Various drawn eyes in anime style. Tips on how to draw anime characters eyes. Other types of eyes

Today, anime is one of the most popular branches of animation. This is a unique genre in its art and plots, which is why it has many fans. The main goal of many of them is to learn how to draw anime characters. Almost everyone who does not have some experience in drawing faces some problems in connection with the transfer of all unique features this or that anime character. These nuances are important factor, because each anime has its own unique style.

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Before you start drawing anime characters, there are some things to consider important points, otherwise quite serious difficulties will arise. When you know certain anime drawing secrets, such as the rules on how to draw anime characters' eyes, short time you can do without special effort calmly depict both the most famous of them and your own invented ones. The main thing is to strictly adhere to the style of the corresponding genre.

How to draw anime eyes step by step?

Anime characters' eyes must be large, so the first thing you need to do is determine what part of the face they will occupy. After this, they begin to draw a line with a pencil, curving upward and having the greatest thickness at the top point. The right edge of the line should be noticeably lower than the left. This way we get the upper eyelid.

How to draw anime girls eyes?

The next step is to draw the lower eyelid. To accurately determine the size of the future eye, it is necessary to draw intersecting lines, and their steepness will determine the size of the eye. Then we draw an oval inside. Usually it is drawn elongated. This will be the iris of the eye. There will be a pupil inside it. Round irises and pupils are often drawn for guys. The oval on top will be slightly hidden under the eyelid. But, of course, it depends on emotions. If the character is surprised, the oval will be completely visible. In the case of other emotions, it may be half hidden, only above or only below, or completely all over.

How to draw anime characters' eyes with a pencil?

Next you will need to draw the highlights, or rather, their contours. They, like the iris and pupil, have an oval shape. You need to pay attention to the light source. The highlights are drawn from the side from which the light falls on your character. This picture also involves a secondary highlight, which is reflected from another light source. It is drawn smaller than the main one and is usually round. Now you should shade top part eyes, since the shadow from the eyelashes should fall there and upper eyelid. Don't forget about the pupil inside the iris. Its oval shape should be preserved. Now about the eyelashes. They can be depicted as spikes, or whatever you like, but depending on the drawing, they may even be absent. You should also draw an additional thin line above the upper outer corner of the eye, representing the overhang of the upper eyelid, or crease. To make the eye look voluminous, you need to add a shadow with a few strokes, falling on the white in the upper part of the pupil.

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Eyes play an important role in anime characters, because thanks to them you can learn a lot about the character. In this tutorial I will show you several ways to draw anime eyes.
For this we need:

• an ordinary pencil (preferably hard),
• liner (or black ballpoint pen),
• paper and eraser.

Learn to draw anime eyes step by step

• Step 1

  First, you need to remember that the distance between the eyes should always be one eye. (although sometimes it happens that the distance may be slightly less or more, but this should not be so noticeable)

• Step 2

  Now let's look at the location of the eyes in different angles. Since almost everyone draws eyes looking straight, I won’t draw them.
  Having examined everything in detail, you can see that there is still a space of one eye between the eyes. You can also see that the further eye is smaller in width, but the same in length.
  Pose yourself in the mirror, looking at your eyes from different angles. This way you can more easily imagine in your head how the eyes should be drawn.

  
  
• Step 3

  You also need to remember that the highlights are on one side of the eyes.

  
  
• Step 4

  Now let's start looking at drawing methods. In the first method, we start drawing from the iris itself. The advantage is that anime eyes, or rather their irises, are not always round. It can also be more oval. Experiment.

  
  
• Step 5

  The second method begins by drawing the upper eyelid and drawing two auxiliary lines that will give us some relief while drawing the lower eyelid.
  Honestly? I never liked this method, but suddenly you will love it.

  
  
• Step 6

  The third method is somewhat similar to the second. Also, first we draw the upper eyelid, or an approximate image of the eye. And then we will detail everything.

  
  
• Step 7

  The fourth method can also suit more cartoonish and realistic styles. It all starts with us drawing the entire eyeball. Here you can give free rein to your imagination and draw the eyes you want. Even the eyes of Tadashi (City of Heroes), or the eyes of Johnny Depp. But here you can only see more anime eyes.

  
  
• Step 8

  Now let's start drawing the eyes themselves. We will not take complex eyes and take simpler ones. To begin with, you should mark the location of the eyes on a piece of paper.

  
  
• Step 9

  We make approximate eye markings. Never be afraid to add other auxiliary lines that you need.

  
  
• Step 10

  We add some small details and start lining.

  
  
• Step 11
  

How to draw anime eyes step by step

Today we will try to draw anime eyes. Without eyebrows, only the main part of the eye. (ps. I'm not an artist). I draw in sai, but you will need:

• pencil (sharpened, otherwise you won’t draw eyelashes),
• eraser,
• something for lining (gel, mascara, etc.),
• pencils (soft and bright),
• felt-tip pens, liners (whatever your heart desires).

Simple anime eye

Today I'm drawing an eye in an anime style. Simple and fast. From the materials, take what is closest to you, there are no restrictions. I'll take a pencil because...

How to draw anime girl eyes step by step

Drawing anime eyes

For this tutorial we will need:

• pencil 4B
• eraser
• HB pencil
• blender

• Step 1

  Hello everyone, in this lesson I will show you how to draw anime eyes. First of all I draw two stripes on the top and bottom. then I make two squares 3cm wide. Please note that there should not be a large distance between the eyes.

  
  
• Step 2

  Now we erase everything unnecessary and draw the eyelashes.

  
  
• Step 3

  in this step we draw the iris inside the eye.

  
  
• Step 4

  Now we erase the two squares that we used to draw the eyes.

  
  
• Step 5

  Now we draw the pupil inside the eyes.

  
  
• Step 6

  At this stage we draw the highlights inside the eye. One highlight should be larger than the other.

  
  
• Step 7

  draw two stripes that will mark the beginning and end of the shadows.

  
  
• Step 8

  take an HB pencil and shade the entire eye.

  
  
• Step 9

  Now take a 4B pencil and shade the places where the shadows should be.

  
  
• Step 10

  Take a blender/piece of paper and blend our shadows.

  
  
• Step 11

  Now take a 4B pencil and color the pupil and darken the shadows.

  
  
• Step 12

  take the blender again and blend the shadows.

  
  
• Step 13

  Now take the eraser and make highlights.

  
  
• Step 14

  This is what we should get.

  
  
• Step 15

  in this lesson I showed how to draw ONE type of eye in anime style, but in fact there are a lot of them. Author of the lesson: Berd-dodo you will be able to draw many different types anime eyes and color them. I hope everything works out for you!

  
  

Let's start with a warm-up. Below is a step-by-step demonstration to help you get used to the process we'll use later to learn draw anime.

Eyes are a great subject to start drawing anime as they are key to of this type characters. The lesson is so simple that you will succeed even if you have never drawn before.

You will need:

• paper
• ruler
• eraser
• 2 pencils
• sharpener
• black gel pen or liner

Step 1:draw 2 horizontal pencil lines 1 inch (25 mm) apart. Connect them with four vertical lines at equal distances from each other. You should end up with three rectangles, the height of which is slightly greater than the width.

Step 2:draw eyebrows, upper and lower lash lines.The angle of each line tilts slightly towards the center of the drawing. The curves of the upper lash lines are more pronounced. The guidelines made in the previous step help to get the correct distances for the lash lines, but for drawing the eyebrows you need to use your eye to get the correct distance between the eyebrows and the lash lines below.

Step 3:add the iris of each eye, leaving a small white circle at the top for illumination.

Step 4:write an oval in each iris. Add a smaller oval inside each of these ovals to represent the pupils. Make the bottom of the large ovals flatter. Add two smooth lines above each eye to indicate the crease of the upper eyelid.

Step 5:take the black one gel pen or liner and carefully fill in the lines along the contours.

Step 6:Once the ink is dry, erase all pencil lines.

Pencil lines should be light and easily erased after inking!

To begin with, some general information about the eyes:

Eyes are extremely important to me. They give life and add emotion to the character. I believe that if the eyes are not finished, the whole painting will look flat and gray. Therefore, I advise you to draw beautiful eyes. This will bring your drawing much closer to success!

I will also note that all eyes are different. The color, shape and structure of the iris give the character his distinctive and unique features. It is very important to change the styles of drawing eyes. I've seen too many times where people draw the same eyes for all their characters and they all end up looking the same. >_
So let's get started!

1. Vector

Use the Pen tool to draw the basic shapes of the eyelashes and iris. I used the Circle tool to cut out a hole for the reflection. For the eyelashes I used #240609 and for the iris I used #380002. I masked some of the lines under the iris to make it lighter. Also, I prefer to use vector masks instead of Shape Layers because you can draw on them (which you can't do on the shape layer itself). To create a vector mask, use the Pen tool in Paths mode, and when you close your shape, right-click and select Create vector mask. Tadaa! Now you can draw/draw/do whatever you want on the layer, and anything outside the shape's border will be hidden. 8D As you can see, I have already drawn the skin here. I used the same colors as on the skin to add shadows inside the eye. Otherwise I would have used more gray colors, But this picture made mainly in pink, so I decided to stick to this style. :P

2. Add a pupil

Quite simple. On a new layer in Multiply mode, using a 30 px Airbrush Soft Round, draw the pupil in a circular motion. The color used for the pupil is #010000.

3. Draw dark areas

I create a duplicate of the pupil that I just drew on a separate layer. This new layer also saves a vector mask in the shape of an iris, which will be useful to us later. (You can erase everything on the duplicated layer. The main thing is that the vector mask remains.) Use the same color as before and apply round shadows using a Soft Round brush with Opacity 50%. Go over the lines with your Smudge tool at 70% intensity.

4. A little red

On a new layer (with a vector mask) set the blending mode to Simple Lightening (Llinear dodge). Use the same brush and technique as before to add a small amount of red #7c0608. Process the lines with your finger (Іmudge tool). Use the dark lines as a guide to know where to add red. Now use the Dodge tool with 20% intensity on the highlights and paint the rays coming from the pupil with the same brush (soft round).

5. More shadows

Simple stage. Use an Airbrush Soft Round to add a little more shadow around the pupil. Use the same red color as in Step 4, but set the blending mode to Multiply.

6. Light spots

Take purple from the skin (#ba668e) and on a new layer, using a 10 px Soft Round brush, go over the places where the red should be brighter. If you're using a tablet, adjust the pressure to get thick or thin lines. Set the blending mode on this layer to Color Dodge. Then apply the Gaussian blur filter with a value of 0.2-0.3 pixels.

7. Soften the edges

Now we have 6 layers (not counting the eyelashes). Merge the iris layers into one group. Make two duplicates of this group, placing one copy ABOVE the original group and the other BELOW it. Or simply merge the layers with the iris (Merge layers) and create 2 copies. But remember that in this case it will be impossible to draw on layers, so personally I prefer to work with groups so that in the future, if anything, you can make changes to the drawing. One way or another, on the top layer, using the Smudge tool, go over the edge of the iris so that it looks like the picture on the left. On the copy located at the very top, apply a Gaussian blur filter with a value of 3-5 pixels. This will create a soft ring around the iris. It may be darker on some eyes, but on this image I'll leave it like this. XP

8. Reflections

My favorite part. :) Decide where the light source is and where you want the reflections to be. The round highlight is from a bright flash (maybe from the camera?!), the long highlight is from the rest of the surroundings (I really like it because it makes the eye look three-dimensional). Choose a color that is similar to your background colors because those colors will also be reflected in the eyes. I could have chosen yellow because the main light source in the whole painting is yellow, but the blue #947cee goes better with the red. :D Use a Soft Round brush about 30 pixels in size and smudge the highlight a little. Set the blending mode to Linear dodge and the Opacity to 59%. Duplicate the layer at maximum opacity so that the reflection is white, but erase or mask out the long highlights near the pupil so that the blue tone is visible.

9. Blue sky light

The sky is also reflected in the eyes. :) I decided to use the same one blue from step 8. Use a soft round airbrush (Airbrush Soft Round) with a size of approximately 45 pixels and opacity (opacity) 50%. Gently apply the blue color over the eye. Change the layer mode to Hard light, Opacity 49%, Fill 83%.

10. And finally a little yellow XD

Yes, yes, for contrast and in order to make the red lighter, and also because there is yellow. Using an Airbrush Soft Round and Opacity 30% on a new layer, lightly add some yellow (#f1ed4d) on top of the red lines. Remove any excess that extends beyond the iris. Set the blending mode to Color Dodge.

11. Soften the lash line

Duplicate the vector eyelashes layer, rasterize it, and then smudge it with a Soft Round brush around the edges and even more on the bottom edge to enhance the shadows on the top of the eye. Place this layer above the original eyelash layer, reducing the Opacity to 66%.

12. Add volume to eyelashes

Duplicate the blurred eyelash layer from step 11, apply the Gaussian blur filter and paint the eyelashes with a light brown color (#704e31) using a Soft Round brush. Smear where necessary. Set the layer to Linear dodge mode with Opacity 78% and Fill 97%.

13. First adjustment layers

Now you need to lighten it a little and add warmth to the eye. :) Here 3 layers are applied: Invert (Invert) in mode Soft light (Soft Light) with opacity (Opacity) 63% and fill (Fill) 33%; orange-purple gradient in Screen mode with Opacity 34% and Fill 62%; tan color (#c7b87b) in Soft light mode with Opacity 62% and Fill 39%.

14. More highlights

Merge all layers. Use the Blur tool at 24% intensity to blur some of the sharp edges. Now we will add another layer to enhance the eye color. Use an Airbrush Soft Round and apply yellow (#eaf1d2) near the round highlight and a little on the red area of ​​the iris. Then add some blue (#89b7f3) to the top left corner of the eye. Set the layer's blending mode to Bright light(Vivid light), Opacity (Opacity) 52%, Fill (Fill) 66%.

15. OH MY GOD, final adjustments!!

It all depends on your taste how much you want to enhance the colors and contrast. But in my case, layers with adjustments appeared in next order: black and white gradient in soft light mode, Opacity 28%, Fill 62%; Color balance, shifted more towards the green tint in Color mode, Opacity 69%, Fill 44%; Levels; Hue and Saturation, Opacity 83%; cool blue photo filter, Opacity 65%, Fill 23%. And then another adjustment to Hue and Saturation. In between there are textures that can be excluded, but sometimes you want to make the most of the advantages of colors that appear in some textures. :) To complete all this, I created a new layer and did the following: Image – Apply image, I also used the Unsharp mask filter with an intensity of 25% and increased the Sharpness in some places. with a radius of 10 pixels and Contrast. This layer with sharpness (Sharp) is superimposed with opacity (Opacity) 47%.

You can continue to add more detail, but I thought the eye turned out pretty good at this stage. LOL

Thank you for your attention!

Have fun creating tons of eyes! 8D

Anime eyes are one of the biggest charms and best way express the character's emotional state. And besides, there is no more variety and uniqueness anywhere, because eyes in anime are very different from other styles.

Size, highlights, color, shape - all of this affects the uniqueness of the eye you draw, and the most important thing is that each artist draws the way he wants, and thereby expresses his individuality.

They say that this portrayal lies in the fact that the nation of Japan has a complex about its narrow eyes. I can't tell you for sure since these are just rumors, but there are a number of anime where the eyes are normal and realistic (look at the styles of Miyazaki, Akira, Hellsing). Rather, the essence is not always in the eyes.

By the position of the eyes it is easy to see the hero’s mood and character. Everything is very easy. Almost all types of eyes have great similarities and inventing new ones is not at all difficult.

The easiest way is to take the eyes of any character and change them a little in your own way. There are simple and complicated eyes, depending on the design, highlights, and the number of colors. Don't forget that eyes are the main criterion for your character's character and emotions.

At simple anime one or two highlights appear in the eyes. If you want more beautiful and unique ones, draw four or more highlights.

First, let's start understanding the standard, simple type. Now we will draw anime eyes step by step.

Step 1. Let's make the right eye

It's very simple here. Draw a line that curves upward. We thicken it at the bend.

Step 2. Draw the bottom part

At the moment of connection, draw a thicker line.

Step 3. The iris is not drawn completely and is covered by the eyelid

Only in amazement is she drawn open. They can also be round and oval in shape. In our case, it is a round shape.

Step 4: Highlights

As mentioned above, we can draw a large number of them. The largest highlight of them is turned towards the light. They never cover anything, they always stand in the foreground and do not hide under the hair. And even the pupil.

Step 5. Add detail to the pupil

You can add a couple of layers of shadow, here it already looks like a dot that blurs at the edges. Let's add tone. Draw an eyebrow. We darken the top of the eye - in the place where the pupil is.

Another example. All steps are identical to the previous example.

Features - a large amount of glare, there is a pattern on the pupil. Large quantity eyelashes, different sizes, as drawn here:

Another example:

Anime Eye Types

Finally, I present to you the different types of eyes. I won't go into detail anymore. But they all have almost the same rules. Take a closer look - at the top of the eye the lines are thicker than at the bottom, and always.

Lesson is over, thanks everyone!