4 Ways to Draw Crying Anime Eyes

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This tutorial explains how to draw crying anime and manga eyes in four different variations as well as how to place anime eyes on the head. It also has some basic examples of drawing a crying face as a whole but the main focus is on the eyes.

When drawing crying anime eyes it can be helpful to know how to draw the entire head and face so that you can better understand how the tears run down along it’s shape. For this reason most of the eyes in this guide are drawn with the head. However, if you want to create a detailed drawing of just the crying eyes there is also a video example near the end that can help you do so.

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Drawing Anime and Manga Style Eyes on the Head

The placement of anime eyes on the head can vary depending on style. One good way to place anime eyes on the head is to draw the overall shape of the head and draw a horizontal line directly through the middle of it. Draw the eyes directly below this line.

The eyes should be far enough apart so that you can place a third eye in the middle.

Drawing Tearing Up Anime & Manga Eyes

Anime eyes tearing up — Drawing anime eyes tearing up

When you are drawing an anime character that is staring to cry draw the eyes squinted. Draw the bottom eyelashes/eyelids curved inwards and slightly lowered towards the outer part of the eye. Draw the top eyelashes/eyelids less curved than normal and also slightly lowered towards the outer part of the eyes. Draw the eyebrows in slight upside down curves with their inner parts raised and their outer parts lowered.

Finally, draw small tear drops at the tear ducts near the inner parts of the eyes.

Drawing Anime & Manga Eyes With Tears

Anime eyes with tears — Drawing anime eyes with tears

Follow the directions in the previous example but draw the tears covering the entire bottom part of each eye. Create their outlines in a way where they hang off of the edges of the bottom eyelids like they are about to spill out.

Drawing Crying Anime & Manga Eyes

Crying anime eyes — Drawing crying anime eyes

Again, use the same directions as in the first example but draw the eyes slightly more squinted and draw the eyebrows slightly closer together.

Draw tears coming out of the outer sides of the eyes running down in curved streams as they will be “hugging” the shapes of the cheeks. The way that the mouth is open in this example will push the cheeks further out to the sides creating these curves.

Draw some tears coming from the inner parts of the eyes as well but don’t draw these running all the way down (some variety will make the drawing look more natural).

Drawing Bawling Anime Eyes

Anime eyes bawling — Drawing anime eyes bawling

For bawling really upset eyes draw them fully closed in upside down curve (really you are just drawing the eyelashes). Draw the eyebrows further down and even closer together than the previous examples. You can also draw a few wrinkles to emphasize that the eyebrows are really squeezed together.

Draw the tears in the same pattern as the previous example but running even further down the face (to show that the person has been crying longer than in the previous examples). You can also add a few tear drops falling down from the chin (tears will generally roll down the face and gather at the bottom).

How to Draw Crying Anime Eyes Step by Step Video

This last example shows a more detailed drawing of the crying eyes. These can also be placed on the head just as the other examples in the guide. However, the drawing is put together in a way as to also look good on it’s own.

Conclusion

Drawing crying anime eye is not all that complicated as long as you understand how their various parts shift in such a state. Tears are also fairly easy to draw. Because they can run down in a variety of patterns you don’t need to be very precise with their outlines. However, they should generally flow along the shape of the head as was explained in this guide.

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