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, Basic guide to drawing cute chibis
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHIBIS
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEAD AND THE CHARACTER'S BODY
THE RATIO AND BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FACIAL FEATURES
EVEN IF THE FACIAL FEATURES ARE SIMPLIFIED, THE STRUCTURE MUST BE CORRECT
THE CHIBI SHOULD BE ROUND AND SIMPLE
CHIBI’S HEAD DRAWING
CHIBI'S EYES DRAWING
HOW TO SIMPLIFY THE NOSE OF THE CHARACTERS
CHIBIS ALSO HAVE EXPRESSIONS OF THEIR MOUTHS
CHIBI'S EARS ARE NOT SEMICIRCULAR
CHIBI'S HAIR IS NOT THAT SIMPLE
CHIBI'S HEAD DRAWING CASE
CHIBI'S CUTE EXPRESSION
CHIBI’S HEAD-TO-BODY RATIO
CHIBI’S BODY STRUCTURE
HAND DRAWING AND MOVEMENT
LEGS DRAWING AND MOVEMENT
TORSO DRAWING
Drawing of clothing
CHIBI’S DYNAMICS
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The head is one of the important parts of the character's body. It is mainly composed of facial features, facial contours and hair, which intuitively expresses the character's appearance. In painting, it is like a ruler, which can match the approximate figure length.
We use the length of one head as a unit to match the length of a character with several heads.
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Position the nose and mouth. After setting, add eyelashes and eyebrows to the eyes, so that you can draw, simple facial features.
The flat line is the line that intersects the line to produce a darker line, used to draw the shadow of the character
