Creating a stylized anime eye

Not all types of eyes can be created with spheres. Sometimes we want to make something that looks more like 2D art. Anime eyes are a perfect example of this. They tend to be a very flat type of shape instead of spherical.

One approach for creating this look is to model flat geometry to represent the surface of the eye, then create additional pieces to represent the iris, pupil, and glint. In this section, we'll use this approach and make use of several modifiers to complete the effect.

Getting ready

For this section, we have prepared a character sculpture created in an anime art style. Download the animeEyes_Start.blend file here: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Sculpting-the-Blender-Way/blob/main/Chapter07/animeEyes_Start.blend.

Launch Blender, and open the .blend file. This scene comes with the sculpture that you can see in the following figure:

Figure 7.34 – The anime head sculpture

This character...