Someone Requested I Do A Step-by-step Process On How I Draw Eyes, So Here It Is!

Someone requested I do a step-by-step process on how I draw eyes, so here it is!

I’ve been asked a couple times to make a drawing tutorial. Here it is!

Disclaimer: This is how I draw, it isn’t the only nor necessarily the right way to draw. Be sure tryout the millions of other techniques available on the web in books! Find something comfortable for you. There is always room for improvement.

How to draw : Faces so I decided to put together this tutorial after a request on deviantart, I hope it’s helpful!

Yeah so this is my general process of drawing heads…it’s an amalgamation of many different things I’ve picked up over the years. This is by no means the best or the only way to draw heads, this is just the method I developed with time. Pro tip: FLIP YOUR CANVAS A LOT. I flip constantly to check and make corrections. The face/head is NEVER perfectly symmetrical, but some semblance of symmetry is needed. Of course, vary the features to give variety. I suffer from same-face syndrome but I’m working on putting more variety in my people…at least I want them to be distinguishable. Anyway, I hope this was helpful? My best advice is to practice practice practice. And don’t forget to observe. Why do you like how an artist draws a face? Or, why do you like how and actual person’s face is constructed? Play around with things until you find a method that’s suitable for you. 

New tutorial!

#theArtfulTruth - Expressions & Emotions 

If you’re trying to get better at faces, expressions, eyes, noses, mouths, etc, one of the best exercises I can recommend is to create a grid of boxes labeled with whatever emotions you want and fill them in with SIMPLIFIED drawings. I got the sheet above from my former instructor Will Weston and filled it in using Disney animated movies. Here’s how you go about doing this:

1. Make your grid (you can use the clear one above, credit: Will Weston)

2. Label as many emotions/expressions that you want. Try to have a range.

3. Find some good source material. I recommend the book above by Mark Simon if you want real photos. You can also use cartoons and movies. Just put on a DVD and start watching. When you get to a scene where a character’s facial expression matches something you want, pause it and sketch out the basic shapes very SIMPLY. DO NOT try to copy the exact design of the character’s features, but instead try to see what the general expression is. It might be hard at first but keep trying to simplify. 

4. Rinse and repeat. You can make yours as realistic or as cartoony as possible. And don’t be afraid to change them. Looking back at my own sheet above, I don’t necessarily agree with my former self but that’s ok. We’re all constantly improving or at least we hope so :)

ONE LAST THING: Remember that there is no one single way to draw expressions. This should serve as a guide for when you’re stuck or just to get better in general. There’s probably a million ways to draw “Happy” so experiment and see what you learn. And if you feel like it, write me and tell me about it. I’d love to hear about your growth.

Happy Drawing!