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DarlingMionette — Tutorial - Painting The Human Eye
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YAY TUTORIAL TIME! <3 I had a little bit of time today while I'm waiting to see if my current commission needs to be edited or not - so this is what you get - a slapped together tutorial on painting eyeballs :3 Enjoy.Eye References:
Note : this was done in about 15 minutes - so no, the iris didn't get a lot of attention paid to it, and I didn't go into a great amount of detail. This is mostly so people know where to start when painting eyes and what to do with the anatomy.
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This is the best eye tutorial ever ;___; lol. Thank you so much<3
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XD you're very welcome
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^^ I try to use this method, I still looking for new
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This is amazing. It very clearly explains each step, and the results are beautiful. Definitely one of the best tutorials I've seen here.
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awwies thank you!
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AWWWWW YEAH! I LOVE THIS TUTORIAL! <3 So useful! I'm gunna try it! I desperately need some eye help xD
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XD thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful!
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this was very helpful!
btw, do you have any suggestions on drawing UBER long hair, like ankle length, without making it seem too...stiff? like this giant CHUNK of hair with a few loose bits falling down the person's back...I cant get it right without making the hair look too thin or messy.
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It follows the same principle as shorter hair - just remember to put a lot of subtle curves into the direction of the hair as it falls, and every once in awhile, swing out kind of wildly from the pass to add to the volume and the "life-like"ness. Never use straight lines on hair EVER unless hair is soaking wet XD
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this is incredibly helpful! thank you for sharing!
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XD you're very welcome, i'm glad you found it helpful!
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I've been looking for something like this for awhile! Thank you for having it. ^^
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They watch me, they know Im there 
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you're very welcome :3
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you're very welcome!
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GOSH GOLLY MISS MOLLY
i saw a realistic eye tut. on dragoart and that was great.
THIS IS 50X BETTER
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Thank you - and thank you for providing such lovely stock!
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Nice! one thing I'd like to comment that I notice in most of the really attractive eye illustrations that I've seen, is that often the area of the iris right behind the main highlight is darker than the rest of it (shadowed) and there is often an inner highlight on the iris itself opposite the main highlight (here is a good and not too complicated example [link] not necessarily following some of the other guidelines you have suggested 
I think I tend to be better at emotive eyes than realistic ones myself
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thanks for the info ^^ unfortunately this was a 15 min speedpaint so I didn't pay much attention to the iris in particular. If this was a commission I'd have gone into wayyyy more detail with the skin and eye. This is just for the general gist of things :3
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no problem, I just thought it might help somebody 
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i think there needs to be more contrast...
the iris should def be darker
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XD well of course but this was a 15 minute speedpaint to show anatomy more than painting XD I did almost nothing tot he iris -_-
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