Eyes can be very complex if you want them to, or they can be very simple and still look good. I personally enjoy doing details, so you'll be learning how to do realisic eyes. I thought I'd first compare a picture of a human and a wolf eye. Every part of the eyeball itself is round, so that's not the problem in drawing it. The hard part comes when you have to draw the eyelids. This can be really hard since there are multiple edges on the eye that you really aren"t aware about until you actually stop and study it really closely. However, since this is the beginner's tutorial, I will go slowly and not really touch on things that may confuse you for now.

First things first, draw a circle. Try to get it as round as possible. If you want a perfect round circle, you can use a compass or one of those template rulers that have circles in them you can trace with your pencil. You have now drawn the iris, or the part of the eye that has color.

Now to draw the pupil (aka the black part). The pupil is directly in the center of the eye. It changes size according to the light level of the environment, so if there is a lot of light in the room, the pupil will be small, and if there is very little light, the pupil will be huge.

Now you will add some shading to the top of the eye to simulate lighting. You dont have to get fancy here, just make a curve from one side of the eye to the other and then fill in the curve and the iris with black. Simple stuff.

Next, we add what's known as the specular. This is the reflection of a light source, such as a window or a light bulb. You can try drawing this in before you shade the iris in completely, or you can erase a bit of the area and draw it in, whatever you like best. In most of my pictures, the light source comes from the upper left, so I put a white specular in the upper left part of the pupil.

Now to detail the iris. Don't get confused here, it"s easier than you think. To make these details, all you do is draw straight lines from the outside of the iris to halfway inside it. To make it look more natural, try making some of the lines shorter or longer than the others. To make the lines fade out, as you draw the line, gradually decrease the pressure you are putting on the pencil until you are barely pressing it on the paper at all. That's all there is to it!

Now for the hard part, the eyelids. A wolf's eyes are much different than a human's eyes. For one, the iris actually takes up all of the front of the eye, and the eyelids cover the white parts. So, unless you are going for a cartoonish look, make sure that no white shows up in the eyes unless they are looking far to the side. Anyways, start the eyelids by making an arch around the top of the eye. You'll notice that the line touches the very top of the iris.

For the next part, you will follow the outline of the iris as shown here.

All that's left now is to connect the two lines. You'll notice that on the left side of the eye (where the tear duct is), the line is slightly rectangular shaped. On the opposite side, it comes to a point.

Finally, fill in the black parts and you now have a cool wolf eye!

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