How to draw anime eyes

The eyes are an essential body part that help to not only distinguish the gender of a character, but also give an impression of a character’s personality and literary style. Realistically drawn beautiful eyes, cute girls whose eyes brim with Moe (cuteness), coolness and cheerfulness… There exists various ways of illustrating eyes, and many artists may lose their way while trying to find the perfect method of doing so. As though they reflect a character’s psyche, the eyes can express within them even a person’s nature and have great impact on the overall balance and impression of the entire illustration. It is difficult to naturally display the eyes from various angles when the artist has not fully comprehended their structure and shape. One of the biggest challenges for beginner artists is drawing the shape of the eyes and the angles where they match the face. In this feature, out of the many artworks that focus on easy methods of drawing eyes, we have carefully chosen only 15 instructive pieces. For users of traditional hand drawing as well as users of digital hand drawing, please refer to these illustrations.