How to Draw Realistic Eyes: A Comprehensive Tutorial for BEGINNERS

Learn how to successfully draw the eye with this how-to step by step guide. In this comprehensive video tutorial, we will discuss and demonstrate drawing the basic shapes, structures, and anatomy of the eye. In addition, we go over the basics of light and shadow, the foundations of shading. And at the end, we diagram all those special finishing touches that help bring the eye to life!
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Great explanation on how to draw the eye. Thanks.

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Thank you so much for this video, rarely do I see any KZbin videos talking about the anatomy of the eye and only the aesthetic and ways to stylize it. 😅

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Very interesting, thanks for uploading. If I want to find this information in a book, is the Bridgman shown here the right one for it?

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Bridgman's "Constructive Anatomy" is a solid option, but I would recommend Burne Hogarth's "Drawing The Human Head". Thanks for the kind words. Thanks for watching.

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the proportional bit at the start made me realize how off my eye balls were...

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