I hope this answers the question of How to Draw Eyes. I don't really do Drawing Lessons, but I hope this helps. Artist, Dad, & Hobbit LIVE EVERY M/W/F AT 9AM CST ssavaart.com
I love the fact that most of the viewers actually watch the video before commenting. Just shows how much we actually love the videos and care about them
So often art influencers just make me jealous. Even when they are teaching their tips and tricks, it's easy to envy their ability. But you make me feel like I can do art too. Never before have I watched a tutorial and actually drawn the thing, yet here i am with a page full of not terrible eyes! Thank you for the inspiration. Keep up the good work, Scott!!
I have NEVER understood the "iris is a cone" concept in my entire life, and you somehow managed to make it FINALLY click for me with just one comparison! You have no idea how wide my eyes got when it finally clicked LOL PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep making videos like this, this was perfect!!
I'd never even heard it was a cone! Absolute game changer! Then the death star hit and my life was changed for the better. Which I think is a novel sentence 😂
I know that this video didn't perform as well as you were expecting, but I really enjoy this longer form content. Your way of expressing your thought process really helps me as a begginer and I always felt that you had to attemp to put as much as posible in a short without being able to explain it as much as you wanted
As many eye tutorials as I've seen, I've never seen anyone mention how the highlight can be used to determine where the shading goes nor about how the death star structure affects the lighting. You might say this was an *eye opener* 😅
I’m so sad this video caused you so much grief- I’ve been reading/watching tutorials on this very subject so I can become better at drawing eyes. This has been a great help. Please keep going and the audience will come.
Thanks to how wild the algorithm is, I didn’t even know about this video until I saw your post just this morning. I’ve always struggled with drawing eyes, every time trying to make it perfectly right, but I never knew what I was doing 😂. This explanation was so helpful! Thank you, Scott. We appreciate everything that you do!!
No way he accomplished every kids' dreams. I absolutely love how you break down everything about art into very simple terms and instruction. You are THE art teacher ❤
Saw your post about this video and absolutely had to come watch and share. It is absolutely a human thing, an artist thing, and an autistic thing to get dejected and feel put out. But your flame isnt gone and your passion for art is contagious Scott Sending love and creative energy from my own crafting hobbit hole to yours. I shared this video, and will be continuing to watch out for more in-depth video how-tos from outside of your TH-cam Shorts content! Keep cracking at it, you've got it 🎉 💚
I'm so mad that TH-cam didn't recommend me this video! I only even knew you posted it because of your community post :( you could really feel the love that you put into making videos like these and whether you continue with mainly short form content or do move to long form, I'll be sure to check more frequently in case the algorithm decides to be a jerk again ❤
I was the kid who covered every sketchbook cover, math homework, and item of clothing in eyes (whether i used pencil, paint, bleach, or pen) and I've never stopped! I try to include eyes in all of my art, and add them all over my clothes!
As a 12 year old artist I am so glad I found your channel to help me learn more and improve my art , happy to announce I started experimenting with watercolour because of you , thank you Scott for inspiring me .
I just felt the need to let you know how valuable these are. I have Sickle Cell Anemia & spend a lot of time in my bed or in the hospital. Often, I am sometimes unable to move because of how intense the pain or my body is so low on O² that being able to eat once a day is a win. On those days, I still want to be connected to art, so I watch tutorials. I remember watching your tutorial compilation on such a day & wondering how much I'd retain from just watching tutorials, but not being able to follow along. It's been months since I saw that & I'm finally able to draw most days & I to my surprise, actually did retain a lot of information! My little rule of I can't draw I must passively learn turned out to be a great experiment. So TYSM for keep me company & continuing my art education active on days I'm not physically productive. You are very appreciated!
This is great - first quick eye tutorial I've seen that explains why the iris should be shaded that way, which is so helpful in visualising different lighting angles.
Dear Scott, I cannot thank you enough for how much of an inspiration you are to me. I am not much of an artist. I drew my first picture when I was 3. And that was a copy of a comic from a newspaper. My parents were proud of that drawing soo much. But as I grew up they discouraged me and told me to focus on studies instead. Some of my relatives gifted me art supplies time to time but due to my lack of knowledge and skill I usually ruined most of them..( or maybe its the undiagnosed adhd) But after years of losing touch I am finally starting to get back on track. I want to start drawing everyday but with my finals approaching really fast it is becoming hard to keep up. Last day, I did make a drawing... I made it when I was overwhelmed and had huge meltdown it was a big scribble in which i saw some flowers. I called it the "The Flowers from the Midnight Meltdown". Your are huge inspiration to me and I even have a playlist full of your mini tutorials . Please dont be sad about not getting reach. I recommed you watch the video about youtube shorts by the channel the game theory. (Sorry it is one of my hyperfixations😅) If you are reading this. Thank you and I hope one day i can meet you in person( only if you are comfortable though. I know you are huge introvert.) P.S I am pretty sure I have undiagnosed ADHD and maybe autism but i figure it is better not to do a self diagnosis. Thank you soo much for seeing this comment
If you do have some form of ADD or ADHD, it means your brain is WIRED FOR CREATIVITY. Yes, we can be all over the place! And we bring disparate things together - that's discovery; that's creativity; that's art. Most of the artists I know have some form of ADD or ADHD too - you're in good company. It's who we are. It means you are MEANT to do some kind of creative work. Linear thinkers generally run the world, and a lot of them don't get us. They've turned it into a medical diagnosis. But you can take it back, and recognize it as your secret superpower. (I'm not kidding.) If you were copying comics at 3 for your first drawing, that's a good indicator. So send your inner critic off to the beach - it's working overtime! And if it comes back to pick on you, tell it that it can't come back till it's spent the whole day at the beach. (And it doesn't have a car, so it has to walk there. If you live a long way from a beach, even better.) Then just give yourself permission to make something. And practice, practice, practice. The artist inside you is waiting for you.
Hi Scott! I come from seeing your post about this video and I'm sorry it caused you so much grief. Still, I'm really happy you uploaded this longer video and gave it a try, and I'm sure everyone who's watched it thinks the same. As others have mentioned, you not only cover all the basics but you give everything time to sink in and it makes the tutorial feel like something you can follow along. It's wonderful! I've watched a lot of eye tutorials, even the ones you've uploaded as shorts, and somehow this one feels like "it". I'm a graphic designer and a community manager, and also autistic, so I can relate to what you feel. To me, it too can be hard to see something you put a lot of effort in just not "make it" (especially when every platform seems to remind you of that all the time). But sometimes, it's worth it. People here will watch your video, learn something and apply it, and that's more difficult to do with shorts (which are more of a preview or an ASMR thing, in my opinion). Whether you choose to continue this series or not, rest assured that you've touched and inspired a lot of people to make art, and that's something that it's not registered on the numbers but that will stay with all of us forever 🩷 Thanks for also becoming my inspiration to continue practicing my art 🥰 I'm not as constant as I wished to be, but after finding your channel a year or so ago, it was the first time since childhood that I got this feeling of wanting to make art for the sake of it and that it didn't matter if it was bad because I was learning. And I actually tried to apply a lot of what you do with watercolors and gouache to my coloring, which is something I've always been bad at. Thank you for sharing your art and your videos with all of us 🥰🩷
This was very informative, concise, and easy to follow along. The pacing is great, too. I don't feel rushed to absorb all of the information, like how I sometimes feel with TH-cam Shorts. Great job, Scott 👍🏻👍🏻
If you decide to draw "every" eyelash (please don't, please please please!), take care to have them not be perfectly aligned and going the same direction. Real eyelashes crisscross one another, aren't equal lengths, and aren't the same thickness. This is where a reference library comes in very handy! Scott always says to use references and he's 100% correct. Especially with eyes. There's a lot to study with them! I don't know why I never drew eyes the way you do, Scott. I mean, I never (not even in my art classes) started with an orb. I have recently done so and...? I'm not sure I see the difference. Maybe it's 50+ years of bad habits or maybe I just wasn't built to draw eyes that way, but they end up looking remarkably alike. I may need drawing boot camp to break me down and help me develop better habits & skills. (I know, I know, it'd have to be done online because our spicy neurodivergent brains would make in person boot camp awkward, but it's not a bad idea, right?)
I love how you cover every aspect. Not just how the eye works. Not just how the eye looks on a person, but every aspect down to expression. I also appreciate how simple and straightforward it is. Long tutorials tend to lose me, as I'm very flighty and just love to get into the drawing experience. I also appreciate the affirmation that practice and observation are what improves our skill the most. That no tutorial is the end all be all. It's the positivity and openess I love to see in the art community!
I have been an artist for roughly 10 years now and even I got some really cool ideas from this video! Although my style doesn’t lean into realism, there are still some really neat things that you showed that I’d love to play with in my style! Not only that but you explained it all so easily, it was simple to grasp and didn’t feel demeaning! Lovely video!
Last year i watched one of your "how i draw" videos, and it was for eyes. This one is very similar to the last one. I practiced for months and, the more i look the more i see the eyes you draw in my work. I dont know if you see yourself as it, but your a teacher, a role model, and we are glad you are here.
I’ve been drawing digitally for ten years now, albeit I started in my teens, and eyes have always been something I struggle with. I’ve tried to study other artists and how they draw eyes, yet I still struggle with my shapes looking too flat. Definitely shows when I make animations. But watching this, I never realized it was as easy as picturing the eyeball as a ball LOL. Thank you for this! Inspired me to draw a bit today.
Hey Scott! Thank you so much for making this video, I found it so helpful and informative. I saw your community post I just wanted to say I’m so sorry you had to go through that. The TH-cam algorithm can make you feel so bad at times, I would know…but this video deserves so much more attention ❤❤ Hope you are well :)
Watched this after seeing your post about its performance. The algorithm can suck, but you make this channel, not an algorithm. Your post brought me here, and your art brought me to your channel. Your explanations kept me watching, and now I want to practice drawing eyes more. Thank you so much for all you do for artists everywhere!
I just saw your post about how this video didn't perform as well as you expected but I thought it was great. It was informative, especially the part about the light source/shadowing. Coming from someone who usually comes on TH-cam to watch shorts, maybe that's what lots of other people do and that's why it didn't get as many views? I just wanted to say that i love your content no matter what you do. Please don't beat yourself up. We love you! ❤
Some extra tips if you want to get a deeper understanding of eyes: 1- there are three basic lines on the top of the eye and 2 basic lines on the bottom. 2- draw the eye socket before the eye to understand where it gets placed on the face 3- there are some parts of skin that give thickness to the eyelid, so add a highlight right above the bottom eyelid (or top depending on the light source)
Your way of breaking things down into shapes and where you see shadow changed everything for me many moons ago Love this video. Informative, concise and great examples
This is the best explanation of how to draw an eye I've seen. The use of the anatomy of the eyeball makes sense. I have to show this to my son it will really help him.❤
This was super helpful 💞 Growing up drawing I was always told realism was the only way to be known as a real artist, so while I struggle with realism, I notice that I favor a more stylized look to my drawings. Your videos help show that realism can be stylized and I really admire that! Keep up the great work Scott ✨
Thanks for this - I have been drawing eyes for my whole life and this really helped me see where I was going wrong and getting frustrated with my art. You are an excellent instructor and it would be great to see more of this type of videos. I will likely rewatch this a few dozen times to get better at eyes!
You're one of the only art content creators that makes me want to create more art, and feel inspired to do so. I was hesitant at first to watch your longer form content, but your personality actually make it really enjoyable. Also, i didnt think about the eye like a death star before, but that comparison actually helped me understand it a lot better :D Thanks for being so wholesome
I'm so sorry youtube made you feel this video wasn't good enough. I meant to comment yesterday when I saw this video yesterday that I really appreciate you taking the time to show us the fundamentals for drawing. I really struggle to draw because I never had any practice growing up, but you inspire me to want to practice more. I want you to know that if you did a series of practicing fundamentals, I would absolutely follow them. You inspire so many of us. You are worth so much more to the world than the statistics of views that TH-cam keeps track of. You are wonderful and so talented, and I hope you never even let the decrease in views for a new project get you down. So many of us appreciate you. ❤
I'm amazed by how much you fit in so clearly in such a short amount of time. I love that you explained *why* eyes look the way they do and it even feels like something that I can easily translate to different styles, which I'm super excited about
There's something incredibly special about a video that can teach so much in a way that's so easy to understand. Every time I watch a video of yours, I'm so happy that I come out of it feeling like I didn't miss anything. It's like a snippet of a conversation with a friend. I'm thankful every day that I stumbled across your channel.
i think personally these kind of videos are very valuable, there's a lot more that can be said in a longer form video that shorts simply cant provide. This becoming a series would be very cool! I personally think your videos provide better tips and tricks than many ive seen, and your kind attitude makes things more helpful to watch so i think a series or other videos like this would be great!
I wish you would do long format videos regularly. I just happened upon one of your livestreams a couple months ago. I never usually watch shorts, but a 20-40 mins art tutorial--I'm all about it ;)
I love these longer form tutorials! I’m trying to get back into drawing again and it’s super helpful. I also like that it isn’t too long. It’s short sweet and straight to the point with a little humor. Love it!
this is pretty helpful! i love how he even explains it simply, along with what each part of the eye is and giving examples, it’s very useful for comprehension! please make more videos like this!
if i’ve taken anything from you , it’s to DRAW WHAT I SEE ! draw it for what it is, draw it existing in the world, draw it as you see it , from every angle . this has helped me improve a lot
Would love this as a series. It’s a great video, direct and informative. So easy to follow! I still love your shorts and live streams, but this is great too!
Thank you kindly for the longer video! I found it so helpful and would love more. Im 33 and it was only after this video my mind clicked that the eye being spherical will effect the shadow! Thanks for being amazing and putting content out to help us artists of all ages! Both you and Santa make this journey feel achievable ❤
As someone who's been drawing my whole life (three and a half decades), and has obsessively drawn eyes almost that entire time, your Death Star analogy is the first time that the lighting of an iris has made sense to me. I've known for awhile now that the shape of the eye bows in under the cornea, but exactly how that affects the lighting has just refused to click with me. Thank you for pointing it out, and for sharing. As for TH-cam complaining about this video not doing well yesterday... I didn't watch it yesterday because I had some very demanding errands. I'm very grateful for this video to be here to watch today, though, and eager for my next opportunity to use what I've learned! I currently have a project lined up that was a bird a day for January, but I had a surprise eviction sprung on me and wasn't able to stick with it... but that doesn't mean I'm going to give up on the project, because it's still a lot of fun to explore all the different bird species being proposed to be explored. Perhaps this new view of Death-Star-eyeballs will help bring new life to my raptors, in particular I'm thinking of what I have lined up for owls and particularly the Bateleur (a type of short-tailed eagle... basically). And not only am I excited to see how and when I'll incorporate this new observation into my art, but also excited to see when and how I'll notice this new shape in life. Will it explain how Buddy's eye sometimes catches a brilliant gold arc, particularly when under his supplemental light at night? Will I see it the next time I go in for the daring glance of eye contact that society demands? Will it catch my attention the next time I'm snuggling my dear Robin, and in a face full of feathers, his happily squinting eye will expose its mysteries of shape to me? PS- A fun way to think about pupils is that from what WE see, they ARE a complete absence of light since our retinas are designed to absorb as much light as possible. That means that pupils are one of few places where it's appropriate to use the purest of blacks that you have access to, and also why despite blue ballpoints being my go-to for doodling these days, I still have some Microns just for pupils. PPS- My rooster, Buddy, wants to say, "Hi!" He came over while I was writing this comment, and he's always very curious about what I'm doing and tries his best to join in and "help". Of course, he doesn't really understand how to type, but he knows that touching the screen makes the phone do things, so he'll peck around the screen while watching videos or games with me to try and mimic me. Both of my boys seem to enjoy your voice quite a lot, too! I'll have to catch one of your livestreams someday and let you know they're watching. :3
Thank you for teaching me something new! Like the iris being a cone, I always thought it was only the lashes and eyelids creating the shadow, now it all makes much more sense! This was such a well made video, packed full of information and great illustrative drawings, I'd absolutely love to see more content like this in the future!
I saw the video yesterday and today saw the community post about it, so I came here to watch it once more and to comment on how great of an eye guide it is!
scott is so humble and refreshing to listen to. its a nice break from all the other chaos floating around the internet. please keep making these incredibly informative longer form videos. lots of love.
This is probably one of the greatest eye drawing tutorials with all the explanations and visual references and drawing what has been explained while explaining 💕🥳 thank you so much Scott!!
I tried so many method saw so many videos ... literally one eye becomes good and then other one comes out the worst,. literally this video was game changer for me ,thanks a lot scott ♡ for helping kids like me not give up !!
I hava many drawing books and seen many videos, but no one has ever explained how the shadows of the iris work. It makes so much sense now! The iris itself is indented but the highlight is hitting the cornea. Thanks!
Goodness, I just came around to watching this video and now I feel really bad I didn't do so sooner - I assumed it was a long-form video and didn't notice the 3-minute lenght, so I put it aside for my quick break watchlist. I'm not an artist that draws, but it always fascinates me how others make characters and people come to life on either physical or digital paper. I always love how you explain things in a way everyone of all experience levels can understand! I definitely learned something new today :) The algo is one unpredictable mistress that you can never truly satisfy unfortunately, it makes you play games with it, yet never able to truly catch it in most cases. The other day, I stumbled upon a channel where videos had less than 4k views of the past 2 years, most barely got a couple hundred... but their latest upload got half a million views! It just shows how broken the system is. I hope my comment helps boost this video a bit, it truly deserves it!
thank you so much scott! i really love the longform videos and listening to you explain things the way you do makes me much more optimistic about my art and life in general. whatever you do, just keep being you
im so so glad i saw your community post because i would have never seen this video otherwise and i usually love your content, it's really annoying that youtube didn't recommend it to me
As someone who's been drawing more "seriously" in the last year or two, I always love seeing your shorts and your process, since I often only stick to pencil I really struggle to branch out into other mediums. Your content helps inspire me with my own art! This video was really informative for me, I try and notice all the little things around me in life that make art feel more real/distinct to look at too. One thing I'd not really thought about was how the inward part of the eye impacts the shadows, all the eyes in my art, though I am proud of them, lack that extra sense of depth you created. I'll try and experiment with eyes in my artstyle more with this knowledge to help me! Though I didn't know about the video until the community post about it showed up on my feed, I'm glad I took the time to check it out. Please remember that despite what TH-cam's analytics try to say, there are many of us who truly appreciate your videos and the effort you put into each and every one
I love this so much! I always wanted to draw people but faces give me such a hard time. Please please please do more of these! I love the way you explained the “why” behind your processes. That irises shading tip is blowing my mind right now 👀
i’m personally not an artist but i always love learning about the perspective and considerations put into something so simple yet so complex! always super cool to hear more about your expertise in art from an analytical standpoint!
Your art made me pick up my brush and paint away, not caring about being inside the lines of the outline or the way the colours are not mixing just right. You showed art is all about fun. I'm sorry this video gave you sorrow but I hope you know that your art inspires many many many people all over the world. Please keep being our favourite artist ❤❤
I really enjoy your way of breaking things down when figuring out the lighting, I think it really helps to understand why things are in shadow or highlighted. And I for some reason never knew the iris was a cone, I’ve been drawing it flat for years! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you so much for this! The Death Star = iris comparison is low-key enlightening. I’d love this as a series! I only saw this because of your community post, even though I watch your shorts regularly and this type of tutorial art dive is exactly what I want to see. TH-cam really punishes creators for stepping out of their typical content, especially from shorts to videos! I’ve seen long-form video creators make and entirely new channel for shorts, but if you want to keep both on the same channel maybe announce when you have a new longer video in a community post? At least until your longer videos start gaining some traction. I know I would be showing up if I knew you had any longer videos! I don’t watch live streams much at all but this is the sort of content I love ^.^
I came here after your community post because I related to everything you just said. All I can say that I would love longer forms of content from you. For me this is relaxing. From an autistic artist to another, I understand ❤
i’ve been having a lot of difficulty with art in the past several years. it was a lifelong passion, due to my dad being an artist, but it’s faded a lot, mostly due to mental health and school/work obligations. your channel is really inspiring and i love the way you approach art as a passion rather than the sort of dull skill my dad always touted it as. i hope to get back in to art. keep up everything you do, your art and words are really inspiring:)
This was worth it because as much as I love to draw eyes, today, I learned the iris is a cone. I had no idea and am very thankful to you for sharing that!
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I love the fact that most of the viewers actually watch the video before commenting. Just shows how much we actually love the videos and care about them
Wait some people don’t??
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Exactly
So often art influencers just make me jealous. Even when they are teaching their tips and tricks, it's easy to envy their ability. But you make me feel like I can do art too. Never before have I watched a tutorial and actually drawn the thing, yet here i am with a page full of not terrible eyes! Thank you for the inspiration. Keep up the good work, Scott!!
This makes me so happy. ♥
@@ssavaartyo your posting is cool man
Keep up
Your the coolest artists I've known 🤙
Have a fascinating day brother
Ditto!!
I have NEVER understood the "iris is a cone" concept in my entire life, and you somehow managed to make it FINALLY click for me with just one comparison! You have no idea how wide my eyes got when it finally clicked LOL
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep making videos like this, this was perfect!!
I'd never even heard it was a cone! Absolute game changer! Then the death star hit and my life was changed for the better. Which I think is a novel sentence 😂
Glad I wasn't the only one who finally got it to click!
Well done, a very useful video, like this format 😊
Literally the death star comparison was so perfect for making me understand 😂 ill never watch star wars quite the same now @@rylieread1865
I know that this video didn't perform as well as you were expecting, but I really enjoy this longer form content. Your way of expressing your thought process really helps me as a begginer and I always felt that you had to attemp to put as much as posible in a short without being able to explain it as much as you wanted
As many eye tutorials as I've seen, I've never seen anyone mention how the highlight can be used to determine where the shading goes nor about how the death star structure affects the lighting.
You might say this was an *eye opener* 😅
So true!
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS A SERIES ! I love it and it’s so informative!
Yessss
I concur! A series, please and thank you! 😁😁
Yesssss, and that’s 3 ppl confirming so it must be real lol
Noses, noses, noses! I'm somehow still bad at them lol.
Oh, noses would be great! I always have a hard time with them.
I’m so sad this video caused you so much grief- I’ve been reading/watching tutorials on this very subject so I can become better at drawing eyes. This has been a great help. Please keep going and the audience will come.
Thanks to how wild the algorithm is, I didn’t even know about this video until I saw your post just this morning. I’ve always struggled with drawing eyes, every time trying to make it perfectly right, but I never knew what I was doing 😂. This explanation was so helpful! Thank you, Scott. We appreciate everything that you do!!
same!
No way he accomplished every kids' dreams.
I absolutely love how you break down everything about art into very simple terms and instruction. You are THE art teacher ❤
Exactly:), Totally agree ❤
Saw your post about this video and absolutely had to come watch and share.
It is absolutely a human thing, an artist thing, and an autistic thing to get dejected and feel put out. But your flame isnt gone and your passion for art is contagious Scott
Sending love and creative energy from my own crafting hobbit hole to yours.
I shared this video, and will be continuing to watch out for more in-depth video how-tos from outside of your TH-cam Shorts content!
Keep cracking at it, you've got it 🎉 💚
I'm so mad that TH-cam didn't recommend me this video! I only even knew you posted it because of your community post :( you could really feel the love that you put into making videos like these and whether you continue with mainly short form content or do move to long form, I'll be sure to check more frequently in case the algorithm decides to be a jerk again ❤
The same thing happened to me
Same here! I'm so glad I found it, even though I'm later to the party!
ngl the death star comparison both blew my mind and also genuinely helped me think about shading
I was the kid who covered every sketchbook cover, math homework, and item of clothing in eyes (whether i used pencil, paint, bleach, or pen) and I've never stopped! I try to include eyes in all of my art, and add them all over my clothes!
As a 12 year old artist I am so glad I found your channel to help me learn more and improve my art , happy to announce I started experimenting with watercolour because of you , thank you Scott for inspiring me .
keep experimenting and trying new things! i’m positive your art will improve over the years, especially with such a great inspiration like scott :D
@@Exso- thank you
Keep it up buddy you got this and use references (I learned this to late)
Will do ;)
@@HelloStrangerImMoons :)
I just felt the need to let you know how valuable these are. I have Sickle Cell Anemia & spend a lot of time in my bed or in the hospital. Often, I am sometimes unable to move because of how intense the pain or my body is so low on O² that being able to eat once a day is a win. On those days, I still want to be connected to art, so I watch tutorials. I remember watching your tutorial compilation on such a day & wondering how much I'd retain from just watching tutorials, but not being able to follow along. It's been months since I saw that & I'm finally able to draw most days & I to my surprise, actually did retain a lot of information! My little rule of I can't draw I must passively learn turned out to be a great experiment. So TYSM for keep me company & continuing my art education active on days I'm not physically productive. You are very appreciated!
Oh. This means the world to me. Thank you so much! ♥
I love how expressive eyes are, and they can tell you a lot about a person. They truly are the windows to the soul.
This is great - first quick eye tutorial I've seen that explains why the iris should be shaded that way, which is so helpful in visualising different lighting angles.
Dear Scott,
I cannot thank you enough for how much of an inspiration you are to me. I am not much of an artist. I drew my first picture when I was 3. And that was a copy of a comic from a newspaper. My parents were proud of that drawing soo much. But as I grew up they discouraged me and told me to focus on studies instead. Some of my relatives gifted me art supplies time to time but due to my lack of knowledge and skill I usually ruined most of them..( or maybe its the undiagnosed adhd)
But after years of losing touch I am finally starting to get back on track. I want to start drawing everyday but with my finals approaching really fast it is becoming hard to keep up. Last day, I did make a drawing... I made it when I was overwhelmed and had huge meltdown it was a big scribble in which i saw some flowers. I called it the "The Flowers from the Midnight Meltdown".
Your are huge inspiration to me and I even have a playlist full of your mini tutorials .
Please dont be sad about not getting reach. I recommed you watch the video about youtube shorts by the channel the game theory. (Sorry it is one of my hyperfixations😅)
If you are reading this. Thank you and I hope one day i can meet you in person( only if you are comfortable though. I know you are huge introvert.)
P.S I am pretty sure I have undiagnosed ADHD and maybe autism but i figure it is better not to do a self diagnosis.
Thank you soo much for seeing this comment
If you do have some form of ADD or ADHD, it means your brain is WIRED FOR CREATIVITY. Yes, we can be all over the place! And we bring disparate things together - that's discovery; that's creativity; that's art. Most of the artists I know have some form of ADD or ADHD too - you're in good company. It's who we are. It means you are MEANT to do some kind of creative work. Linear thinkers generally run the world, and a lot of them don't get us. They've turned it into a medical diagnosis. But you can take it back, and recognize it as your secret superpower. (I'm not kidding.) If you were copying comics at 3 for your first drawing, that's a good indicator. So send your inner critic off to the beach - it's working overtime! And if it comes back to pick on you, tell it that it can't come back till it's spent the whole day at the beach. (And it doesn't have a car, so it has to walk there. If you live a long way from a beach, even better.) Then just give yourself permission to make something. And practice, practice, practice. The artist inside you is waiting for you.
I always knew that the light on the iris was sort of opposite to on the white of the eye, but knowing it’s a cone will be so much easier to remember!
Hi Scott!
I come from seeing your post about this video and I'm sorry it caused you so much grief. Still, I'm really happy you uploaded this longer video and gave it a try, and I'm sure everyone who's watched it thinks the same. As others have mentioned, you not only cover all the basics but you give everything time to sink in and it makes the tutorial feel like something you can follow along. It's wonderful! I've watched a lot of eye tutorials, even the ones you've uploaded as shorts, and somehow this one feels like "it".
I'm a graphic designer and a community manager, and also autistic, so I can relate to what you feel. To me, it too can be hard to see something you put a lot of effort in just not "make it" (especially when every platform seems to remind you of that all the time). But sometimes, it's worth it. People here will watch your video, learn something and apply it, and that's more difficult to do with shorts (which are more of a preview or an ASMR thing, in my opinion).
Whether you choose to continue this series or not, rest assured that you've touched and inspired a lot of people to make art, and that's something that it's not registered on the numbers but that will stay with all of us forever 🩷
Thanks for also becoming my inspiration to continue practicing my art 🥰 I'm not as constant as I wished to be, but after finding your channel a year or so ago, it was the first time since childhood that I got this feeling of wanting to make art for the sake of it and that it didn't matter if it was bad because I was learning. And I actually tried to apply a lot of what you do with watercolors and gouache to my coloring, which is something I've always been bad at.
Thank you for sharing your art and your videos with all of us 🥰🩷
This was very informative, concise, and easy to follow along. The pacing is great, too. I don't feel rushed to absorb all of the information, like how I sometimes feel with TH-cam Shorts. Great job, Scott 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Gale!
Agreed! I'd luv to see more like it
If you decide to draw "every" eyelash (please don't, please please please!), take care to have them not be perfectly aligned and going the same direction. Real eyelashes crisscross one another, aren't equal lengths, and aren't the same thickness. This is where a reference library comes in very handy! Scott always says to use references and he's 100% correct. Especially with eyes. There's a lot to study with them!
I don't know why I never drew eyes the way you do, Scott. I mean, I never (not even in my art classes) started with an orb. I have recently done so and...? I'm not sure I see the difference. Maybe it's 50+ years of bad habits or maybe I just wasn't built to draw eyes that way, but they end up looking remarkably alike. I may need drawing boot camp to break me down and help me develop better habits & skills. (I know, I know, it'd have to be done online because our spicy neurodivergent brains would make in person boot camp awkward, but it's not a bad idea, right?)
I love how you cover every aspect. Not just how the eye works. Not just how the eye looks on a person, but every aspect down to expression. I also appreciate how simple and straightforward it is. Long tutorials tend to lose me, as I'm very flighty and just love to get into the drawing experience. I also appreciate the affirmation that practice and observation are what improves our skill the most. That no tutorial is the end all be all. It's the positivity and openess I love to see in the art community!
I have been an artist for roughly 10 years now and even I got some really cool ideas from this video! Although my style doesn’t lean into realism, there are still some really neat things that you showed that I’d love to play with in my style! Not only that but you explained it all so easily, it was simple to grasp and didn’t feel demeaning! Lovely video!
Yes, I would like this as a series.
Last year i watched one of your "how i draw" videos, and it was for eyes. This one is very similar to the last one. I practiced for months and, the more i look the more i see the eyes you draw in my work. I dont know if you see yourself as it, but your a teacher, a role model, and we are glad you are here.
I love the long form videos! This would make a great series
All of the eyes on the page at the end were staring into my soul😮
I’ve been drawing digitally for ten years now, albeit I started in my teens, and eyes have always been something I struggle with. I’ve tried to study other artists and how they draw eyes, yet I still struggle with my shapes looking too flat. Definitely shows when I make animations.
But watching this, I never realized it was as easy as picturing the eyeball as a ball LOL. Thank you for this! Inspired me to draw a bit today.
I wouldnt mind more of this. I enjoy seeing someones step-by-step process. It allows me to try it my self. Thank you for experimenting.
Hey Scott!
Thank you so much for making this video, I found it so helpful and informative. I saw your community post I just wanted to say I’m so sorry you had to go through that. The TH-cam algorithm can make you feel so bad at times, I would know…but this video deserves so much more attention ❤❤
Hope you are well :)
Watched this after seeing your post about its performance. The algorithm can suck, but you make this channel, not an algorithm. Your post brought me here, and your art brought me to your channel. Your explanations kept me watching, and now I want to practice drawing eyes more. Thank you so much for all you do for artists everywhere!
🫶 this comment ryt here 👆 100% agree ! Could not have said it better myself 🏴 love from Scotland 🦋
I just saw your post about how this video didn't perform as well as you expected but I thought it was great. It was informative, especially the part about the light source/shadowing. Coming from someone who usually comes on TH-cam to watch shorts, maybe that's what lots of other people do and that's why it didn't get as many views? I just wanted to say that i love your content no matter what you do. Please don't beat yourself up. We love you! ❤
Some extra tips if you want to get a deeper understanding of eyes:
1- there are three basic lines on the top of the eye and 2 basic lines on the bottom.
2- draw the eye socket before the eye to understand where it gets placed on the face
3- there are some parts of skin that give thickness to the eyelid, so add a highlight right above the bottom eyelid (or top depending on the light source)
Your way of breaking things down into shapes and where you see shadow changed everything for me many moons ago
Love this video. Informative, concise and great examples
In a while, Scott! The Death Star analogy was perfect!!!! I always struggled with that. Thank you!
Really enjoyed the longer video! The shorts are great but it's nice to get that extra little bit of info in.
This is the best explanation of how to draw an eye I've seen. The use of the anatomy of the eyeball makes sense. I have to show this to my son it will really help him.❤
Very cool Scott. Loved it. Noses, lips, ears, hands.... would all be good from you x Nell
This was super helpful 💞 Growing up drawing I was always told realism was the only way to be known as a real artist, so while I struggle with realism, I notice that I favor a more stylized look to my drawings. Your videos help show that realism can be stylized and I really admire that! Keep up the great work Scott ✨
“If you happen to come across Scott’s channel, you’re one of the luckiest beings on earth”
This helps a lot! Thank you so very much Scott ❤
Thanks for this - I have been drawing eyes for my whole life and this really helped me see where I was going wrong and getting frustrated with my art. You are an excellent instructor and it would be great to see more of this type of videos. I will likely rewatch this a few dozen times to get better at eyes!
Please keep doing this because today I was struggling with eyes for a drawing I am working on, this video was uploaded at the right time.
You're one of the only art content creators that makes me want to create more art, and feel inspired to do so. I was hesitant at first to watch your longer form content, but your personality actually make it really enjoyable. Also, i didnt think about the eye like a death star before, but that comparison actually helped me understand it a lot better :D
Thanks for being so wholesome
Please continue this as a series! It is super informative and helpfull! Thank you for all your amazing content !
Would love this as a series. I always wanted to get back to drawing and get better at it and you're very good at explainig the process
yay, long form content! love you Scott!
I'm so sorry youtube made you feel this video wasn't good enough. I meant to comment yesterday when I saw this video yesterday that I really appreciate you taking the time to show us the fundamentals for drawing. I really struggle to draw because I never had any practice growing up, but you inspire me to want to practice more. I want you to know that if you did a series of practicing fundamentals, I would absolutely follow them. You inspire so many of us. You are worth so much more to the world than the statistics of views that TH-cam keeps track of. You are wonderful and so talented, and I hope you never even let the decrease in views for a new project get you down. So many of us appreciate you. ❤
I'm amazed by how much you fit in so clearly in such a short amount of time. I love that you explained *why* eyes look the way they do and it even feels like something that I can easily translate to different styles, which I'm super excited about
There's something incredibly special about a video that can teach so much in a way that's so easy to understand. Every time I watch a video of yours, I'm so happy that I come out of it feeling like I didn't miss anything. It's like a snippet of a conversation with a friend. I'm thankful every day that I stumbled across your channel.
Oh my gosh that cone shape is something I’ve always missed. Helps to add that extra magic :) thanks Scott!!
I would love this as a series it's quick enough to not be boring but informative enough to get the main points across I love it
i think personally these kind of videos are very valuable, there's a lot more that can be said in a longer form video that shorts simply cant provide. This becoming a series would be very cool! I personally think your videos provide better tips and tricks than many ive seen, and your kind attitude makes things more helpful to watch so i think a series or other videos like this would be great!
Howdy, Scott!
I wish you would do long format videos regularly. I just happened upon one of your livestreams a couple months ago. I never usually watch shorts, but a 20-40 mins art tutorial--I'm all about it ;)
This is fantastically well done. So much info in such a short time without it feeling rushed!
I love these longer form tutorials! I’m trying to get back into drawing again and it’s super helpful. I also like that it isn’t too long. It’s short sweet and straight to the point with a little humor. Love it!
this is pretty helpful! i love how he even explains it simply, along with what each part of the eye is and giving examples, it’s very useful for comprehension! please make more videos like this!
Love your art Scott !!! 🥰🥰🥰
if i’ve taken anything from you , it’s to DRAW WHAT I SEE ! draw it for what it is, draw it existing in the world, draw it as you see it , from every angle . this has helped me improve a lot
Would love this as a series. It’s a great video, direct and informative. So easy to follow! I still love your shorts and live streams, but this is great too!
Thank you kindly for the longer video! I found it so helpful and would love more.
Im 33 and it was only after this video my mind clicked that the eye being spherical will effect the shadow!
Thanks for being amazing and putting content out to help us artists of all ages! Both you and Santa make this journey feel achievable ❤
I completely misread the title and thought it said "I know everything about drawing eyes". Was fully ready to believe that.
I am happy that you decided to do a long format video and explain that so well!!! It is easier to imagin the eye as a sphere with eyelids on it
As someone who's been drawing my whole life (three and a half decades), and has obsessively drawn eyes almost that entire time, your Death Star analogy is the first time that the lighting of an iris has made sense to me. I've known for awhile now that the shape of the eye bows in under the cornea, but exactly how that affects the lighting has just refused to click with me. Thank you for pointing it out, and for sharing.
As for TH-cam complaining about this video not doing well yesterday... I didn't watch it yesterday because I had some very demanding errands. I'm very grateful for this video to be here to watch today, though, and eager for my next opportunity to use what I've learned! I currently have a project lined up that was a bird a day for January, but I had a surprise eviction sprung on me and wasn't able to stick with it... but that doesn't mean I'm going to give up on the project, because it's still a lot of fun to explore all the different bird species being proposed to be explored. Perhaps this new view of Death-Star-eyeballs will help bring new life to my raptors, in particular I'm thinking of what I have lined up for owls and particularly the Bateleur (a type of short-tailed eagle... basically). And not only am I excited to see how and when I'll incorporate this new observation into my art, but also excited to see when and how I'll notice this new shape in life. Will it explain how Buddy's eye sometimes catches a brilliant gold arc, particularly when under his supplemental light at night? Will I see it the next time I go in for the daring glance of eye contact that society demands? Will it catch my attention the next time I'm snuggling my dear Robin, and in a face full of feathers, his happily squinting eye will expose its mysteries of shape to me?
PS- A fun way to think about pupils is that from what WE see, they ARE a complete absence of light since our retinas are designed to absorb as much light as possible. That means that pupils are one of few places where it's appropriate to use the purest of blacks that you have access to, and also why despite blue ballpoints being my go-to for doodling these days, I still have some Microns just for pupils.
PPS- My rooster, Buddy, wants to say, "Hi!" He came over while I was writing this comment, and he's always very curious about what I'm doing and tries his best to join in and "help". Of course, he doesn't really understand how to type, but he knows that touching the screen makes the phone do things, so he'll peck around the screen while watching videos or games with me to try and mimic me. Both of my boys seem to enjoy your voice quite a lot, too! I'll have to catch one of your livestreams someday and let you know they're watching. :3
Thank you for teaching me something new! Like the iris being a cone, I always thought it was only the lashes and eyelids creating the shadow, now it all makes much more sense! This was such a well made video, packed full of information and great illustrative drawings, I'd absolutely love to see more content like this in the future!
I saw the video yesterday and today saw the community post about it, so I came here to watch it once more and to comment on how great of an eye guide it is!
scott is so humble and refreshing to listen to. its a nice break from all the other chaos floating around the internet. please keep making these incredibly informative longer form videos. lots of love.
This is probably one of the greatest eye drawing tutorials with all the explanations and visual references and drawing what has been explained while explaining 💕🥳 thank you so much Scott!!
Thanks :D
Keep throwing long form stuff out there from time to time (if you feel like it)! This is so good!
I tried so many method saw so many videos ... literally one eye becomes good and then other one comes out the worst,. literally this video was game changer for me ,thanks a lot scott ♡ for helping kids like me not give up !!
I hava many drawing books and seen many videos, but no one has ever explained how the shadows of the iris work. It makes so much sense now! The iris itself is indented but the highlight is hitting the cornea. Thanks!
Yes please! I'd love to see more Videos like this one 😊
Although this video isn’t doing as well as your others, just know that you’re still doing a great thing for all us artists out here!!
I appreciate how you gave a non-eye example (Death Star) to really help us understand how to get the Iris right
Goodness, I just came around to watching this video and now I feel really bad I didn't do so sooner - I assumed it was a long-form video and didn't notice the 3-minute lenght, so I put it aside for my quick break watchlist.
I'm not an artist that draws, but it always fascinates me how others make characters and people come to life on either physical or digital paper. I always love how you explain things in a way everyone of all experience levels can understand! I definitely learned something new today :)
The algo is one unpredictable mistress that you can never truly satisfy unfortunately, it makes you play games with it, yet never able to truly catch it in most cases. The other day, I stumbled upon a channel where videos had less than 4k views of the past 2 years, most barely got a couple hundred... but their latest upload got half a million views! It just shows how broken the system is.
I hope my comment helps boost this video a bit, it truly deserves it!
this would be an amazing series!!!! your work is always incredible and i am so glad to have found your art!!!!! keep doing what you do!!!!!
thank you so much scott! i really love the longform videos and listening to you explain things the way you do makes me much more optimistic about my art and life in general. whatever you do, just keep being you
im so so glad i saw your community post because i would have never seen this video otherwise and i usually love your content, it's really annoying that youtube didn't recommend it to me
The death star example was actually really helpful, thank you ☺️
I know I can do this! Thank you Scott, you are very clear and bright!
I would love to have these as a series!
As someone who's been drawing more "seriously" in the last year or two, I always love seeing your shorts and your process, since I often only stick to pencil I really struggle to branch out into other mediums. Your content helps inspire me with my own art! This video was really informative for me, I try and notice all the little things around me in life that make art feel more real/distinct to look at too. One thing I'd not really thought about was how the inward part of the eye impacts the shadows, all the eyes in my art, though I am proud of them, lack that extra sense of depth you created. I'll try and experiment with eyes in my artstyle more with this knowledge to help me! Though I didn't know about the video until the community post about it showed up on my feed, I'm glad I took the time to check it out. Please remember that despite what TH-cam's analytics try to say, there are many of us who truly appreciate your videos and the effort you put into each and every one
I love this so much! I always wanted to draw people but faces give me such a hard time. Please please please do more of these! I love the way you explained the “why” behind your processes. That irises shading tip is blowing my mind right now 👀
Thank you so much for this video, and we would LOVE a series. You make all of this so easy to follow! :)
Thank you! I’ll be trying all of these :) the Death Star explanation was amazing and the best explanation of shape translation I’ve seen
i’m personally not an artist but i always love learning about the perspective and considerations put into something so simple yet so complex! always super cool to hear more about your expertise in art from an analytical standpoint!
Your art made me pick up my brush and paint away, not caring about being inside the lines of the outline or the way the colours are not mixing just right. You showed art is all about fun. I'm sorry this video gave you sorrow but I hope you know that your art inspires many many many people all over the world.
Please keep being our favourite artist ❤❤
Nice 👍
I would love it as a series ❤
I really enjoy your way of breaking things down when figuring out the lighting, I think it really helps to understand why things are in shadow or highlighted. And I for some reason never knew the iris was a cone, I’ve been drawing it flat for years! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you so much for this! The Death Star = iris comparison is low-key enlightening. I’d love this as a series!
I only saw this because of your community post, even though I watch your shorts regularly and this type of tutorial art dive is exactly what I want to see. TH-cam really punishes creators for stepping out of their typical content, especially from shorts to videos! I’ve seen long-form video creators make and entirely new channel for shorts, but if you want to keep both on the same channel maybe announce when you have a new longer video in a community post? At least until your longer videos start gaining some traction. I know I would be showing up if I knew you had any longer videos! I don’t watch live streams much at all but this is the sort of content I love ^.^
This was perfect! I loved the video and it really helped me, please keep on making videos like this, even if you’re not known for them!
Very helpful. Thank you 😊
I came here after your community post because I related to everything you just said. All I can say that I would love longer forms of content from you.
For me this is relaxing.
From an autistic artist to another, I understand ❤
i’ve been having a lot of difficulty with art in the past several years. it was a lifelong passion, due to my dad being an artist, but it’s faded a lot, mostly due to mental health and school/work obligations. your channel is really inspiring and i love the way you approach art as a passion rather than the sort of dull skill my dad always touted it as. i hope to get back in to art. keep up everything you do, your art and words are really inspiring:)
💯 % helpful…Please more educational videos. Thank you.
This was worth it because as much as I love to draw eyes, today, I learned the iris is a cone. I had no idea and am very thankful to you for sharing that!
Honestly I cannot stand short videos much and now that you make longer stuff I am really excited to watch them. You are a big help ❤ keep going :}
Love the longer form content! I actually hope you do more! ❤