This short tutorial explains how to draw closed, half-closed, and squinted anime and manga style eyes in the front end view.

Anime eyes closing and squinting
Anime eyes closing and squinting

Before drawing closed or squinted anime eyes it'south a good thought to take a look at how optics close in full general.

How eyes close
How eyes close

When the eyes close in a relaxed state the height eyelid moves all the way downwards to the bottom eyelid with the lesser eyelid pretty much staying in place.

When the eyes squint the superlative and bottom eyelid move towards i some other.

For drawing eyelashes:

How to Draw Anime Eyelashes Step by Step

Cartoon Relaxed Airtight Anime Eyes

Anime eyes closing
Anime optics endmost

As described above when drawing anime eyes closing in a relaxed state describe the top eyelid lower down just leave the lesser eyelid where it would unremarkably exist.

When drawing the eyes in a fully closed state draw the top eyelid where the bottom eyelid would exist when the eyes are open.

Also draw the top eyelids curving in the contrary direction when the eyes are airtight compared to when they are open up.

Anime eyelid closing positions
Anime eyelid endmost positions

In the above example you can see the positioning of the eyelids in relation to the iris as the eyes close.

Drawing Squinting Anime Eyes

Anime eyes squinting
Anime eyes squinting

When drawing squinting anime eyes describe the top eyelid lower downwardly and draw the bottom eyelid higher upward than normal.

Y'all can draw the top eyelid slightly less curved and change the curve on the bottom eyelid to be in the same management equally the curve of the top eyelid.

For fully closed squinted eyes simply describe each centre as a single curve with a hint of eyelashes. Depict the curves around what would exist the vertical centre area of the optics if they were open up.

Anime eyelid squinting positions
Anime eyelid squinting positions

Similar to the previous instance in this 1 y'all can see the positioning of the eyelids in relation to the iris as the eyes squint.

Conclusion

This was a adequately brusque tutorial just hopefully it gave you a picayune more insight into drawing closed and squinted anime eyes.

For more on cartoon anime and manga style eyes see:

  • How to Draw Female Anime Optics Tutorial
  • How to Draw Anime Eyes and Eye Expressions
  • How to Draw Male Anime Eyes
  • How to Draw Anime & Manga Optics – Side View