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Face Tutorials

Female eyes

In this tutorial, I will attempt to

go over some basic methods to

draw general anime faces, so

you can both get a better idea

of how anime faces are drawn

and proportioned, as well as an

idea of how use what you know

to create interesting original

characters. I've divided this

tutorial up into four sections.

Male eyes

Nose and Mouth

Shape of the Head

Facial Expression

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. ^.^;

On to the Next Section!

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