This step by step tutorial explains the specifics of cartoon male person anime or manga eyes past going over some of the more common elements of the style.

4 step drawing of an anime male eye
Cartoon male anime heart step past step

Specifics Common to Male Anime Optics

Anime eyes of older male characters tend to be fatigued narrower than those of younger characters (bigger and wider eyes can make characters look younger). Anime eyes of younger male characters are often drawn very similar to or exactly the aforementioned every bit those of female characters.

This tutorial will focus on cartoon the eyes of a young adult male person character (age of about xx-30).

For drawing female person anime eyes yous see:

How to Draw Female Anime Optics Tutorial

Placing Anime Male Eyes on the Head

Anime male eyes on head placement
Placing male person anime eyes on the caput

For placing anime eyes on the head draw a horizontal line through the middle of the head and draw the eyes below that line. Real eyes would be drawn directly on that line or even to a higher place it but anime optics tend to be drawn lower down.

If you are drawing squinted optics you may want to draw them a little further down from the halfway line equally the elevation of the eyes volition be covered by the eyelids.

These placement guidelines can also modify based on style. If you are going for a very realistic look you may want to place the eyes further up as you lot would with real eyes.

Cartoon Anime Male Eyes

4 step drawing of anime male eyes
Anime male eyes drawing steps

For spacing the eyes describe them far enough apart that another eye can fit in between them.

Draw the eyebrows after drawing the eyes. Usually the eyebrows tend to be slightly wider and then the eyes.

Optionally you lot can besides give a hint of the upper part of the eyelids. More than realistic anime styles tend to show eyelids while the more simplified don't

Later on you draw all the major shapes of the eyes describe the inner details of the eyes.

Drawing a Male Anime Eye Step by Step

9 step drawing of an anime male eye
Anime male eyes detailed breakdown

If you are going to draw both optics and so y'all should draw both at the same time. Draw each step for each eye before moving on to the next step.

Step 1 – Shape of The Centre

Anime male eye outer shape
Anime male eye outer shape

Draw the overall shape of the heart. The outline of the eye volition basically exist the eyelashes.

As already mentioned the eyes of male characters (especially older males) tend to exist narrower than those of female characters.

Step 2 – Iris

Anime male eye iris
Anime male eye iris

The pupils in anime are often drawn as ovals (though sometimes they tin can too exist drawn circular like real eyes). You can see that for this particular example much of the pupil is covered by the eyelids.

Step 3 – Pupil

Anime male eye pupil
Anime male heart pupil

Draw the pupil close to the shape of the iris but smaller and narrower.

Pace 4 – Shadow

Anime male eye drop shadow
Anime male eye drop shadow

There volition usually be a shadow at the summit of the eyes or a reflection of the eyelashes making the top darker. You can indicate this area to shade it afterwards.

Pace 5 – Combined Student & Shadow Shape

Anime male eye inner shape
Anime male eye inner shape

You can treat the educatee and the top shadow/reflection as one shape as they tin be shaded in with the aforementioned color.

Stride 6 – Principal Reflection

Anime male eye reflection
Anime male middle reflection

The main reflection of the primary low-cal source. The shape of the reflection will exist based on the shape of the low-cal source (the sun or in indoor lighting for example) simply more often than not you tin can just draw a circular or oval shape.

Step 7 – Secondary Reflection

Anime male eye reflections
Anime male eye reflections

The secondary reflection in the eye usually comes from the light emitted past the reflection of the master low-cal source (for example the sun reflecting from a shiny surface).

Pace eight – Pupil Shape

Anime male eye details
Anime male eye details

Draw a darker line to indicate the educatee as the rest will exist guidelines that will disappear when shaded.

Step 9 – Shading & Color

Anime male eye
Anime male person middle

Shade and colour the centre. As mentioned earlier yous can use the same color for the pupil and the shadow. Keep the reflections white unless the calorie-free source is of a particular color (for example a red sunrise).

Conclusion

This concludes the anime male optics drawing tutorial. If you want to draw dissimilar styles of male anime eyes and so you can simply tweak the shape appropriately or simply exit out certain steps/parts of the eye for more simplified styles.

For examples of dissimilar styles of male person anime optics run across:

Different Style Male Anime & Manga Eyes Drawing Guide

For more on cartoon anime eyes in general you lot can encounter:

  • How to Draw Anime Eyes and Eye Expressions
  • How to Draw Different Types of Anime and Manga Eyes

In that location may exist some overlapping information in these tutorials but each ane still has it's ain focus.