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It can be clearly seen visually that the prominent feature of the chibi is "circle", and "circle" is formed by a curve. What is the curve? There are generally two types of lines, one is a straight line and the other is a curve.

straight line

Curve

Straight lines have the characteristics of rigidity, straightness, and sharpness, and are often used to draw square boxes, books, buildings, etc.

The curve gives a soft and smooth feeling. Commonly used to draw female characters, chibis, flying scarves or satin, etc.

When drawing lines, the weight of the pen will cause the thickness of the lines to be different. A good line draft is to use the correct line drawing technique.

How to use the correct line drawing technique?

In drawing, where the objects overlap, lines should be drawn heavier.

The lines in a picture are thick and thin to make it look good. Basically, soft objects have thinner lines, such as mouth, cheeks, and hair ends.

The flat line is the line that intersects the line to produce a darker line, used to draw the shadow of the character

Line-to-line superposition

Horizontal

Vertical

Oblique

Uniform

Weight first

Dense first

First draw a line of the same thickness

Use one or more overlay methods to darken the painting area

The number of times the lines are superimposed when drawing dark parts is not quantitative, as long as the effect is achieved.