How to Draw Eyes Digitally
Have you ever tried to draw a face but the features never end up feeling quite right? Facial features can be really difficult when you first start drawing characters because they are so complex. Luckily, there are a few simple methods that will make drawing faces much easier!
Eyes
Eyes can seem daunting when you are a beginner artist as they are made up of multiple parts. If you are looking to improve your eye drawing technique, Rodgon does an amazing job of teaching students all about drawing eyes in his course "How to Bring Your Characters to Life!"
To simplify the eye-drawing process, I like to start by sketching out the overall shape of the eye I want to create. There is a tonne of different eye shapes so do your research and find a reference of the one you want to draw!
Once you have the shape down you can add a circle for the iris – typically the top half of this circle will be obscured slightly by the eyelid. Once you are happy with the size and location of the iris you can add the eyelid, pupil, and lower waterline of the eye. The shape of the eyelid will be different depending on the person so again remember to use a reference!
You can then move on to adding color and shading. I recommend setting your line-art layer to a dark brown rather than black for this part of the process to keep things looking more natural. Start off by adding in your base colors before moving on to your shadows and highlights. During this stage, you can also begin to add in extra details like more defined eyelashes!
Tip: Eyes are spherical so it is important to add shading to the edge of the eyeball to show their curved shape.
Nose
Noses are a facial feature that artists often forget to practice when they are starting out. However, they can be difficult to get correct. A simple way to draw a nose from the front is to start out with a circle and then add two smaller circles to either side at the height you want your character's nostrils to be. You can then add in guidelines for the nose bridge and smooth out the nostrils. To shade the nose I like to start by adding in the shadows before moving on to add more color variations and highlights.
Tip: Add depth to your character's nose by adding highlights to the tip of the nose as well as a small highlight underneath the nose!
Mouth
When it comes to drawing lips, I like to start out by drawing the line between the top and bottom lip to act as a guide for the rest of the mouth. Once you have this guide you can then draw in the top lip, just remember to add the cupid's bow! (Depending on the lip-type you are drawing of course.) As shown in the above example, for the bottom lip I recommend only drawing a small line to show where the lips shadow will be. This will help a lot when it comes to adding color and shading later!
TIP: When it comes to coloring lips there are a few important things to remember:
- Lips are cylindrical in shape and this should be reflected in your shading!
- The top lip is typically more shadowed than the bottom- always try and use a slightly darker shade when coloring the top lip!
I hope these tips have helped inspire you to get drawing today! If you want to learn more about drawing faces why not give "How to Bring Your Characters to Life" our video course by Rodgon a try? This course goes into depth on drawing eyes, facial expressions, and poses and is perfect for beginners!
Wishing you all a creative week!
Rhea is an Australian concept artist who is currently studying at Griffith University. She is passionate about spreading her love of art to others.
Source: https://www.21-draw.com/draw-facial-features/
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