Back I am. Hopefully for good this time if life doesn’t get in the way. Just wrote one of the toughest final essays ever.

Eyes are incredible. There are so many ways to draw them and so much emotion and personality can be conveyed through the eyes. The eyes come in a good variety of styles. Not only are there realistic, digital and cartoon eyes, but each of these kinds has their own sub-categories. Eyes have different shapes, even though that might not be so noticeable. Eyelashes have different lengths. The spacing of the eyes and the position of the eyes on the head can mean so much when conveying your character’s unique look. Eyelids can be tricky, the iris can be intricate and the eye color can be rich and beautiful.

This week, and maybe next week, I’m going to take you through the miraculous world of eyes. I’m going to cover all of the different styles of eyes. But in addition to that, I’m going to do something more. Eyes do not have to necessarily fall into one category or another. Serious subjects might ask for realistic eyes, but these eyes might take far too long to draw for a time-pressed artist or an artist who wants to focus on other aspects of a drawing. Artists have been known to lighten up the eyes in order to emphasize the emotion contained within the character – and artists have also downplayed the eyes so that they do not distract from the actions that the character happens to be carrying out.

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Good evening everyone! I’m back after a long absence. I’ve been busy lately, so I guess I should update you guys.

For one, I’m trying to post on here as often as possible, but I got bogged down with a lot of papers for class, but all is well with that spectrum of the universe now. I can finally catch up with all my articles for Demand Studios and for here. Another reason why I haven’t been posting so much is because I got a new job teaching a few Korean computer graphics professors English. They already know English, of course, but they want to learn it better so they can get teaching jobs in the States. I’m excited about this opportunity and it will help me get a job once I graduate with my Master’s degree. Today, I got to help one of my students practice for an interview she has with the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. I’m excited that I got to help with the interview and I wish her luck. To me, working with students is like raising children. You give them wings to fly and once they leave the nest… it’s so sad. One of my coworkers said I should be happy when the students leave because it means they gained confidence in their writing and speaking abilities, but for some reason, I don’t feel that way. A deep sense of sadness overcomes me. I don’t know if I’m suppose to feel that way, but I always do. Maybe someday, I will understand that feeling. Click to read more …

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