/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4918641
Yes of course there is. They are is basically a wet reflective spheres. Eyballes will reflect environment just like an other reflective sphere would, the catch is that the eye has different colors and that the eyelid and the eyelashes always cast a shadow on it which partially hides it so that always messes things up. Like you can see the the ring spot light some use for camera shots.

This quite evident on photographs using flashes and studio lighting. Anime eyelight only use the same method but either simplify or overly exaggerate this. Usually slightly unrealistically to make the eyes shiny and inviting but without looking too weird. A notorious example is Irya-kun who uses this ring light on almost all of this artwork, even the Ghost in the shell Netfilx series constant has the ring light and 2 side spotlight in Motoko's eyes even if there are non around her both daytime and nighttime.

Do not overuse them because they will just look out of place, sometimes the less is more.