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The eyes are one of the most important features of anime style characters; they are

the most expressive parts of the face, and are part of what makes each character

different and recognizable. Thus, it is very important to be able to draw them

correctly. In this section of the general face tutorial, I will show you how to draw a

variety of anime style eyes. A lot of other sites only show you how to draw large

female eyes, without really going over the large variety of other styles. In this

tutorial, I will cover different types of male and female anime eyes, plus give you

examples of numerous other styles for you to use to help you draw your own original

characters, or to refine your style with existing characters.

Female Eyes

Lets begin with the most basic and common of anime eyes, the large

female type. Start off by drawing a line that curves upwards, and is

slightly thicker at the highest point. This eye will be on the right side of

the face, so make the left end of the curved line higher than the right. The top of this

particular eye (Lina Inverse's eye, (from Slayers) actually ^.^) isn't a perfect curve; it

is slightly angular. Some styles of eyes are nearly perfectly curved on the top.

Next, you want to draw in the lower part of the eye. To help you place

the lower half, lightly draw diagonal lines pointing down, starting at the

edges of the top part of the eye. The steepness of the slope of these lines

will determine how large and wide the eye will be. If you look at the

other tutorials on this page, you will see that the steepness of these lines

varies. Using these lines as a guide, draw the lower part of the eye. It should slope

down to the right a little, and should be thicker at the right corner.

Erase the guidelines and draw a long oval within the eye. Some characters

have large circles for irises, but this particular one has thin ovals. You can

adjust the shape so it's wider, if you like. Make part of the oval obscured by

the upper part of her eye. With all styles, the complete iris is rarely visible; part of it

almost always is concealed by the border of the eye.

Next, draw the outline of the light glares. Anime characters' eyes should

always have at least some sort of shading. Anime females in particular tend

to have really heavy shading and lots of shiny areas. Make sure you choose

a light source, and stick with it throughout your picture. For example, since

the light is coming from the left in this picture, I have to make sure all the highlights

on the rest of the picture originate from the left, or the lighting will be inconsistent

(unless I'm using multiple light sources, but I won't get into that). Draw two long

ovals: a large one on the left side of the iris (which overlaps the outline of the iris, as

you can see), and a very small one on the other side of the eye.

Next, draw the pupil underneath the light glares. The highlights are always

on top; never draw the pupil on top of the light glares. Draw the eyelashes,

too; with this particular eye, the eyelashes are a series of spikes coming off

of the top-right part of the eye. Make the spikes follow the curve of the

eye, so it looks like they are coming off of the eye; don't just draw zig-zag lines

sticking out of her eye. ^_~ Also, draw the eyelid on the left part of the eye. Its just a

thin, curved line originating from the top of her eye.

Set Layer 1 to "Preserve Transparency" by checking the box on the Layers

menu, as shown at the left. This allows you to paint on top of the existing

lines without coloring over them and messing them up. Its a very handy

feature. :) Select a big paintbrush and paint over the entire picture with

pure black. The outline should be back to its former darkened self. :)

Okay, now we are going to draw another style, one that isn't as common.

This eye is much more slender, elegant, and realistic looking, and is used

in more serious anime and manga. This particular eye belongs to Deedlit

from Record of Lodoss War, which is a considerably more serious show than Slayers

(which is where the previous eye came from). Begin by drawing a long, slightly

curved line. The left side should be lower than the right, and the line should curve in

sharply at the left edge.

To help you define the sides and bottom of the eye, lightly draw

two diagonal guidelines that originate from the edges of the eye.

Unlike the previous tutorial, these lines are not very steep; the

more horizontal the lines are, the smaller the eye will be. Don't make them too flat,

though, because you don't want this eye to be too squinty. Using the guidelines, draw

the bottom line of the eye.

Erase the guidelines and draw the outline of the iris. If there were no

eyelids, the iris would be a perfect circle. However, since the iris is

bordered by the eyelids, the top and bottom of the iris will be hidden from view. The

iris should not be so small that you can see the entire thing (unless you wanted to

convey certain emotions like anger or surprise, but that is covered in another section).

Next, draw the light glares on the iris. The placement is the same as in

the previous tutorial, but like the iris itself, the glares are much smaller

and more circular. Draw the eyelid above the top line of the eye, as well.

Draw the eyebrow and shading in the rest of the iris. Remember to

draw the pupil beneath the light glares, and to make it stand out

from the rest of the eye a little no matter how darkly you shade the rest of the iris.

Here are a variety of other styles of female

eyes you can make using the same methods.

Try to see the differences between each style,

as well as the similarities. Though the shape

and proportions change, the top border of the

eyes is always thicker, there are always

multiple layers of shading on the irises, etc.

Some of these were sketched fairly quickly

and are a little messy, but I hope they are still

helpful. ^.^;

Male Eyes

Next we will draw some male eyes. Male characters are sometimes

neglected by fan artists, because many fan artists have trouble drawing

guys. They really aren't that hard, though, just different. Most male eyes are more

thin and narrow than female eyes, though there are several exceptions. This particular

eye (which I think belongs to Hotohori from Fushigi Yuugi) is narrower than other

female eyes, without being so thin that it looks like it belongs to a more shady,

suspicious character. ^_^ Begin by drawing a thick, very slightly curved line. Its

almost horizontal, but still has a slight curve to it. The edges should curve inwards a

little, more so on the left.

Lightly draw two diagonal lines, starting from the edges of the top

line, to help define the lower part of the eye. The lines are almost

perpendicular to each other. Don't make them too steep or too flat, or

the size of the eye will be off. Draw the lower line of the eye, using

the guidelines to help you position it.

Erase the guidelines and draw the iris. The iris is a perfect circle, but is

paritally covered up by the eyelids. Do not draw the iris so small that

you can see the entire thing (unless trying to convey a strong emotion like surprise or

anger, which is covered in the expressions section).

Male characters have light glares in their eyes, too, though they often

are not as large or obvious. Draw one oval light glare on the left side of

the eye, and a pointed one on the right side.

Draw the pupil benath the light glares and shade heavily, especailly

if the character has darker colored eyes. Draw the eyelid and

eyelash. Male characters tend to have darker, thicker eyebrows, so

make sure they aren't too thin. There, that wasn't too hard, was it? ^_^ Don't worry if

the eyes look too 'girly'; often times its hard to tell if some eyes belong male or

female characters. Some styles of eyes are interchangable and can be used for either

gender.

Slender, narrow eyes are often (but not always) associated with darker,

brooding characters. Villains often have narrower eyes, but not all

characters with such eyes are antagonistic. To draw this style of eye, start with a long,

curved line. Notice that the curve is steeper on the left hand side than the right.

Next, draw two diagonal guidelines from the edges of the top of

the eye. The angle of these lines are different from the ones in the

three previous tutorials; the left one is much flatter than the the

right. Draw in the lower part of the eye using the guidelines; it

should be curved, rather than a straight line, so that the entire eye is like an elongated,

pointy oval.

Erase the guidelines and draw the iris. The iris is covered up by the

upper eyelid; if the eyelids weren't there, the iris would be a perfect

circle. Thicken the lines on the right side of the eye.

Draw in the light glares, as well as the upper eyelid on top of the eye.

Finish up the eye by adding the pupil and shading the iris, and

adding the eyebrow. Smooth and darken your lines, and you're

done. ^_^

Here is a collection of male eyes. Notice that

some could be mistaken for female eyes; the

difference between the two genders isn't

always that distinct, especially in young

children. Most of the eyes here are narrower

than the female eyes, and the tops of their

eyes aren't as thick. Male characters don't

always have light glares on their eyes, but I

tend to draw them in

anyway. ;)

Once you have the right eye drawn, you're

probably going to want to draw the left eye, too.

^_^ All you have to do is draw the mirror image of

the exact same eye. The placement of the second

eye can be tricky, though. Anime eyes, no matter

what style, are always drawn about one eye length

apart. The distance may be a little more or less, but one eye length is a good

measurement.

You probably are not always going to draw your characters

facing towards you, though, so you'll need to know how to

line up eyes at different angles. On the head portion of this

general face tutorial, you will see that I use curved guidelines

to define where I'm going to place the eyes. Always draw

guidelines to help you position the eyes, until you are really

good at it and no longer need them. You don't want the eyes

to be off-center. Notice that in this picture, the right eye is

smaller and flatter than the left since it's further away from you.

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