Drawing eyes can be troublesome sometimes, but with a few vector tricks you can
make a nice looking eye in no time. In this tutorial you will learn how to make a
vector based eye using CorelDraw.
Step 1 Basic Elements
In this tutorial I'm using CorelDraw X4.
OK, let's get started!
I will explain the basic elements and the steps to create a vector based eye.
1. Eye Body
2. Eye Liner
3. Pupil
4. Eye Lashes
Step 2 Working with Bezier Tools
Now that you know the steps and elements, we will begin step 1, which is creating the
eye body.
1. Make a line by using the "Bezier Tool", after that copy and paste it (Control + C
, Control + V)
2. Shape it by using "Shape Tool", right click at the center of the line and find
"convert to curves " in the top toolbar.
Left click the start and end of the lines there will be two dotted arrow, left click
and drag them in order to shape the line.
Repeat with the second line, and shape it like in the picture
3. Now, select all the lines using the "Pick Tool" and combine it by pressing
Control + L,
after that go to the "Shape Tool" and select each corner of the shape and find
"Join two
nodes" in the top toolbar and click it.
4. Done
Step 3 Coloring
Now we are going to colorize the body of the eye. Go to the "Fountain Fill Tool"
which is in the left bottom toolbar or just press F11.
Set the color like in the picture below,
to create a custom color double click the color box, and select others in the bottom
color palette
and press OK.
Click the eye body with the "Pick Tool",
to remove the line in the eye body go to the right color panel, you will see the first
color box is X spotted, right click it,
if you've done this correctly it will look like the image below.
Step 4 Creating Eyeliner
Now we will create the eyeliner.
Draw a shape by using the "Bezier Tool", create a shape like in
the picture below, make sure that the last click is connect with the first click or else
you
cannot colorize the shape.
Shape the eyeliner by using the "Shape Tool", right click in between the two nodes or
corners and find "convert to curves tool" at the top corner and click it.
After that you will see two dotted arrows, click and drag them to shape it, apply this to
all the
lines until you make a shape like in the picture.
Step 5 Creating Second Eyeliner
Now that you have the upper and bottom eye liner, we need to make a corner eye liner
just to make it more realistic
1. Draw the second eye liner by using the "Bezier Tool", use a continuous left
click to create a shape like in the picture below.
2. Shape it by using the "Shape Tool", right click in between two nodes or
corners and find the "convert to curves tool" at the top corner and click it.
After that you will see two dotted arrows, click and drag them to form the
shape, apply this to all the
lines until you make a shape like in the picture below.
3. Add a color by using the right color panel, choose any color you like,
in this case I have used black.
Step 6 Centering and arrange layer
Now that we have the eye body and the eye liner, it's time to put it together to form an
eye
1. Using the "Pick Tool", click the eye body and click and drag it to the
center.
2. Send the eye body to the bottom, by clicking the eye body and pressing
"Control + PageDown"
3. Done
Step 7 Creating Pupil
We will now work on the pupil.
1. Make a sphere using the "Ellipse Tool", click and drag, make a rational size for
the
eye body
2. Draw a 2nd circle, make it smaller than the main circle and color it black
3. Distort it by select the small circle and use the "Interactive Distortion Tool"
(you can find it in the left bottom toolbar), left click and drag it. After that set
the distortion type to "Zipper Distortion"
- Enter the value "distortion amplitude" to 48 and "distortion frequency" to 30
Step 8 Coloring the Pupil
Colorize the big circle,
select the big circle with the "Pick Tool",
go to the "Fountain Fill Tool" (it's in the left bottom toolbar or press F11).
Set the fill type to radial, set the color in the left and middle left to custom color or
others with the value of C 96 M 73 Y 35 K 4 and set the color in the right and middle
right to Sky Blue.
Step 9 Creating texture
Now, add a texture to the big circle
1. Make two boxes with the "Rectangle Tool", make a small
size with a position like in the picture below, select the boxes and press
"Control + Q " so you
can edit the nodes in order to shape it.
2. Shape them using the "Shape Tool", after that select both of the shapes, using
the "Pick Tool" by left clicking and dragging. Press "Control + G " to group both
of them .
3. After that, click the two boxes that you have shaped and double click until you
see a rotating arrow
- after that hold "Left Click + Right Click + Control" together drag and rotate
them clockwise
then release the buttons
- now you see that the shape is duplicated, but you need to duplicate them again
by
pressing "Control + D" until you have a shape like in the picture below.
4. Done
Step 10 Coloring the Texture
Now let's colorize the shape.
Left Click the shape with the "Pick Tool",
go to the "Fountain Fill Tool" (its in the left bottom toolbar or press F11).
Set the fill type to Radial and set the Color in the left to a custom color or others with
the value of "C 96 M 73 Y 35 K 4"
and Set the color in the right to Cyan.
Step 11 Duplicating the Texture
Select the shape by click using the "Pick Tool"
1. Copy, rotate and duplicate by holding "Left Click + Right Click + Control", drag
and
rotate them clockwise.
2. After that click the smaller shape and color them black,
select both big and smaller shape with the "Pick Tool", group them by pressing
"Control + G"
and drag them to the center
3. Done
Step 12 PowerClip Container
Put the pupil into the eye body
1. Group the pupil by selecting it with the "Pick Tool" then press " Control + G"
2. Place the pupil inside the eye body container by using "PowerClip", go to the
top toolbar find "Effect
+ PowerClip + Place Inside Container ". You will now see your cursor turning
into
a black arrow, click the eye body. Now you will see that the pupils are inside
the eye body container.
3. Edit the container by pressing "control + double click" to the eye body
container, click the pupil and drag them a up so it looks
natural. Finish editing the container by pressing "control + double click" again
on any
position inside the container.
4. Done
Step 13 Working with Transparency
Now, make a reflection on the pupil
1. Make two white circles with the "Ellipse Tool"
2. Drag the circle to the eye
3. Set the transparency of the circle by go to the "Transparency Tool", set the
type to "Uniform"
set the value to 50
If you have followed the steps correctly, it should look like the image below.
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Step 14 Creating Eye Lashes
Now we are going to make the eye lashes
1. Make three boxes with the "Rectangle Tool", as in the picture
below, don't forget to select and press "Control + Q" in order to make them
editable
2. Shape and colorize as in the picture below by using the "Shape Tool"
3. Apply the lashes to the eyeliner by clicking and dragging them
duplicate it by holding "Left click + Right click"
4. Use your feeling to create a good looking set of eye lashes
Conclusion
We are now done, you have created a vector based eye with CorelDraw! You can
customize the eye by adding more eyelashes, shadow or texture in the pupils. I hope
you've enjoyed this tut!
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