Don't Draw EYES Like This!

Learn how NOT to draw eyes. Here are some of the most common mistakes people make when drawing eyes that you can avoid! In this drawing tutorial, instructor Jessie Change explains the DO's and DON'Ts of drawing eyes and eye anatomy -- and how it relates to the piranha plant from Mario!

🕓 Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:12 - Don't draw eyes one at a time
0:50 - Don't skew the heights
2:27 - Don't draw eyes as flat shapes
2:45 - How to draw eye anatomy and angles

This clip is a highlight from our "How to Draw People - Open Q&A" Human Anatomy Livestream.

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Music credits:
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Artist software used:
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[Em-is-Insane]

my art teacher showed us a lot of your videos in class and everyone was talking about how "this must be the coolest things we have seen in art"

[Lupus-et-Agnus]

I love the piranha plant thing. Made it way easier to understand.

[EmK]

Little note, Asymmetrical eyes are a thing so its fine to not draw the eyes that the same height.
Be aware if your doing tho, personally i think eyes give a lot of character especially when not "perfect".
nothing against the advice, but all blanket statements that include "Never" always have there exceptions.
great vid tho

[betapotataOld]

I did not expect for so much easily comprehensible info/tips to be packed into a 4 minute video. I saw an immediate improvement in the eyes I’m drawing after watching this. Thank you!!

[wyntrheart]

That tip about visualizing the piranha plant lips is SUPER helpful. Thank you

[oaktreechaos]

one helpful way to get your eyes to look right from perspective: draw sideways triangles with a curved side line facing in the direction you want your eye to face, and then from there go and fill in the rest of the details. Eventually you can stop relying on that but knowing where the corners of the eyes are and where they "open up" will help a lot! On a face, they'll look vaguely like this:
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[kemma_]

I definitely need to redo how I'm going to learn art, now that I've switched from anime to slight realism. My art has been pretty inconsistent for a while, and I keep forgetting the fundamentals in making good art, so this was very helpful.

[edidk]

someone with actual non judgmental art tutorials that arent attacking someones hard work? not bad

[sanjana]

wow I've seen almost every single eye tutorial on the internet probably, and I've drawn a lot of eyes, but I still learnt from this.
So well put and to the point. Don't click off, trust me.

[ninjakeks]

It also helps to draw the shape of the eyes first, when you sketch the head. The rough size of the eyes is easier to compare than single strokes.

[just_space_]

One thing that instantly fixed my 'other eye' problem on top of working on both eyes simultaneously was starting with the eye that would always end up bad, which was the left one for me. Never had that problem again

[paulijimenez]

Omg the piraña plant thing is such a good idea!

[sunny-flake]

Another small tip: When you look down, your eye lips never stay exactly the same, they droop as well. Just a fun realistic touch that I use, but *god* was this video helpful!

[jadedenthusiasms]

This is a great video!!! I'm just an old lady teaching myself to draw and paint and I definitely want to work on drawing eyes just because they are so fascinating and beautiful! This was such a great speed, very clear and descriptive without all the fluff :)
Thanks so much!!!

[SirLuckySlime]

I love how versatile your tutorials and tips are. They work on digital art, traditional art, realism, cartoonism, real species, fictional creatures etc.

[vrillonx]

you're seriously amazing, i've read so many art books and watched tutorial vids but your videos are the easiest to digest!

[tobyy]

Words cannot express how grateful I am

[mintystrippin]

I usually don't like videos that tell you not to do something when it comes to art, but I have been doing digital art for 5 years and I haven't realized the thing about drawing the eyes at different heights, it makes so much sense! I've been doing that, and my drawings still look good, but I will definitely use this piece of advice for now. Thank you!

[nunya]

Oh god... With the height of eye thing I actually used to make the eyes the same height and different width.... but upon seeing other people make theirs shorter I did the same.... I was right in the beginning.... no wonder the eyes always looked back from an angel-

[loladamas]

Omg the piranha plant trick is so helpful !! Thank you so much ✨