Hi there! You're right, it can get very heavy very quickly this way. With eyelashes and hair in general, it's best to think in shapes rather than lines in anime. So cluster together a thicker upper lash line, and then draw a few lashes (as long as you'd want, though you don't need much to indicate long lashes) out from it like this. With the hair as well, draw in some bigger and smaller locks (shapes) of hair instead of only strands (lines). I hope this helps!! c:

Quick anime eyelashes sketch turned out way too heavy

Artist's notes:

I'm trying to draw a quick dreamy anime eye sketch with long eyelashes but it got heavy and looks super weird on her face. Am I adding too many strokes here? And the eye shape and proportions are still off I think. Any feedback on where I'm going wrong on this? Would really appreciate it!

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@dgbdraw3 weeks ago

Hello Insights shared in this blog post are by @dgbdraw There are various methods to do a eyelash that looks anime. You should focus on making triangle shapes that follow the perspective of the eye like i have done a paintover on the left. On the right you can use a comic style eyelash which is similiar to anime like on the right. The eyes seem ok but you can use a guide line to center the eyes. A nice tip is to most of the time leave a ball of white reflection on the eyes.

@mira726021 week ago

idk if the triangle lashes have to cover the whole lid, maybe keep those triangles just on the outer corner and leave a small white catchlight so the eye stays light instead of filling the whole lid

@nils978665 days ago

yeah the triangle lash shapes help a lot, maybe keep just 3 or 4 thicker ones that follow the lid curve so the eye still reads before the fringe gets heavy

@hannah1 month ago

Hi there! You're right, it can get very heavy very quickly this way. With eyelashes and hair in general, it's best to think in shapes rather than lines in anime. So cluster together a thicker upper lash line, and then draw a few lashes (as long as you'd want, though you don't need much to indicate long lashes) out from it like this. With the hair as well, draw in some bigger and smaller locks (shapes) of hair instead of only strands (lines). I hope this helps!! c:

@kenji886091 week ago

idk if you need to drop the line lashes fully, maybe thicken the upper lash into one shape and keep just a couple thin ones at the outer corner so it stays light but still sketchy