Facial Features—Eyes

The eyes are the most important feature for achieving a true likeness. They also reveal the mood or emotion of the person you are drawing. Study and practice the diagrams showing how to block in frontal and profile views of eyes. Notice that with the profile, you don’t begin with the same shape as with the frontal view.

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Outside Eye Contours (front)

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Outside Eye Contours (profile)

A three-quarter angle view can generate ...

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