How to draw anime eyes

In this lesson I will tell you how to draw anime eyes with a pencil step by step. Thanks to this tutorial for beginners, you can easily draw the eyes of your anime character. Well, let's start drawing!

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Let's start drawing anime eyes with a light sketch. We need to draw the upper and lower eyelids, as well as the shape of the iris. Anime style eyes are very large and almost round, take this into account when drawing.

Now we draw the fold of the eyelid, the pupil and the highlight on it, add eyelashes and a shadow on the white of the eye - everything is shown in detail in the image below. By the way, if you want to learn how to draw not only eyes, I recommend these lessons - a lesson on drawing a nose, lips and hair.

Create a new layer under the sketch layer if you draw in photoshop or sai, and if you draw with a pencil, then just start coloring the anime eye with pencils or paints. We paint the skin around the eye beige, leave the white white, and you can make any iris, but I chose a blue-green color. Don't forget to leave a white spot as a highlight. The eyes will be large and shiny, like those of a real doll.

We shade the upper part of the eye, that is, the skin, iris and white.

At this stage we need to shade the eye even more from above so that it is almost black - this will give the character's look depth.

We draw the folds around the eye and make the upper eyelid even more expressive.

Apply light spots to the iris of the eye.

Here I apply even more colored highlights, dyeing my eyelashes brown and adding a highlight to the white of my eye.

All that remains is to apply pink color to the lower eyelid, and our anime-style eye is ready. Now that you know how to draw eyes in this style, you can safely start drawing the face of an anime girl.

I hope the lesson was useful and you learned how to draw anime eyes step by step with a pencil. You can also visit other anime drawing lessons:

Learn to draw anime eyes step by step

  1. 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 locations of the eyes from 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

Have you logged in? Now we erase the auxiliary lines and the eyes are ready! The main thing is not to be afraid to try something new. Even you can come up with a new way to draw eyes and share with everyone

How to draw anime eyes step by step

  1. Step 1

There are a large number of schemes and constructions for drawing an eye, here are some of them: triangle, arc.


Step 2

draw the main outline of the eye.


Step 3

Eyelashes are the most important thing. Don't draw them thoughtlessly! There are more eyelashes in the corner of the eye, but there are very few of them on the lower eyelid.


Step 4

draw the pupil and the main highlights. Only your imagination plays a role here!


Step 5

We draw the upper eyelid, the lower one at your discretion.


Step 6

Basic darkening of the pupil often occurs in three types. 1-sharp darkening, 2-smooth, 3-lower pupil circumference.


Step 7


Step 8

Erase the extra lines. Usually the glare comes out on the eyeball)


Step 9

The final stage. We make a shadow above the upper eyelid in the eyeball. Sometimes the shadow coincides with the darkening on the pupil. Done!(^o^)/ Thank you.

Simple anime eye

  1. Step 1

The first step is to draw two half-bent halves of the oval, leaving a gap between them.


Step 2

I add an eyebrow, eyelashes, and the mucous part of the eye. The main thing is not to overdo it with the eyelashes; we make them bent towards the end, place them chaotically, and overlap each other to add realism. The closer to the inner corner of the eye, the rarer they become. With the lower eyelashes the same theme, except that there are fewer of them, although if you want to draw a female caterpillar, then please, again, I don’t forbid anything. I made the eyebrow in the shape of a drop, you can choose any other shape you like.


Step 3

Draw the upper eyelid. Just two lines superimposed on each other.


Step 4

Pupil and iris. First we draw the largest oval, then, inside the large one, another one, a little smaller. For this whole structure we add the smallest oval - a highlight. Purely classic arrangement of highlights in OnYama. Erase the extra lines.


Step 5

I add volume to the eyebrow so that it doesn’t look like a pancake. I paint my iris. The closer to the pupil, the less bright it is. The eye is ready. Please point out errors, I will be grateful. Everyone's opinion is important to me. Share your drawings in the comments. Thank you!

How to draw anime girl eyes step by step

Original

It's very simple, draw anime upper eyelids.


Step 2

Now add the hair.


Step 3

Finally, draw the eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth lines.


Step 4

This is how beautiful the eyes of an anime girl should be.

Nowadays, there are a lot of television series, but the most popular of them are anime. It is these Japanese animations that have a unique style of depicting characters. Large eyes, thin and graceful body and facial features, ideal figures, beautiful hairstyles and bright style - this is a brief description of the appearance of anime characters. That is why they have gained immense popularity around the world.

Many anime fans want to not only watch, but also draw their favorite characters themselves. But for this you need to practice drawing their most expressive features. And then many people have a question: how to draw anime eyes step by step? In this lesson I decided to illustrate three different methods of drawing eyes in Japanese animations. The variations of drawing anime eyes don’t end there, but I will show you the most common ones. And if you want to learn how to draw a complete anime character, I recommend reading our other article: How to draw an anime girl.

What you will need:

  1. a sheet of white paper (you can use a sketchbook or sketchbook);
  2. a simple pencil;
  3. colored pencils or markers;
  4. eraser.
  1. Take a piece of paper and a pencil. Draw two parallel lines horizontally to position the eyes evenly.
  2. Draw the eye shape shown in example "2".
  3. Now you should erase all the auxiliary lines and draw a thick lash line at the top of the eye. On the sides these lines branch into three sharp cilia.
  4. Below, draw one short line, which also branches on the sides into two eyelashes.
  5. Draw oval pupils. Pay attention to their location: they do not touch the bottom, but the eyelids hang over them at the top.
  6. Drawing anime eyes with a pencil is not difficult. To do this, we must decorate the pupils and leave white highlights. Follow the example in figure "6".
  7. Add small lines of shadow at the top, under the eyelashes, draw the crease of the eyelids and draw thin eyebrows. You can paint the pupils any color.
  1. Let's look at another method for drawing anime eyes. Draw the same parallel lines as in the previous example and mark identical squares using a ruler.
  2. Draw the upper and lower lash lines. Follow the example in figure "2".
  3. At this stage, wipe off all the auxiliary lines with an eraser, draw the pupils and indicate the highlights with white circles.
  4. Color the eyes, draw the upper crease of the eyelid and eyebrows.
  1. Let's look at the third method of how to draw a girl's eyes in anime style. To do this, as before, you need to draw two lines.
  2. Draw squares of the same width (use a ruler) and place the shape of the eyes in them, as in figure “2”.
  3. Draw the top of the eyelashes that branch out to the sides.
  4. Draw the lower bold lash lines.
  5. At this stage, erase all the auxiliary lines with an eraser and draw the pupils, leaving white highlights of different shapes.
  6. Lightly draw shadow under the eyelashes and color in the pupils.

I hope this lesson was useful to you and your attempts to draw anime eyes were successful. Send your works to us on social networks.