Linda Bergkvist of furiae.com has a very detailed step by step tutorial on how to paint realistic eyes over at CGNetworks.

I remember that a few years ago she once did this before but it was only for members of her forum. This one, however, is far more detailed and has far better explanations and results.

Click here for the Tutorial

Click here to go to Linda’s site

Eye picture is ©Linda Bergkvist

Here is an old animated gif file that shows how a digital face is created. It’s an animated gif file and takes a while to load on slower connections. Once it loads you’ll see the artist first making an anatomically correct underlying sketch. Next he lays down the values in gray. Next he adds the shapes and hues and then refines the image by almost carving it.

I do not know who created this. If someone does know then please let me know.

Check it out here (click here)

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