How to draw eyes on a small scale? + other critique | Art Club | Page 1

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 12:31 AM

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I usually sketch a character on paper and then render/draw them digitally. But im wanting to finish my paper drawings and im struggling to add the eyes on such a small scale, any tips are appreciated! 🥰

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How to draw eyes on a small scale? + other critique

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 12:55 AM

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Usually having an understanding of human anatomy will help you figure out where to place the eyes

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And making sure that the eyes have correct perspective in relation to the face shape+direction he/she is looking in

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It also helps to follow the art style of the figure

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@gusty iron

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:04 AM

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cosmic ocean Usually having an understanding of human anatomy will help you figure out where ...

Im having less trouble placing the eyes, i know where they go, its just the structure of the eye itself in perspective + at smaller scale than im used to working with

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:05 AM

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gusty iron Im having less trouble placing the eyes, i know where they go, its just the stru...

I see. Try practicing drawing the same eye at larger sizes on a different piece of paper

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Like a dozen times

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It also helps to find a pencil/mechanical pencil with a really, really fine edge because it limits smudging and accidents

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:06 AM

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cosmic ocean I see. Try practicing drawing the same eye at larger sizes on a different piece ...

Then start to scale the drawings down to the size that you want

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Then transfer the technique to the real drawing

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:07 AM

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Ok! Thank you!!

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:11 AM

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@gusty iron if you do end up doing it please ping me with the finished product, i would like to see it!

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:11 AM

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Ofc!

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Im gonna do a couple eye studies to make my eye style a little more realistic i think that will also help my current style

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:12 AM

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Good idea

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:13 AM

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And then ill move to drawing them stylized for the characters

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:13 AM

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Yeah, realistic drawing is the key to drawing cartoonish art styles

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:14 AM

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Thats been my basic mindset this year and it lowkey feel like im relearning how to draw but its kindof nice to learn again

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I focussed a lot more on pose studies not too long ago

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:15 AM

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Can I suggest something?

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Try drawing mechs

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:15 AM

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Is that a yt channel?

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:16 AM

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No

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:16 AM

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OH

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Mechs

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:16 AM

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Use mechs as a baseline for posture

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They are all boxes and have varying anatomy

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:17 AM

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Mechs tend to have different proportions

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:17 AM

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Humans are really just fleshy mechs anyways

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:17 AM

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gusty iron Mechs tend to have different proportions

Then have fun with it, adjust the promotions if you need to

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:18 AM

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The later end of my pose study :

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:18 AM

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150% better than what i can draw lmao

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:19 AM

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Thank you 🥰

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:19 AM

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gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:19 AM

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I spent quite awhile on it 😅

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:19 AM

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gusty iron Thank you 🥰

Its good

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:19 AM

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Can i suggest smth for you?

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:19 AM

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Go for it

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:21 AM

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Knowing your basic shapes for the underlying bone structure, then adding the body structure ontop

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So u can see the hexagonal hip

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:21 AM

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Constructing the body inside out?

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And yes

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:22 AM

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cosmic ocean Constructing the body inside out?

Yes!

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I always draw ribs and hips first in a pose

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:23 AM

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Rounded square shape for ribs?

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:24 AM

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Here let me draw it without the body over it rq

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:24 AM

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Ok

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:27 AM

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The front of the ribs is higher than the back of the ribs

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putting this here so i can find my references later

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:32 AM

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Red=ribs green=abdomen blue=hips/waist

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Does this look right?

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(This drawing is also a sideview)

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:33 AM

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Your workin on it, personally i think doing a study and then finding what looks right to you is one of the best ways to internalize the technique that fits your style

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:34 AM

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Ill research how to do an art study

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And I'm not exactly sure if I have an art style (which I'm not complaining about) bc i have different techniques in realism, anime art and other things

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:37 AM

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Ive found that a art style isnt something u get its just smth u have, and you wont call it your art style till ur proud and happy about it

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:38 AM

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gusty iron *putting this here so i can find my references later*

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:38 AM

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gusty iron

Nice

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I saved the original reference too, ima do it later

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:39 AM

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gusty iron Ive found that a art style isnt something u get its just smth u have, and you wo...

Makes sense

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:42 AM

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Eyes i enjoy in others art

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:44 AM

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The eyes are very expressive

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They are done very well. You can understand the exact emotion the characters are having just from the eye

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Also, while I have you here, I am curious if you that the head is proportional to the body, it's nice to have another pair of eyes

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:47 AM

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Head tends to be same size as the ribs and hips

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cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:48 AM

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So a little smaller then

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 1:52 AM

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Yes

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 1:55 AM

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Coming to the server was definitely the correct idea

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 2:00 AM

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cosmic ocean Coming to the server was definitely the correct idea

I enjoy how positive everyone is, the only thing thats a little discouraging is when people are impatient

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 2:05 AM

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gusty iron I enjoy how positive everyone is, the only thing thats a little discouraging is ...

Positivity is good

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But the insight from others is invaluable

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Despite this being my first conversation with anyone in this server I feel light years ahead of how I was yesterday

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 2:14 AM

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cosmic ocean Despite this being my first conversation with anyone in this server I feel light...

Aw, trust there are so many amazing artists way better at helping than me

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U just gotta ask the right questions

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cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 2:16 AM

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gusty iron

Yeah, these are good ~~now draw a face with them~~

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 2:17 AM

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cosmic ocean Yeah, these are good ~~now draw a face with them~~

😭

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 2:28 AM

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on a serious note, you should do the same thing with lips/mouths

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I feel like there's something off with the jawline

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Flipped the image and the eye on the right looks awful

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 3:35 PM

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Yeah this is why i hate that small sketchy scale for face drawing, u cant add hardly any detail

cosmic ocean Dec 1, 2024, 6:06 PM

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gusty iron Yeah this is why i hate that small sketchy scale for face drawing, u cant add ha...

Practice is practice, it'd probably be a good idea to just draw heads are varying angles

gusty iron Dec 1, 2024, 6:07 PM

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Yup

cosmic ocean Dec 4, 2024, 12:47 AM

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@gusty iron

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I tried an eye "study" too

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Used your art style as example btw

gusty iron Dec 4, 2024, 12:48 AM

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Aww thx

#How to draw eyes on a small scale? + other critique