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How to draw eyes: a simple technique (part 2)

 

Draw very thin lines from the center to the border and vice versa until you reach a result similar to the image. Be really light with the touch. A 2H pencil comes really in handy at this stage.

For this step I have used a softer pencil, the 2B to enhance the contour of the iris and to draw a bit of shadow on the upper and lower lid. I have smudged it with mi finger to obtain this effect.

 

With the softer pencil I have also added few thicker lines at the outer rim of the iris following the same movement you used for the thin lines. the only thing this time do not go all the way in toward the pupil. Let the thin lines br visible underneath the thicker ones.

 

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Finally you can increase the size of the reflection on the upper-right of the iris/pupil just by erasing your way through and defining with the 2B pencil the perimeter of the reflection.

 

We are getting there, You have almost learnt how to draw eyes from scratch and without a reference image.

 

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With this last step you can add more details to the composition. You can intensify the blackness around the iris to emphasize it and you can also increase the whiteness of the light reflection.

 

The last touch are the eyelashes. To draw them start from the lid rim and draw with a swift movement of the hand moving away from the rim. Arrows in the drawing show how you can do it.

 

Ok, now you have a very basic understanding of how to draw eyes even if this is not a super realistic eye.

 

Before leaving you to more exploration of the Factory and more drawing I want to talk for a sec more about the positioning of the eye in the face.

 

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I know this looks a bit creepy but bare with me for a minute.

 

This image represents a schematic view of the tri-dimensional relationship between the eye (which is imaginable as a sphere for our purposes), the eye socket and the eyelids.

 

As you can see from the image, the eye that we see (in orange) is only a small part of the eyeball which is sunk inside the head. Moreover the eye does not pop from a flat surface on the face but instead pops from a concave surface.

 

This is why the upper and lower eye lids form such prominent and deep lines around the eye.

 

I do hope this tutorial on how to draw eyes has been useful! Check soon the web

site again for more tutorials on how to draw more realistic and complex eyes!

 

 

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