Have you ever drawn stylized mini versions (“chibis”) of your characters? Small and cute chibis are great for illustrations or for printing on keyrings and other accessories. In this tutorial, I’ll show you some tips for drawing chibi characters and preparing the image file for printing as keyrings or other items.
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Sofia Kim. How to draw manga: Step-by-step guide for learning to draw basic manga chibis
Introduction
How to draw chibis
Big head / small body ratio
Short limbs and simplified hands and feet
Chibi’s face drawing
Round face
Sunflower face
Square face
Eyes and eyebrows
Girl's eyes
Young boy's eyes
Chibi’s hairstyle drawing
Short hair
Long hair
Long hair
Long hair
Curls
Curls
Braids
Braids
Single ponytail hair
Single ponytail hair
Long double ponytail hair
Short double ponytail hair
Chibi girl's hair
Short hair
Short hair
Long curly hair
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When drawing the chibi character, the head should be drawn larger. This drawing technique that contrasts with the height of the small body can highlight the cuteness of the character. Under normal circumstances, the length of the torso and legs are basically equal.
Under normal circumstances, the two head figures are divided into two equal parts, the length of the head and the body are basically equal; the figure of such a proportion is exaggerated, the head is big and small, very cute.
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3. Draw the shape of the character's head on the original basis.
4. Use crosshairs to determine the position of human features
