Designing eyes in Illustrator

OK, so you’ve probably seen better line drawings but look at the eyes! One of the best ways to do eyes in illustrations is a simple black circle for the pupil and a smaller white one for the light reflection. Keep the smaller white circle in the “northwest” or “northeast” corner of the black circle and make sure it’s in the same place for all the other eyes in the same illustration. Most importantly, get it so that the white and black circles just touch each other which creates a lovely crescent shape of black that gives a beautiful “window to the soul”.

This article was posted on Saturday, May 19th, 2007 at 1:26 pm and is filed under Design, Illustrator.
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4 Responses to “Designing eyes in Illustrator”

Respiro the logo design guy, on May 19th, 2007 at 10:26 pm, said:

Good point, Rob!
Rob Cubbon, on May 20th, 2007 at 11:25 pm, said:

Thanks, Respiro. I like your sites as well. Hope you find something here of interest to you. I have written and will write plenty about logos!
Biyografist, on September 25th, 2008 at 12:30 am, said:

This point is great! Great wok Rob!
Rob Cubbon, on September 25th, 2008 at 9:37 am, said:

Thanks, Biyografist, it’s the focal point of my kitchen!

Graphic and Web Designer London UK