Look at me! Eyeballs made with polymer clay

I promised you for some time now to show you how to make these eyeballs. They are really easy and fast to make. And like with most crafting stuff: The more you make, the better they will be! I'll show you some of my first (and not so perfect) ones. ^^

You need:

Polymer clay - white (I use fimo)

Acrylic colours - colours you like 

Liquid, transparent polymer clay (I also use fimo liquid)

At first just make some balls, press them on a flat surface (something you can put on the oven) and then use something with a round surface to press on top! You don't need the little hole in the middle but it gives your eyeball a better 3D effect in the end!

Bake them after the instructions of the manufactor of the polymer clay you used. Now paint the first layer of colour inside the hole of the little polymer clay ball! Let it dry...

Now add some light and dark stripes starting from the middle to go outwards, a black dot in the middle and one or two tiny white dots on top (let the colour dry between every step).

After the last drying step I put a thick layer of fimo liquid in the hole to create the lense of the eyeball. Before baking it is somewhat milky...

...but becomes clear after baking... and adding several layers of shiny lacquer on top! You need the lacquer! Also your eyeballs will look a little bit wet like the real ones ^^

The eyeball on the left has to big black lines... but the eyeball on the right really looks good! You see the lense effect created by the hole filled with fimo liquid? 

(edit: I forgot to mention that the eye on the left side is without lacquer! So that you can see the difference it makes!)

And fell free to add some blood vessels... I used some for the eyes of my "Grummelchen" (my tiny handsewn monster, have a look here). 

By the way: I would love to see the eyeballs you create! :)