I tried to learn how to draw Asian eyes, I ended up learning so much more.

Drawing asian eyes can be hard compared to other's people's eyes. But it doesn't have to be. I want to show you how to do it, and I only need to show you one thing, and you'll figure out the rest. Not only that, but you'll also learn a lot about how to draw all different kinds of eyes.


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[flavafee]

i literally gasped when you first drew the monolid. it really has the desired effect! well done, and thank you for sharing with artists everywhere!!

[RJStheFourthAge]

I understand that you are using ‘mono-lid’ as a catch-all phrase here, but technically ‘mono-lid’ is only one of at least three different eye classifications for Asians. So the tension can be drawn in three different way (minimum) for Asians. Thus there are a lot of different shapes that fall under this category, and you can draw the Asian eyes in a lot of different ways while still adhering to the guidelines you give.

[not_hollw]

The lifting up is pretty true. Unless the art style is stylized! Everyone’s eyes, in my opinion, is almost the same, but the eyelids just says otherwise.

[akunbora]

I think the most obvious features to see are the epicanthal folds and the eyelids. However, contrary to what we often see in comics or drawings, statistically for Asians, having mono eyelids is somehow less common than epicanthal folds. Among East Asians, about 50% have single eyelids, while Southeast Asians have far fewer (not counting the Chinese diaspora). The feature that is more commonly shared between Southeast Asians and East Asians is the epicanthal folds, although they are still less common for Southeast Asians.
You have pretty eyes, by the way..
But yeah, I think Asian eyes are more about epicanthal folds than mono eyelids (especially for the Southeast boys and girls).

[happyfaults]

I used to often draw Asian characters myself but something about my output made me question if I was doing it right since I've been doing pretty much the same method for characters of other ethnicities (and I've got Asian ancestry myself lol) and, to me at least, they all somehow don't look as distinct as I'd want them to. This concise tutorial just really made everything make sense for me. ¡Muchisimas gracias por esto!

[Mustached_Dragon]

Hey dude! Love the video. I thought it was well put together and explained in a way that was understandable. I would be careful of labeling mono lids as “Asian Eyes” because not all Asians have mono lids. That’s why in Anime, many characters don’t look like they have the typical mono lid look but some do. Of course this is not what you intended but tying all Asians to a type of eye is not the most accurate one can be and contributes to the stereotype that all Asians have mono lids. Anyway, thanks for making the video! It helps a lot.

[Twiddle_things]

THANK I love the look of asian eyes but was never able to figure them out!! They're so pretty 😊

[StevenATran]

Great tutorial as always! Short, to the point, and informative!

[fredricktforest]

I've been wanting to know this ever since I learned about the epicanthric fold.
I also have been trying to find how to draw native american faces.

[jinchoung]

asian eyes/skulls also have much less recessed eyeballs compared to western. western eyeballs are much further back behind brow/forehead while asians are flatter.

[LillianGraceFullofficial]

Not just Asians have the epicanthal folds, as mentioned, some indigenous, African, and yes, even Caucasian people can be born with them, all to adapt with their natural surroundings. or inherited to the surroundings their parent/s lived in.

[KoKabegami]

We've been desperately overdue for a tutorial on monolid eyes in the art community for a LOONG time! Thank you for sharing this, I'll definitely try it out myself!

[tycathedrawer]

As an eastern Asian, it always annoyed me that whenever a drawn/animated character is Asian, people just draw upwards pointing eyes, which is fine, but me and most of my friends that are Asian actually didn’t have those kinds of eyes, or even downhooded eyes. Sure, there are people who do have upwards pointing eyes, but all I’m saying is that they are not the only asians

[kataevellei]

Holy moly finally the tutorial I was looking for! Thank you so much!

[itszu]

Literally on point. I always wanted this kind of tutorial. Thank you very much ❤❤❤

[MutszMyrble]

I didn't expect to get better information about the shape of my eyes from a drawing tutorial than from- pretty much the rest of the internet, but now finally I know! I have epicanthal folds! (Hi, half-asian btw, it's been bugging me for yeeeeaaaars what that corner-bit was called, especially since I don't seem to have any other "asian" characteristics for the eye-shape, and now I also know how to draw them!)

[ObsessedwithZelda]

I need to find a way to work this into my less realistic style, could be a game changer if I get a handle on it
Thanks for demonstrating!

[lanigirognithemos]

I actually also wanted to know how to draw Asian eyes so I researched it and there are actually a bunch more things. The fold on the inner corner of the eye results (this is from my personal observation and studies) from the skin going more forward than the eyeball like there is a bit of space between it. And the outer part of the eye has the fold creating like a shadow on the outside of the eye which a thicker line could convey. Also the eye might appear to curve up because the outside fold actually extends a bit past and down over the eye making it appear as if it curves up.

[API-Beast]

Just some nitpicking, the iris is not a cone, it is a flat surface, it _seems_ like a cone because of the refraction of the lens on top of the iris. This lens is also where the specular reflections will be, so for accurately drawing the highlights you actually need to think of a sphere. In profile view the lens will also cause the iris to look like it is bulging out of the eyeball due to how the light travels through the sides of the lens. I would highly suggest studying this.

[pan]

My favorite part about learning how to draw asian eyes is that learning those features make it so you can draw 2 groups. East Africans and East Asians. The first time i noticed this it felt like i’d unlocked a character design cheat code.