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Do you always struggle to draw the far eye when drawing a face in perspective or 3/4 view? Alright, today I'm sharing a quick "cheat code" method for drawing eyes in perspective! To master drawing eyes at angled views, you first need to know how to draw them front-on. Let's block out a basic front view—a simple parallelogram shape works fine. Then, duplicate it for the other side. Keep one eye-width space between them. Now, let's duplicate a set. For a subtle 3/4 angle, erase a small slice of the far eye like this. After erasing, simply seal up the inner corner. Next, the eyelids change shape with perspective. Let me erase and show you: the upper eyelid flattens slightly (near the curve. The double eyelid crease follows a similar curve to the front eye. You can see it's slightly angled now—just a touch, since this is a shallow 3/4 view. Add eyelashes if you like. At this subtle angle, the eye gap hardly changes. Drop in the iris wherever you need. The far eye doesn't deform drastically at this stage. Now, let's try a steeper angle—I'll duplicate another set. As the face turns further, erase more of the far eye and reconnect the corner strokes. Pull back the double eyelid crease accordingly. The lower rim follows the same rule—just curve it along the lower eyelid contour. Notice the eye spacing changes now! As much as you erase off the eye, shift it closer toward the bridge of the nose. The nose bridge starts to project forward slightly. The root of the nose (sellion) flattens back, just like the upper eyelid plane. Now, foreshorten the near eye slightly by shrinking it horizontally. Add the eyelash details. Turning even further? Duplicate again! Erase more of the far eye and curve the outer corner up smoothly. Remember to curve the double eyelid crease around the eye sphere. Place the eyelashes along the lower rim. Notice how the eye gap shrinks progressively—shift and narrow both eyes as the angle sharpens! Let's push to a steeper angle—a bit more challenging! Erase more, curve the eyelid down, and mark the tear trough/eye bag. Then keep narrowing the gap between the eyes: At the same time, the nose bridge hides more of the far eye. Here's the eyelid crease and lash line. At this sharp angle, you can no longer see the full wrap of the eyeball sphere. The upper and lower eyelids wrap around the top and bottom of the eyeball sphere, while the line in between marks the iris curvature. The lower lid wraps around the outer edge of the eye sphere. Meanwhile, foreshorten the near eye even further. As the eye shape compresses, less of the inner eye corner remains visible. Make minor tweaks to balance the proportion. The eyebrows shift along with the perspective structure. If the pupil gazes forward, only a sliver of the iris is visible on the far eye. Extend the nose outline forward like this: Finally, for a full profile view: the far eye disappears completely! For the remaining eye, simply truncate it by half horizontally. Draw the eyeball sphere, upper lid, and lower rim. (Note: This quick method prioritizes speed over exact precision—do study full anatomy fundamentals when you have time!) Draw the eyebrow slightly longer than the eye, and you're done!