How to Draw Chibi

STEP 1.

 The basics of a chibi are fairly simple to grasp. It's mostly composed of angles and circles. To start drawing your own chibi anime character, You can start with any number of different poses that you can easily whip up by drawing the angled chibi frame. Here are a few to give you an idea of how it's done!

STEP 2.

 Chibi anime characters can come in many different shapes and sies, some small, some tall, but most all of them have a very similar frame to them. If you plan on maing larger feet and hands, you can try adding triangles to the ends of the hands and feet lines to help guide you through the width that you would prefer.

STEP 3.

 "s you build the body, eep the frame in mind so you can see any ma#or flaws. It's easier to see if your proportions are off with the basic wire frame because there is less to it. $rawing out your chibi anime body is as simple as this!

STEP 4.

 $rawing out a chibi head #ust a simple step away from modifying the circle of the frame. In the upper left, you can see I have a circle and #ust added the basic anime pointed chin to it. %ow you have your chibi head! "fter that you can choose from a variety of cute anime faces or e&pressions! I've drawn out several so you can get an idea of what you may want your chibi to loo lie.

STEP 5.

 %ow, taing what you learned, lets start to draw our own anime chibi! tart with the basic circle. Try to mae it as round as possible, but if it isn't perfect, don't worry about it.

STEP 6.

 %ow lets start to build our chibi frame. "dd your chin to your circle and draw out your chibi body using angles, lines and circles.

STEP 7.

 %ow we're going to need some help with the face.. (o ahead and draw in the basic rounded cross guide lines for your chibis face.

STEP 8.

 %ow that we have the facial guide lines down, draw in some anime eyes and a mouth. (o ahead and use whatever e&pression you want! I'm using some basic thic lined eyes and a basic smile.

STEP 9.

 %ow we can go ahead and draw in her cute playful body. )e sure to not give her any breasts. *ost anime chibi bodies are very genderless. You can also use this tutorial up to this point to draw a boy if you would lie. )ut lets continue on with the chibi anime girl.

STEP 10.

 "nime bangs tend to be rather sections and a bit choppy. (o ahead and draw in her choppy bangs with emphasis on a swept loo. Her hair will be swept up in the wind!

STEP 11.

 %ow go ahead and draw in the rest of her hair and be sure to continue with the swept up in the wind loo!

STEP 12.

 I love the chibi anime school girl loo, so lets go ahead and draw her with a traditional school uniform. tart with the top and mae sure the sleeves are a bit flared. "dd a slight wave to the bottom of her shirt to mae it loo lie it is also caught up in the wind.

STEP 13.

 %ow you can draw in the lower half. $raw in a sectioned sirt that is flowing towards the direction her hair is flowing.  Try drawing each panel individually and it will help. $raw in some nee socs and shoes, and the hint of hidden leg beneath her sirt.

STEP 14.

 %ow for a couple finishing touches. (o ahead and add an eyebrow peeing through her bangs, and an eye line. %o need for the other since her bang covers it all! +rase any unneeded lines.

STEP 1.

 This first step is some what not really a step at all it is more of a diagram of what a manga-anime hand loos lie as anatomy. "s you can see the hand to the left is a regular drawn out anime hand and the one to the right is the same e&cept I have added the seleton diagram of what the bones would loo lie.

STEP 2.

 This second step is not lie a step at all, its more lie a pose review of all the different types of hand movements and finger positions. "s you can see there are thirteen posses that are commonly seen by anime-manga characters.

STEP 3.

 Here is a typical anime-manga hand as it is seen colored in with fingers spread out and posed. hen colored you should end up with something lie this.

STEP 4.

 tart this first step by drawing out a bell shape for the mid part of the hand. /nce that is drawn out you add five lines for the fingers. I added some arrows to show you how far apart each finger should loo.

STEP 5.

 %ow that you have the hand frame drawn out you can add three circles on each finger. These circles will help you draw out the finger shapes of the anime-manga hand. )efore moving to the ne&t step you will draw a line for the wrist and arm.

STEP 6.

 In this si&th step you will start drawing out the shape of the fingers and hand. /nce that is done you will add the right side shape of the arm, wrist and hand.

STEP 7.

 "ll you will do here is add the nucle lines and the wrist bone. /nce that is done you will start erasing all the guidelines and shapes that you drew in the previous steps.

STEP 8.

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STEP 9.

 This is a picture of the way that a finished drawing of a closed fist hand and upright positioned arm and wrist. "s you can see the fingers are all closed and shaped out the way that a normal anime-manga hand should loo lie.

STEP 10.

 To start off this tutorial on how to draw anime-manga hands you will see how to draw out the beginning shapes of the hand and wrist line. I wrote out a tip for you so that tacling this first step is easy to do.

STEP 11.

 This is what your first step should loo lie without a silhouette of the actual hand and wrist guidelines. It doesn't loo lie much now, but when you are finished with this tutorial lesson your setch will loo lie a hand.

STEP 12.

 In this ne&t step you will start adding the lines for the fingers and nucles. "fter that is done you will add the shaping line for the left side of the wrist ad seen here.

STEP 13.

 This is your last drawing step and all you will do here is draw out the nucle lines and finish off the finger shapes and draw out a thumb. "dd some detail and definition and start erasing all the guidelines and shapes that you drew in the previous steps.