How to Draw a Realistic Eye With Depth

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How to Draw a Realistic Eye With Depth

This process takes a while but it's worth it!

Rose Krofcheck

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Start with the outline. Because the outline will most likely be smudged off when I start shading carefully and lightly retrace the lines... To draw this I used a mechanical pencil.

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Get some powder lead or draw a patch of it and take a fluffy brush and coat your eye in a few layers if it.

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Like this:)

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Use your finger or...

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A small brush to start forming the shape of the eye by defining the darker areas!

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Like this!

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Smooth and blend out the drawing.

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To get this!

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This is the knead eraser that I used to do highlights and touchups!

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This is how I touched mine up...

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Then fix your shading...

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Redraw your outlines that have disappeared:)

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Fill in the darkest areas like the pupil, shadow on the upper part of the iris and the crease of the eyelid.

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Draw spokes coming from the pupil and shade a small part of the bottom of the eye...

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Draw darker shades on the iris like so:)

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I used a homemade tortillian for small shading...

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Using the tortillian, I added shading to the upper eyeball and smoothed the entire drawing out!

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I began working on the skin. I put tones into the eyelid and the skin surrounding it.

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I used the tortillian to smooth out the harsh lines and then fixed some of the lines that got covered up!

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Then I worked on the shadows of the lower part of the skin... Then I sketched in the eyebrows lightly.

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I took the small brush and brushed out the eyebrow.

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Then I filled it back in.

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I added eyelashes like so! Darker at the roots and lighter at the tips!

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I also drew the reflections of the eyelashes on the highlight of the iris.

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Then I drew in the lower lashes.

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I fixed some shading...

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Like this:)

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Fix your highlights...

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Smooth everything out...

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You're done!

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Youre done!

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Youre done!

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Youre done!

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Your finished with your eye;)

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Leave ?s comments and or suggestions for my next guide! Please follow:) and thank you for viewing! -<3- Rose

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Blending stumps/ tortillians

Rose Krofcheck 4 months ago

Surely, Rose ;)

Robert David 4 months ago

Thank you Robert!

Rose Krofcheck 4 months ago

I'd say you have a gift worth pursuing and developing.

Robert David 5 months ago

Thank you I won't!

Rose Krofcheck (author) 9 months ago

You are super talented, don't ever stop drawing 😉

Gillian Duncan 9 months ago

I will have a lips guide up by Wednesday of this week! Just to let people know:)

Rose Krofcheck (author) 9 months ago

@Gillian, thank you so much, I hope that it helped!

Rose Krofcheck (author) 9 months ago

Wow! I look forward to other guides. I always struggle with faces but I think this will inspire me! Thank you for sharing :)

Gillian Duncan 9 months ago

@Emily, thank you! I will try to do a lips or nose guide next:)

Rose Krofcheck (author) 9 months ago

@Ugly Betty, thank you! I hope you find some time to draw... And I'll be sure to keep up with it:)

Rose Krofcheck (author) 9 months ago

This is awesome! I think you should do a guide on noses. I find those difficult to draw.. Or lips.

Emily Coyer 9 months ago

You're very talented. Up until I left school I used to draw all the time - I loved it! But as I got older I just didn't find I had the time any more....so make sure you keep at it. 😄

Ugly Betty 9 months ago

Thank you Caz!

Rose Krofcheck (author) 9 months ago

You are so very talented! Will watch out for all your art guides.

Caz Draven 9 months ago

Anne, thank you so much!:) God Bless

Rose Krofcheck (author) 9 months ago

Your guide was great btw

Priyank Anovadiya 9 months ago

Thanks :)

Priyank Anovadiya 9 months ago

Sure, I'll get on that:)

Rose Krofcheck (author) 9 months ago

Could you possibly do a guide for lips and nose?

Priyank Anovadiya 9 months ago

Wow! That is so amazing! And do realistic!!! Wow... I wish I could really draw like that! You've got a gift :)) use it wisely and nicely :) God Bless

Anne Drew Bautista 9 months ago

Thank you John! I made mine out of computer paper and tape. I cut a small piece of paper out in the shape of a square and rolled it up starting at one of the corners going to the diagonal corner. Then tape the middle and cut the tip off flat. You can buy these but better quality at stores! And before using yours, I would recommend 'wearing it down' on another price of paper so it won't scratch your drawing up:/ if you would like I could do a guide on it?

Rose Krofcheck (author) 9 months ago