What material did you draw the eyes on?

I use bristol paper, but I know people have had success digitally coloring them, printing them, and using this same method.

Very helpful :) thanks a lot!

And here I've been painting on my eyes the whole time :|

Awesome! Thanks for the tutorial! Now I need to find ones for how to make eye blanks and tips on making eye art haha

So the E6000 doesn't cloud or yellow with age?

Not in my experience. We have suits from 2011 using this method and they eyes still look great :D

Good to know :D Certainly would make coloring eyes easier.

Wolfbird's experience is the same as mine, and I have suits/eyes made in 2010 that are un-yellowed.

Cool. And this works on glass eyes, too?

I've never worked with glass, only acrylic.

Findings! Backstory: I have pet birds and am sensitive to E6000 so I've been trying with Tacky Glue. Looks like this and you can buy it at Wal-mart --> http://cdn.dickblick.com/items/238/.....1204-3ww-l.jpg

Basically, you do the same things as in the tutorial but the notable differences are:

*It's water soluble, so rather than wiping spilled glue away with a cloth you can also rub it away with water. I wasn't using tape for this reason.
*It doesn't cure as quickly. What I like to do is get the trapped bubbles away from the pupil, where they are most noticeable, and the next morning/whatever I'll go back and push the remaining microbubbles towards the rim (I use my thumbnail for this, don't press too hard!).
*Protip: microbubbles happen, you can get rid of most but not all. When you're pressing the backing to the glued eye the idea is not to squeeze as much glue out as possible (it will lift and look silvery, that's not what you want) but instead be gentle about it. If you for some reason need more glue and haven't waited to long, peel the backing back and add more.
*Got fingerprints on the eyes and can't get them off? Hit it with a coat of spray gloss (don't touch them for a few days after, this stuff takes a while to dry completely despite what the label says).

:D

Thank you for adding this for people!

Question! Is Fabric-Tac the same thing/interchangeable with Tacky Glue? It looks like this: http://content.vcommerce.com/produc.....jpg?1065106745

I ask because I have plenty of this on hand for the fursuit project I'm working on, and was wondering if it could also serve this purpose for the eyes, or if I'm better off just buying either E6000 or Tacky Glue.

Never heard of it, can't comment. Sorry!

No worries! Thanks for the swift reply. =3

I've been wanting to get into making/selling suit eyes, but have a rather hard time finding the blanks.
I had forgotten about E6000 (even though I own some) so this was a good reminder XD Also wouldn't of thought of the tape. Something I should start doing for my magnets!

Wonderful tutorial as always <3

I'll note you my source, give me a sec.

Okay, so here's my problem. I used this tutorial for some acrylic blanks for my resin blank, but when they were dry and I turned the eyes to different angles, the iris + pupil disappeared completely and left a reflective surface. After talking with Sharpe19, I found out why: there was a giant air bubble trapped between the glossy paper and the blank. I thought I had pushed it down enough, but perhaps not :c How hard to I need to push the eye down, or should I just keep the eye on the sheet without cutting it out, put some of the e6000 inbetween, then push the acrylic blank, flat side down, onto a table?

I'm trying to find a source for these Eye Blanks. Me and my partner may well be getting into making fursuits and accessories, but I've looked everywhere for these blanks and can't find them anywhere!

Tapplastics.com is where I get all mine from. they're called "cabochons"

Hey, quick question: I've got some "3D" blanks which are basically two regular domes sealed at the flat side. Will this method work as well for them as regular domes?

I don't believe so, as this method relies on the backs being flat (or very nearly flat) so the art doesn't fold. It couldn't hurt to experiment though!

I always wondered how those where done ! I'm still unsure of how to do 3d eyes though. Will you be doing a 3d eye tutorial as well ?

Take a look at my gallery, and you'll see these DO follow! This one in particular shows the effect pretty well.

Oh wow that's really cool.