Ultimate Guide to Creating Realistic Eyes in Blender

[@PixelicaCG]

**Important** Forgot to mention, If your iris gets dark in cycles renders it's becuase of shadow of the cornea, Select the Cornea > in shading tab > Shift+A and search for "MixShader" > drop it between Pricncipled Shaders and Material Output > Shift+A and search for "Transparent" > Connect it to "Mix Shader" second shader > Shift+A and Search for "Light Path" > connect the "is shadow ray" to "Mix Shader" Fac - DONE!

[@lougvar]

This doesn't work for me. Iris appears black inside the cornea. It seems that solidifying cornea helps a little bit, but there's still not enough light. I can make cornea completely transparent, but I can see Iris color perfectly only when the Iris is outside of the cornea.

[@lougvar]

For anyone who has same issue -> In Cornea object properties under Visibility -> Ray Visibility turn off Shadow

[@creamycold1681]

@@lougvar how do I go to objects property’s 👉👈

[@thesilentminority961]

when texture painting the iris, how do you get the image to be translucent, to see the map under it, and how do you lock it to the position you want so mousewheeling doesn't mess up your size?

[@pegasovarattre]

@@lougvar how do I go to objects property’s?

[@CGchurro]

this is EXACTLY what i've been looking for, THANK YOU

[@discoink3630]

OMG the stencil feature, how did I not know about it?! I've been manually placing graphics on UV using photoshop/krita this whole timeeee thank you so much!

[@nikkisaha8830]

😭😭😭😭😭 the amount of hard work you did to create this video is totally appreciating

[@PixelicaCG]

Thanks :)

[@henkolsonpietersen2242]

Uuuhhmm.... ACTUALLY it's "appreciatinged"....

[@Sport6000]

pro tip: to create the iris procedurally I like to use a mixture of a color ramp, and 2D noise node, and a flat UV unwrapped iris. Its better imo cause you have more control

[@PixelicaCG]

Yes, CG cookie already has a great tutorial on that one so i stayed away from that. i agree there's much more control doing that precedurally but it's not as realistic as using textures in my opinion, unless you sculpt the iris details which is not easy for everybody specially for someone who doesn't own a tablet also sculpting it is a tutorial by itself.

[@Sport6000]

@@PixelicaCG yea I mostly create stylized characters so it’s fine for me to compromise on the detail part. Great video though. It’s crazy how i still managed to learn more tricks by watching it even after using blender for over 5 years

[@ConsciousStudies]

CG cookies Tut was convoluted and annoying on the eye@@PixelicaCG

[@andresiglesias7494]

Mr .. I wish I had all your knowledge in my head, just stunning, thank you!

[@nickboyerfineart]

bro the free site that downloads all the maps from normal displacement specular etc in one click is amazing. Im going to follow you. You are amazing.

[@pichelguy346]

4:30 you can actually find a lot of similarities in nature by looking for the branching fractal pattern that both veins and lightning have. Tree branches are another cool example of this, neat stuff. awesome tutorial by the way

[@matthewward1346]

This is super great! I have to put the playback speed slower to follow along, but awesome content! I'd love to see a realistic skin tutorial from you!

[@mutantsandmemes]

1:33 My proportional editing doesn't work like yours does; as soon as I press G, it moves the whole iris-selection along the y-axis instead of reshaping/flattening it like yours did...

[@BLuWoe]

LMAO I 100% was with you but then I replayed it 30 more times before read that the screen says scroll the wheel at the same time, I felt so dumb getting stuck on this little missed detail hahah the learning curve man, i got it now tho lol

[@peporas123]

@@BLuWoe I still cant move it without moving the entire iris. As soon as i scroll the wheel nothing happens and if i move the mouse, still moving the entire iris

[@BLuWoe]

@@peporas123 press G while scrolling the wheel at the same time with proportional editing on

[@_MaZTeR_]

Damn this is so good and it's actually really easy. The hardest part is finding the iris texture, if you don't want to use your template one. There's a Blender addon where you can use geometry nodes to create the iris textures, but it does cost 40 or 50 bucks.

[@fastlanegames5710]

I probably paused 300 times but this is a well made tutorial, thanks

[@3DIYOriginal]

To the question of whether it has been tough to make this tutorial, the answer is that I was on the verge of throwing my laptop out the window, hahaha. It has been quite challenging for me to follow your steps, but nevertheless, I was able to complete it with excellent and desired results from my point of view. What's important is that I am satisfied and proud of my work. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, and please keep making more tutorial videos like this one in Blender, as I only use this program and I am subscribed to your channel. Best regards.

[@nothappymonkevr]

I just started blender the 1:33 mark I can't get rid of the pupil like it portrays in the vid

[@jefflaclair62]

Thank you, It's people like you who are responsible for blender nations exponential growth. ps just joined your patreon AWSOME

[@PixelicaCG]

You're Welcome, and thank you for supporting the channel, glad to have you :)

[@stellamk_jff]

this is the best eye tutorial! thank you so much❤🙏

[@heiro5]

This is amazing. Thank you for the detail. I appreciate the pace of the video, as well.

[@dodgemastersama]

Wow. This tutorial is awesome! I love it! Gonna try it right now!

[@lambiauri]

hey! Your tutorial is the only one that has been really useful so far. I would like to know the name of the program you use to show which key you are pressing on the screen

[@ScruffyTime]

This helped me SO MUCH dude, thank you!!

[@fuyuookami72]

Hi, very useful but I have a problem, when I copy the eye in my body's "window" the iris is transparent, it's here but the sclera above reflect the world and we can't see the iris but in the eye "window" everything is fine can you please help me?

[@J-Parker1]

Did u ever get to the bottom of this?? Im having the same issue =-(

[@fuyuookami72]

@@J-Parker1 No sorry, I paused it, I think I'll do it later (it's already been 11 months)

[@Nitinsingh_sith]

Took me some hours with a lot of mistakes but i finallly made it thankyou 😃😃😃

[@Ron_DeForest]

Is there a version of this that allows you to change the eye colour easily?

[@UStory69]

You should have 1 million subcribers for this amazing tutorial video

[@pelakalion]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. Amazing job :)

[@Cilexius]

4:29 Nature is procedural in form and shade. Patterns recur at any scale in the world over and over again!😉

[@rustymcaron5379]

your tutorial are amazing... even if I slower down the speed it is still too high ahahah... it is really helpful, I've learnt a lot from this video thanks a lot!

[@MacieOfficialChannel]

You are a True Artist! Thank you!

[@brianmcquain3384]

Thank you for the knowledge!

[@dapotata8775]

I can't seem to get any displacement even with the subdivision surface mod... does anyone know why that could be...?

[@plinker439]

Same here... :) Maybe only in cycles?

[@CopyCatBlack]

OMG MIND BLOWING THANKU SOOOOOOO MUCH FOR THIS TOTURIAL

[@COH-y1t]

thanks man, i'm not a blender user but this workflow will works with other softwares too

[@bennet7817]

Thenk you I really needed this Settings. 7:06

[@Ahmedbh444]

i don't know why but my blender settings is totally deffirent, maby it because of blender's updates, i dont even find the subsurface scattering icon, because of this i was very disappointed. if u don't mind can u tell me how to fix that problem please😊. and thank u at anyway💙

[@OsoMorado]

man, thank you so much, this is the best video sor far in this topic!!

[@GaryParris]

excellent love eyes and seeing it done properly

[@redratpetrax]

Love you MAn ..Finaly get Full understanding how to turn on Refractions.. SO EASY.. THX .Apreacheate.. Finally .. Haw 1000 tutorials lookt this is the perfect one :NOICE

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

Just gonna say, I might be more personally invested in somewhat quicker, more stylized Characters for animation... (largely, my own dubious balance of work-flow, personal choice, and flat out slow speed haha) BUT these "over-the-top-realistic" tutorials help with all the tricks, insights, and methodology for taking a character or a part or some other object "as far as I want to go with it" without all the "faff" of just diving into Blender all alone and "flailing blindly at the g** d*** thing". It's worth pointing out that as one slips toward a more "stylized" methodology, it's an easy trap to get into just sacrificing work ethic and details... and you can lose the definitions that keep "new" Characters fresh and original... and the cast eventually reaches a point of losing diversity or even worse "looking off the shelf". It's videos like this one with an intimate approach to every aspect of the "biology of an eye" (for example) that can rescue those of us who haven't thought of that detail before... In any case, commenting for the algorithms and all... Great JOB, and KEEP IT UP! We notice!!! ;o)

[@Rorington]

Another great one, thanks and good job.

[@PixelicaCG]

Thanks bro :)

[@Rorington]

Any time man, you do great work.

[@fiend_1108]

I can't draw with brush on stencil it just previews the image only

[@kenjilevendetta6011]

My computer gets stuck when I activate Screen Space Reflections. Any idea on how to fix this? I have 40GB RAM. Blender3.5.1 Help?

[@LifeHacker8]

Man! I was waiting for this. Can you please do one for realistic skin as well?

[@DSSShoppingNetwork]

I've rewatched this video 100 times and haven't managed to get past 4 minutes, the super fast talking and the fact that I have to follow the button map as well because you don't tell us a lot is like, nigga this is like tryna beat a game on hard. Please help us

[@lorelyna1]

Thought I was the only one, this doesn't work anymore

[@Noob_Chaos]

why when I go to editing mode, the picture on the model that I have drawn is not shown on the right?

[@MadKingOfMadaya]

*_so how do I change eye color?_*

[@zu292]

how did you made eyelashes and eyebrows? Was it the way of your another video using image texture on shading mode? btw always I appreciate of your awesome tutorials. It really helps me a lot.

[@Pumking303]

am trying to render this project in cycles engine, the iris is turning black, does anyone face the same problem or have solution for it?(it renders really well in evee engine tho but i'd also love to see this render in cycles)

[@AbyssalSoda]

Cycles same issue

[@jacsu]

i am having difficulty scaling it and positioning in edit mode. The iris dissapears when i shrink it. Maybe something to do with the shading editor texture coordinates???

[@jacsu]

yeah when i rotate the eye the uv map does not follow for the iris..

[@animaxboi]

congrats for 15k sub

[@PixelicaCG]

Thank you :)

[@OlaSouJonathan]

Can someone help me and tell me what I have to do to be able to see the iris in Cycles PLEASE? :')

[@thesilentminority961]

So when I’m trying to stencil my iris’s the image will cut itself into 4 different images. So I don’t have a whole image on there.

[@Tadaisme101]

hi anyone cant see the eye wireframe in the texture paint ui? how to enable that?

[@manulscode]

I saved the file, but when i go to try and open my eye that I finished, the iris is super dark. how do you fix this?

[@AlexOotzaAkaSharpy]

My veins are inverted, going in than bumping out. What do I do? This is also visible in the webrowser program that he mentions! Pls help!

[@bifrostyeti]

I'm making a character and I am having trouble fitting the cartoon eye in the socket because it is oval eye sockeye instead of regular eye sockets any tips and tricks so I don't see the inside of the hollow head?

[@rzzah]

I have a question, how do you make a belt for clothes and do an animation for it as well?

[@enjoyenjoy5721]

Amazing! and great tutorial. Subscribed!

[@danthehound4214]

Great tutorial!! How to open again the window on the left during the texure painting of cornea? Sometimes it disappear 😱😱

[@sallymostafa7560]

Thank u 💓, for anyone had a problem with the iris ( looked black ) go and check in texture paint if the iris still there, my iris got delete it i don't know why but i do it aging and it worked

[@chandrajabanerjee8001]

How do you choose the smear brush I'm having a lot of trouble regarding this,is there any shortcut for it? 😪

[@techno_shaman]

Id like to see a video on how to create the eye covers. They add more realism to the eyes ❤

[@Shockobonss]

It is beautiful

[@АлексКрюгер-е5ч]

great lesson!

[@savagegaming5476]

*issue* when I texture paint the stencil it's extremely pixlated is that due to the vertex quantity

[@ICALLCAP-z3n]

Can u make one with a scratched lacrimal caruncle

[@javiermaganto3770]

Hi there, thanks for sharing your konwlege. I followed all the steps but when it finished i only got a perfect white and sparkly ball. No iris paint nor veins nor red back of the cornea. Please, can you tell what am I doing wrong? Thank you.

[@PixelicaCG]

maybe it's because of the color ramp you used to connect to transmission, if the transmission goes wrong obviously the center won't be transparent and the light doesnt go through and u're left with only the sclera.

[@RoguePlutonia]

When I added the color ramp, gradient texture, etc. On the tear duct they didn't appear. Also when I try to add texture in sculpting it doesn't show up like yours

[@RoguePlutonia]

Never mind I had to be in viewport shading 🙄🤦

[@ahmedelesari]

Pls make a texturing face tutorial

[@PixelicaCG]

You're in luck cause i had that planned for the next video :D tune in

[@ahmedelesari]

@@PixelicaCG but in blender right? Not substance

[@DanielA46]

I'm new to Blender and this tutorial is great so far. I'm stuck at 3:20 when you said close the texture. How do I close the Texture?

[@PixelicaCG]

Left window in the tool menu under texture, I made a red rectangular where you should click, mouse jump in that second so i assume it was hard to follow.

[@ievgeniipolozov3818]

when painting, nothing happens to the image! (2:29)@@PixelicaCG

[@nazarskovoronskiy4564]

love your lessons )

[@camoliv8116]

Hello, is it any other place where I can get the video besides Patreon?

[@k-nee7253]

Im trying to find comments here that might have the same problem i had but I guess i couldn't find an answer. The problem I had was my normals showing in the back side of the mesh with the iris. I tried flipping normals but it doesnt seem to work. The details are just showing at the opposite side. Anyone got ideas?

[@thomasmalho441]

Frst of all, great chanel!! good explaining tutorials, short and objective! But i do have a problem on this one. When i use the Colorramp, and turn the NodeWrangler addon on, and also the screen space reflection. the materials apears very Metalic, and it does not let see de iris. Can u help?

[@YolkiEgg]

Bro i love ur tuts sm can u do one on adding bones to hair

[@giftnfor1265]

I love it

[@goon5725]

I’ll be honest, I don’t know exactly what I’m doing wrong, but I can’t see the iris through the cornea, it just gives me the reflection of the space surrounding the object.

[@idowhatiwant6678]

0:04 Hey that's me

[@true_gamer2341]

Wtf, why is my PC so lagging on the moment of bluring the red color? It's just painting! My computer is still when i'm running War Thunder on the cinema graphics and now that

[@Adnancorner]

I think you should have some tutorials in shading. especially in Evee - making realistic light interior. Just suggesting. 🙈

[@Sagardmg]

Can I bake this

[@marinagaeva2400]

the same question

[@pizofsoda]

I came to learn how to make an eye, i left knowing how to make textures.

[@Ron_DeForest]

What are you using blender on? You’re using a pen of some kind so just curious on your equipment.

[@yvyvy6205]

God bless you, sir!!!!!!!

[@VioFax]

Substance painter, your days are numbered...

[@Gaster0903]

will there be a tutorial about making a walkie talkie? if not i'd be sad :( but i love your content :)

[@SvenCheddar]

seriously on my first day I saw that pile of eyeballs like umm not what im trying to do lol

[@EL_N0IR_2201]

8:22 hey am i supposed too export the sclera texture or what? you didn't really specify how to get that map, most of you're audience are beginners and those really small details matter.

[@giftnfor1265]

Why not also make a character face rigging tutorial

[@giftnfor1265]

I bet you’ll get many more views!!!

[@bforartists]

And now the same tutorial with the industry compatible keymap please :)

[@michaelokhlopkov7649]

gotta manually activate eevee refraction whenever appending to a new project

[@brandosbucket]

You know in the title you said realistic?

[@lxvibe]

I lost all my texture painting randomly!?!?

[@zebcode]

Way too fast for me

[@chrisshriver1401]

Playback at 50%, it helps a ton.

[@劉啟璿]

O...M...G.........

[@tyrix8081]

I have never cursed as much as I have ever done in my life sadly with this tutorial, the textures of the eye keep dissapearing, things go wrong all the time and you do stuff rather quick so its hard to keep up even with pausing 1200 times

[@n0re1]

Just commenting bc I had the same problem with textures disappearing, if that can help someone: each time you import an image texture in Blender you have to save (alt+S) the imported file as an image in Blender, in the Texture Paint tab. Otherwise it does not fully import it and gets lost. You will see "Image*" with the asterisk in texture painting tab if you haven't saved your image properly. Cheers!

[@TriangoloScaleno.SCALENIUM]

Man...I appreciate but...what a pain to follow like this. Speak less robotic please, it seems like you are going to breakdown all of a sudden

[@rahmanali8312]

5:25 artisticas son unos Camsexx.Uno muchas y un buen ejercicio. Saludos desdea la Cd. de world 🌹😉💖

[@azrael1208]

Dude, no offense but you need to slow down a bit when explaining something. It's a tutorial not a top 10.

[@chrisshriver1401]

Put it at 50% playback and its much better, even if it sounds weird.

[@EL_N0IR_2201]

@@chrisshriver1401 wrong he leaves out a shit ton of info and you end up looking up about 20% of the things hes not telling you like exporting the scelara map to upload it to the mapping page then i doenload it and its still garbage.

[@ArjenJongeling]

Well, at least we can be extremely glad he doesn’t also smash the text in a giant font in the middle of the screen, word by word at machine gun speed, with jelly animation and all. Talking about useless trends in vlogging.

[@geras2058]

wasn't really that hard, was it? HAHHAH damn

[@theslicefactor4590]

Please slow down. You speak way too quickly. So many KZbinrs just don't understand that tutorials are hard to follow when you rush through it.