Anime eyes drawing how to#

This is also the reason, why so many people and artists tell you, that drawing anime is bad.īecause you should learn how to draw the normal human figure before abstracting it. You can look at your own eyes in the mirror and you can see, how your eyelids also wrap around your eyeball.Īnime is nothing more, than an abstraction and simplification from real life in a very specific style. If you keep in mind, that the eyeball is like the name suggests, basically a little ball and the eyelids are wrapping over the ball form, then your eyes will look so much more realistic and believable right away. The “wrapped around”-part is the important part.

Anime eyes drawing skin#

The eyelids are basically just very thin skin that is wrapped around the eyeball. It is also sometimes not round but has more of an oval shape. The Pupil is also way larger in Anime drawings then it would be in reality. This is where the light shines through to the inside of the eyeball and from outside this part looks almost dark. A normal eyeball would not have an iris this big.Īnd finally the Pupil. The Picture below shows the eyeball of an Anime character. In Anime the Iris is much bigger than normal, keep that in mind. Don´t worry, you don´t have to know exactly how the human eye works but you should at least have a basic idea of the structure of the eye. So the tools I mentioned above are more then enough for you to learn how to draw Anime eyes but if you really want to create an illustration I would strongly recommend you to get a set of graphite pens that go from HB to at least 6B and you should definitely get some drawing Paper or illustration board! The Basics of Drawing Anime Eyesīefore we get to the actual drawing part we should take a look at some Basics, that everyone should know before drawing eyes in any style.įirstly, let´s have a look at the Anatomy of the eye. This tutorial is meant for exercise purposes. A kneadable eraser would be best but any eraser will do in the beginning. You will need an Eraser and some whiteout. I usually use sketch paper or an illustration block. You can also just use any paper you would like even though I recommend a stronger drawing paper, something, that can survive some erasing. I would recommend a rather soft graphite Pen like a B4 or B5 but really any pen, that can achieve a huge variance in tone is just fine. In all honesty, all you need is a graphite pen and a piece of paper.

So let´s get started with drawing some Anime Eyes! The Tools you will need for this Tutorial You will learn how to draw Female and Male eyes and how to diversify the look of your eyes to make them unique! I will show you the Basics, a Step by Step approach and then I will give you some final Tipps. In this tutorial, I will show you how to draw Anime eyes in every style and form.