Japanese pro Advice to students – How to draw fenale character’s face from a 3/4 angle

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How to draw fenale character’s face from a 3/4 angle

Student

Hi! I can’t help but notice how odd the eyes look In this angle. Is there any way I can balance it? Thank you in advance!

Teacher

Wow, this is so impressive! Great work!
This painting shows a lovely girl! The colors are very beautiful!
The eyes are a little difficult to balance when the face is viewed from this angle.
The reason is that the eyes are spheres, not planes.
However, your drawing has a good balance of the eyes! It is usually difficult to draw the eyes farther from the viewer, but your drawing captures the spherical nature of the eyes well!
If you find it difficult to balance the eyes, it is easier to draw them by capturing the outline of the eyes in a polygonal shape, as shown in the bottom right of the attached image.
When using this drawing method, try to align the number of blue dots on both the left and right eyes. Keep up the good work!

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