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Drawing Chibis

#1 Post by Midnight »

OK luvs, here is the dl (down low for all you old hippies)

I can not draw chibs. It's impossible, i'm all like "Hey I wanna draw chibs!" and my chibs are like "hey...no!" and i'm like "DARN!"
lol

anyway, after that, I was wondering if anyone had some FAbuloUS advice?
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#2 Post by Zero! »

I guess I'll just quickly write up a li'l mini-tutorial on how I draw chibis.

Chibis are generally about 3 heads tall, meaning their height is equal to three of their heads. So I draw a circle, and some guidelines to help me see how big three heads are, 'cuz I suck and can't measure by just looking at something.

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Now, since chibis are little deformed people (whee!), they have big heads, hands, feet, and little bodies. So, draw like a little circle in the middle, with two circles slightly next to it (or wherever you want the hands), and at the bottom, two really big circles for feet.

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Now, just draw in the body, arms, legs, hands and feet. Then, divide the head into fourths and draw a line in the middle. You're gonna need these guidelines if you want your chibi to have big eyes and look horrendously adorable.

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Now, draw in the head. Chibis have gigantic eyes, usually big smiles (or at least happy ones do), and usually, no nose, or a very tiny one. The guidelines are for making the kind of eye I use for chibis, but if you don't like 'em, fine by me. Experiment a bit, after all, it's your picture. For this little dude, I gave him a happy smile and spiky hair, just because I wanted to. Since you're drawing your chibi, give him/her whatever you want. I also darkened the lines using the burn tool, so you can distinguish them better.

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And, of course, erase/delete all the guidelines and color it in when you're done. I didn't feel like coloring this little dude in, so here's an example of a finished chibi.

Hope that helped ya. Oh, and this is the first tutorial I've ever written... ever. Go me!
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#3 Post by Midnight »

Yay mom! You do rock! Thanks so much!
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