Bringing eyebrows down to the eyes makes a strong expression. Sometimes it can help to exaggerate the eyebrows even if it might stray away from a realistic approach. Making the features work together helps to enhance the readability of the intended emotion.Įyebrows are a very powerful tool to show emotions. The eye mask is also easier to imagine in different angles. Imagining an eye mask can help to unify the features around the eyes so that they don’t just float on the face. This indicates a strong change of direction to where the head is facing before it turns into a full profile. Turning it more reveals there is no space between eye and eye bridge. When the head is turned away in semi profile you might only see the tip of the eyebrow and eyelash. Stylised approaches might leave out some anatomical details, but the shape should still act like the realistic eye in order to achieve a 3-dimensional result. Keep the thickness of the eyelids in mind. The pupil moves on a sphere, not on a straight plane.Įspecially when drawing eyes from a ¾ view it is important to imagine the spherical space they move on. Don’t be afraid to break up the eye shape to make it dynamic. The form of the eye changes when the pupil moves. The front area of the face is a little bent and the eyes appear slanted. This is the basis to make the eyes look 3-dimensional and imagine them from various angles.įrom other angles eyes might appear flat if drawn in a straight line. Even when the eyes are bigger, a structure that can be imagined in a 3D space should be established. Stylised proportions are derived from realistic ones so the pointers can still be applied and deformed depending on the style. Human faces are not perfectly symmetrical.įrom the side view, the positioning inside the eye socket makes the eye seem tilted. Keep flipping the drawing horizontally until both ways look right. Due to bangs or sideburns the distance might appear smaller.ĭon’t worry too much about symmetry. In the front view, the eyes are one eye apart from each other and one eye apart from the edge. Usually, the pupils are sitting on the midway line.Įyes are a good tool to measure the proportions of the face. Practice copying the eyes of your favourite characters or ask our qualified Manga teachers to create your own eye style.Īnalyze the elements that make up an eye and then simplify them.Īs we repeat in all our articles, don't be discouraged, keep trying, make mistakes, erase, start again.Īpolline offers drawing courses in Lausanne, Morges and Montreux and online Manga courses on the internet.In an average realistic adult face, the eyes are in the middle of the face. To illustrate this, here is an image where we find the three features of the upper part, the two features of the lower part and finally the reflection of the light we were talking about earlier. You can perfectly distinguish his nose, eyes, mouth, ears, for example, even if they are disproportionate to reality, they are just extremely simplified. Disproportions do not hinder the understanding or recognition of the character. In spite of the proportions, or rather disproportions peculiar to the manga style, (big head, big eyes, small nose, small body) - our article " how to draw a Manga" will give you more details about this - the manga style is inspired by the realistic style. You will see in the simplification stage what we are getting at. There is the upper part, which is divisible into three parts and which will give this oval shape, the lower part, which is divisible into two parts and finally the eye itself where the reflection of light is seen very close to the pupil, most of the time. In the image below we will break down the different points that make up an eye. It is therefore first necessary to analyse the elements of the eye in order to draw the simpler version, in this case in the manga style. It should be understood that the Manga drawing is a simplified version of the realistic drawing. First step, analysing and understanding Manga eyes So how to draw easily Manga eyes? Of course by registering to our Manga classes in Lausanne, Morges or Montreux, but also. After having been interested in sketches in our article " Why do your sketches in red", after having approached the problem of the support in our article " why use a spiral notebook" we are now tackling a specificity of Manga drawing: "The eyes".
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