In reply to PancakeShiners [2013-01-30 09:53:05 +0000 UTC]

personally i don't really think my style's that unique, so I can't really think of any suggestions ~ sorry D;~ but glad you liked it though

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Pocoya [2013-01-24 19:42:23 +0000 UTC]

Really helpful!
Thank you for your time making this! <3

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Greylilac [2013-01-22 13:32:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for good how to.
I like it!

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xechon [2013-01-16 22:52:20 +0000 UTC]

Excellent tutorials, thank you!

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animielover1234 [2013-01-03 05:06:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much ;u; Time to practice 8D

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angelielle [2013-01-02 04:37:01 +0000 UTC]

thanks ..really needed this -_-

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angelielle [2013-01-02 04:36:56 +0000 UTC]

thanks ..really needed this -_-

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theblahhhful3 In reply to ??? [2012-12-25 01:38:34 +0000 UTC]

this is so unbelievably helpful and inspiring, too!
thanksss!!!

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y0cie In reply to ??? [2012-12-21 04:11:43 +0000 UTC]

thanks, this might help lots!^u^

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Sir-Drago In reply to ??? [2012-12-16 01:31:50 +0000 UTC]

If you ever think about doing another cool tut like this, could you do one about noses?!!! or at least could you suggest me one?? ;A; It's hard for me to run away from the typical 2 mm manga nose because If I draw another shape, it looks weird to me and I don't know why

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ShafikaEyka In reply to ??? [2012-12-07 05:33:57 +0000 UTC]

It's very useful!

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ARTenshi [2012-11-27 21:18:22 +0000 UTC]

could you do some tutorials for hair coloring with mouse? if possible...i'm not really good at it....

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Dame-Hailey In reply to ??? [2012-11-19 18:03:19 +0000 UTC]

Very nice. I always seem to have trouble with eyes XD

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canius In reply to ??? [2012-11-17 05:16:09 +0000 UTC]

this is very helpful! thank you!

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Libertydragon25 In reply to ??? [2012-11-05 10:32:41 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutoria!! Still working on how to bring it together on my digital art work.

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naihoytamin In reply to ??? [2012-10-31 06:27:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for sharing

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twinkies670 [2012-10-29 03:43:10 +0000 UTC]

IT is helping me a lot with the wonderful tutorials you have I can draw eyes,Thank You!

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LadyCassiopeia In reply to ??? [2012-10-24 20:47:27 +0000 UTC]

I really love your tutorials...<3 Thank u so much for this help!!

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BombPrincess In reply to ??? [2012-10-23 01:10:06 +0000 UTC]

The pair in the bottom right corner is just

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Tizbi In reply to ??? [2012-10-20 21:44:57 +0000 UTC]

it's realllllyyy niceee
you're awesome >.<

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anh1art In reply to ??? [2012-10-05 17:24:26 +0000 UTC]

so cool

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frillyfins In reply to ??? [2012-10-01 11:05:59 +0000 UTC]

Very useful!

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Shinkan-Seto In reply to ??? [2012-09-30 23:56:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks for this!!! <3

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UTANYOsama In reply to ??? [2012-09-30 12:27:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial, it really help a lot for me. this tutorial is very different then other tutorial who just show how to colour the eye but never explain. maybe one day you can make tutorial about background too

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the-Loony In reply to ??? [2012-09-29 16:00:43 +0000 UTC]

very nicely done - you covered things that are important to know and understand for beginners and always good to keep in mind for advanced painters/drawers.

the skull plus eyes looks hilarious btw!

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Nazeko In reply to ??? [2012-09-25 16:03:25 +0000 UTC]

I love you for this!

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EssyXD [2012-09-22 10:18:42 +0000 UTC]

Really helpful, thank you.

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KimYeoleum [2012-09-08 03:51:01 +0000 UTC]

The references really helps!!!

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SchneeAmsel [2012-09-05 10:49:30 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thank you

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Deverefro [2012-09-05 10:46:37 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic tutorial. Thanks!

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exorina888 [2012-08-27 11:22:58 +0000 UTC]

I like the last one...

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Franrie [2012-08-26 04:48:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for the amazing tutorial

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CupcakeCarmen123 [2012-08-25 17:29:46 +0000 UTC]

the 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 th references are ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!

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CupcakeCarmen123 In reply to CupcakeCarmen123 [2012-08-25 17:30:36 +0000 UTC]

Oops i meant the 1, 2, 6, 7, & 8th.

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Amber-Hart4 [2012-08-24 22:50:21 +0000 UTC]

Hi do you know if there's any way to get brushes similar to the ones on Paint Tool SAI on Photoshop?

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Qinni In reply to Amber-Hart4 [2012-08-24 23:52:13 +0000 UTC]

here's some custom brushes you can download on dA: [link] (there's instructions as well).

Good luck

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Amber-Hart4 In reply to Qinni [2012-08-26 17:08:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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blue-heart-911 [2012-08-13 14:05:56 +0000 UTC]

Fav

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M-ell In reply to ??? [2012-08-12 14:10:14 +0000 UTC]

thnx for this tutorial it was realy helpful i wanted to learn this style so bad

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markdraco12 In reply to ??? [2012-08-11 07:48:32 +0000 UTC]

wow, thanks for the tutorial

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Rennabird In reply to ??? [2012-08-11 01:49:56 +0000 UTC]

OMG. The eyes. OO

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sahjanFTW [2012-08-09 15:21:50 +0000 UTC]

this is SO helpful. thank you so much for this!

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hpemouyevoli [2012-08-09 01:13:52 +0000 UTC]

Great Tutorial!!!!!

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ShisukeNearingKonoha In reply to ??? [2012-07-31 18:49:45 +0000 UTC]

Very Helpfull!!

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