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Qinni — Semi-realistic + anime Eye Tutorial and References

Published: 2012-06-01 19:08:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 591111; 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

ellcor97 In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 17:22:28 +0000 UTC]

I just love your tutorials! Thank you!

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YoshidaMinami In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 16:43:20 +0000 UTC]

An in depth explanation. Thank you for sharing ^^

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RottenAvocado [2012-06-03 16:22:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the tutorial. It seems most tutorials regarding eyes neglect the 'anatomy' aspect of it. The way you broke it down really helped.

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IchigoNeko1997 [2012-06-03 14:59:58 +0000 UTC]

Oh my god! Thank you! Thank you Thank you! I could never get the structure right, but this really helps! Thank you!

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arisutan In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 12:59:00 +0000 UTC]

there is a typo, " the way the eyelids wrap around the eyelids is different for asians"

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Qinni In reply to arisutan [2012-06-03 13:00:37 +0000 UTC]

oh damn. hahaha. oops. i'll...fix it someday >.>;;...too lazy right now D:

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Oranged0 In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 10:09:55 +0000 UTC]

Im in love with your painting.
I wish I could paint like you do.

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nyaar [2012-06-03 09:44:27 +0000 UTC]

very nice thanks for taking the time to do it

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JotterTrotter [2012-06-03 09:43:18 +0000 UTC]

My goodness, you are amazing!

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ThE-WiTcHeR-99 [2012-06-03 07:52:54 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME!!! Definitely gonna try drawing this way...

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ShiaShnaky [2012-06-03 06:27:50 +0000 UTC]

the eyelids are different for black people too!

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Tetrodoxin [2012-06-03 05:20:09 +0000 UTC]

Hello, very nice tutorial, I believe I can learn a lot from it and beautiful art, you are so talented faved this.

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Alexiw [2012-06-03 04:31:26 +0000 UTC]

I love the eyes references

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inescapablelogic In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 03:41:50 +0000 UTC]

this is spectacular!!! you're a genius!!

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IndividualityA In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 02:57:18 +0000 UTC]

THANKS FOR THIS!!

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EFQ In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 02:43:32 +0000 UTC]

OMG ! Just perfect!! I will try someday!!

Thx for the tutorial!!! +fav !

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DiceNwn In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 02:01:21 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial!

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amaliadaniels In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 01:31:28 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah! Thanks for this! ) Gonna try and do them when I get the time.

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Stack-A-Cat In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 01:07:50 +0000 UTC]

omg, im in love with those eyes

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jeddie84 In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 23:45:47 +0000 UTC]

great!

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HappyChuicken In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 22:43:14 +0000 UTC]

ASIAN EYELIDS!!
XDXD

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Conkeras In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 22:32:35 +0000 UTC]

What programm did you pick to make this awesomeness?

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Qinni In reply to Conkeras [2012-06-02 22:47:10 +0000 UTC]

Paintool SAI xD i'll stick it in the comments section @__@;;

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Emmerd In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 21:34:09 +0000 UTC]

These are just amazing! Thank you so much for making this!

I got one question tho, it would be great if you could answer this.
I've asked myself many times before, how big do you make a canvas in photoshop?
Every single time when I make a big drawing and I want to draw the detailled things like these beautiful eyes, it gets all pixelly. My canvas is 3000 px on 3000 px with 300 resolution... That should be big enough right? D:

Excuse me for my english btw, it's not my mother language.

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Qinni In reply to Emmerd [2012-06-02 21:53:52 +0000 UTC]

Well, because i print out my artwork to sell, i usually keep that in mind and create my canvas at 12 inch x 18 inch at 300 dpi, so that usually comes out to be about 4000 x 5500. I work pretty big xD;

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Emmerd In reply to Qinni [2012-06-02 22:01:24 +0000 UTC]

Wow thanks for such a fast reply! c:

Hmm 4000 x 5500.. And then you don't see too much of those annoying pixels anymore?
I shall try this out right now! To photohop!

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Qinni In reply to Emmerd [2012-06-02 22:10:13 +0000 UTC]

I guess...not much? But i don't zoom in too much when i work though, so i can't guarantee anything xD;;.

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Emmerd In reply to Qinni [2012-06-02 22:11:28 +0000 UTC]

You don't? o-o What's not much? XD

And I HAD to watch you btw u.u...

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Qinni In reply to Emmerd [2012-06-02 22:48:55 +0000 UTC]

well, i usually work off of 50-75% zoom ;;
and thanks <3

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Emmerd In reply to Qinni [2012-06-02 23:14:04 +0000 UTC]

Wooow how do you do those details, thats pretty amazing!

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leotheyardiechick In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 21:11:33 +0000 UTC]

Just in time! Thank you!

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snurtz In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 20:18:49 +0000 UTC]

You are my hero and I love you.

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xflavoured-realityx [2012-06-02 19:29:58 +0000 UTC]

This is really helpful, thank you so much for sharing

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Once19 [2012-06-02 19:02:32 +0000 UTC]

this is really good. and helpful. good job!!

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Shinou-hana [2012-06-02 18:40:48 +0000 UTC]

this helped alot, thank you.

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Ferkru [2012-06-02 18:40:22 +0000 UTC]

LOVE IT.

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Sir-Drago In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 18:37:22 +0000 UTC]

Can I marry you??
lolol

No, rly, thank you so much for this tutorial ;A;

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RicardoJost In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 18:27:54 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this will really help, thank you ;D

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Sudenpentulintu In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 18:22:39 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic tutorial! What program did you use?

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Qinni In reply to Sudenpentulintu [2012-06-02 19:40:14 +0000 UTC]

Paint tool SAI

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Sudenpentulintu In reply to Qinni [2012-06-02 19:45:10 +0000 UTC]

Awesome thankyou!

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AmandaCarbine In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 18:16:07 +0000 UTC]

buuuhhhh thank you for this!

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girldirtbiker In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 18:15:23 +0000 UTC]

Love this. All of the eyes are beautiful!

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samanthadb [2012-06-02 18:06:16 +0000 UTC]

cool

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emmijane In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 17:47:18 +0000 UTC]

This is the exact style of eyes that I've always aimed at drawing: something in between anime and realistic.

This is the most helpful tutorial I've seen on dA. Thanks so much ^^

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ALivingDoll In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 17:46:19 +0000 UTC]

Avesome(*^.^*)

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TheDarkLordCreator In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 17:30:42 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this helps alot! I really love the refrences!~

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RoxasKuroishi In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 17:27:35 +0000 UTC]

This is a lovely tutorial!


The references are lovely, too!

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Inatervo In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 17:24:26 +0000 UTC]

This is a great reference, you are amazing!

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Poison-Stripes In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 17:22:43 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Awesome.

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