Need Eye Advice

I keep messing up the symmetry, is there a good way to remedy this?

Honestly? Just keep drawing. Don't stress the small stuff, and doodle like your life depended on it. Only doodle eyes.

http://obi-quiet.deviantart.com/gallery/297646?offset=24#/dkxmgg

^ hope it helps. Careful eyes aren't symetric btw.

edited 6th Mar '11 11:29:58 PM by FallenLegend

Draw real people.

What he said. Tutorials are only half of the work. Drawing from real is the other.

For symmetry, you know how you see on lots of half-finished sketches or drawing tutorials the lines they draw through the face? Like a cross, going through the middle vertically and 1-4 lines horizontally. Draw those on your faces first, then draw the eyes along an 'eyeline' (or two, or three, depending on what you're comfortable with) to keep them on the same level. That's one trick. Other than that, it just takes a lot of practice, looking at examples, and checking your work in the middle of drawing in a mirror or backwards to make sure it looks right.

<3 ali

And draw the shape of the head first. Don't draw the eyes until you know where they are.

Also: Sketch two same-sized ovals/circles/whatever general shape your eyes are, very lightly, in the aforementioned guidelines. Then draw darker lines for the actual sketch. Trying to freehand them off the bat will result in asymmetry no matter how good you are.