Female eyes
Now let's start with the drawing of the most common cartoon eyes-"beautiful big eyes". Draw an upward curve first, and the line at the highest point of the curve should be a little thicker. Here we draw the eyes on the right side of the face (that is, the left eye of the character), so the left end of the curve is higher than the right end (the corner of the big eyes of the Japanese is a little droopy, which is pitiful, but if it is too droopy, the little dragon girl will become the old dragon girl). In fact, the top of this unformed eye is not a perfect curve, but a bit angular. Other types of eyes are almost completely bent at the top.
Next, let's draw the lower part of the eye. In order to determine its position, we gently draw two diagonal lines from the edge of the upper eyeliner as auxiliary lines. The inclination of the auxiliary line determines how wide the eyes will be. You can look at the examples at the back of this page to experience the changing effect of line inclination. Draw the eyeliner through the auxiliary line, the corner of the eye is slightly inclined to the lower right, and the line in the lower right corner is slightly thicker.
Erase the auxiliary line and draw a long oval in your eyes. There are also anime characters whose iris (eyeball) is a big circle, but here we draw it as a slender oval. Of course, you can also widen the shape according to your own preferences. The upper part of the ellipse will be covered by the upper eyeliner-in fact, no matter what style of eyes, we can't see the whole eyeball, and the upper part will almost be covered by the edge of the eye frame (except, of course, when we are frightened or angry).
Next, draw the outline of the eye highlights. Usually cartoon characters have some shadows in their eyes. Girls in comics generally have obvious shadows and luster. Create a light source of your choice in your painting, which is the same in the whole picture. For example, if the light in a painting comes from the left, then the highlight area of the rest of the picture must also come from the left, otherwise the relationship between light and shade will not be harmonious (unless you use multiple light sources, but this range is not involved in this textbook). Draw two long ellipses: the big ellipse is on the upper left of the iris (eye) (overlapping with the iris edge, as shown in the figure), and the small ellipse is on the other side of the eye.
Next, draw the pupil under the highlight. The highlight area is usually at the top, so don't draw pupils under the highlight. Then draw eyelashes. In this eye we painted, eyelashes are continuous spikes that grow from the upper right corner of the eye. Eyelashes should be drawn along the curve of the eyes, so that they will look like they grow from the eyes. Don't just draw some zigzag lines and stick them on her eyes. In fact, eyelashes are tiny curves born from eyelids.
(Describe the function of PS here) Click the check box on the layer panel and set the layer 1 to "preserve transparency", as shown in the left figure. This can only add color to the existing lines, and will not stain the blank space without color. Its function is very important. :) Choose a big brush and apply it on the whole screen with pure black (0,0,0). The edge of the mark will be black. :)
Ok, now let's draw another style of eyes-not the kind we usually see. This type is more slender, elegant and realistic, so it is often used in more serious animations and cartoons. This special eye belongs to Deedlit's "Lodos War" (is it the Battle of Rhode Island? ) class, much cooler than the killer (this kind of look starts with the killer! )。 Draw a slender curve first. The left side is lower than the right side, and the turn on the left side of the line is sharper.
In order to easily define the lower edge of the eye, two diagonally intersecting lines are gently drawn from the edge of the eye as auxiliary lines. Unlike the tutorial above, the auxiliary lines here are not so vertical. The more horizontal the auxiliary line is, the smaller the eyes will be. But don't draw too straight, because you don't want these eyes to become squints. Draw the bottom line of the eye through the auxiliary line.
Erase the auxiliary lines and draw the outline of the iris (eyeball). If there are no eyelids, the eyeball is a perfect circle. However, because the eyeball is blocked by the edge of eyelid, we can't see the top and bottom of the eyeball. Don't draw the eyeball too small, at least you can see the whole object. Unless you want to convey some emotion, such as anger or surprise, that's another part. )
Next, draw highlights on the iris, the position and drawing method are as mentioned above, but here the light of the eyeball itself is much smaller and more round. Then, we draw double eyelids on our eyes.
Draw eyebrows on the rest of the iris (? ) and shadows. Remember to draw the pupil under the highlight. No matter how dark the rest of the eyes are, the pupil should be slightly prominent.
You can draw these different styles of female eyes in the same way. Try to observe the differences of each style, but they are all the same. Although the shape and proportion have changed, the highest edge of the eye is always thicker; There are always many layers of shadows on the eyes, and so on. Although some of them are really sketches and look a little messy, I hope this can still help everyone.