I’ve been sketching different eyes for my Soulkitty – trying to find ways to express emotion without a face.

Each eye explores a different feeling or inner state, sometimes subtle, sometimes more symbolic.

Some of them include emotes or abstract shapes within the iris – little visual cues that help tell the story.

It’s an ongoing process, but I love how this one element can carry so much emotion, especially when it floats silently above a creature made to be unreadable.