
So for chibi characters, I recommend drawing the nose as small as possible or not drawing it at all.Īs with the nose, the mouth should be drawn small, but you may want to draw them large for men or dynamic characters. Once the eyes are drawn, it’s time to draw the nose and mouth.ĭrawing the nose tightly will decrease her childishness and look more realistic. How small the character should be is different for each person, so please take this as an example and draw the way you like. ・Characteristics of eyes (long, round, etc.)Īfter that, look at the balance of the face and make the upper eyelashes thicker or adjust the eye sizes to give them a stronger look.

・Curved eyelashes and other detailed expressions

(The part to reduce the detail description) When drawing the eyes, the main areas to be compressed are as shown below.
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Now, let’s take a closer look at how to draw each part. (*This compressing method can be used not only for face parts, but also for other parts of a chibi character.) In this way, you can get a good balance between the small sized body and the characters’ unique features. ・Emphasize the parts’ characteristics (e.g., puffy eyes, round eyes). The key to drawing the eyes, nose, and mouth is to make sure they are simplified. Once the outline is drawn, it is time to draw the face parts. There are many different patterns of chibi characters, starting with the round type like the one above, there are also those that are a little longer and more mature, and those that are a little sharper and more cartoonish.Ĭhoose the pattern you want to draw according to the personality of the character you want to make into a chibi-chara and for what purpose (If its for novelty goods or a four-koma manga). Round off the pointed chin and draw the cheeks well rounded to give the character a cute and cozy look. The key to drawing the outline for a chibi-chara is to make it rounder and simpler than when drawing a normal character. Once the head size has been drawn, it is time to draw the outline. Also, the center line of the face is added slightly left of the cross to draw her eyes and face looking towards the left. (I also draft the approximate shape of the eyes at this point.ĭrawing the eyebrows slightly below one half of the face will make her look young and adorable. Here I wanted to make her look cute, so I drew a cross about a third of the way down. I usually draw the eyes of a chibi character a little lower than halfway down the face, or about a third of the way down.
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There are many different types of chibi characters, but this time I’d like to draw a face that fits a character about the length of two full heads.įirst, draw a circle to determine the approximate size of the face. Now, let’s start drawing the face of a chibi character. Let’s take a look at each of these three points in detail while actually drawing the chibi character’s face. When compressing the face, the three key points are When drawing a chibi character, simply compress the character’s body.ĭon’t forget to shrink not only the body but also the face like the image on the right below, or else the size of the face and body will be out of balance and awkward like on the left image.
