Chibi Drawing: Step-by-Step Guide with Tips and Examples

Draw! Not! Well! People!

How about

starting with drawing chibi characters?

Have you been charmed?

Do you want to draw them yourself?

Today, I'll teach you step by step!

As per international practice!

Or, you can easily generate your own chibi images using our Chibi AI Generator without needing any technical skills or prior learning.

First, let's understand what chibi is.

Chibi is a type of cartoon deformation and exaggeration, referring to a character whose proportions are reduced, usually with a head-to-body ratio of two, three, or four heads, and has a larger head and eyes.

Below, I will explain in detail how to draw a cute chibi character from aspects such as body proportions, facial features, and limbs.

01 Determine the Body Proportion

Big head, small body

This is the most important feature of chibi characters!

The body proportion of an adult is roughly seven and a half head heights, while chibi usually has a two or three head height ratio.

Although chibi characters have small bodies,

the structure and joints of the character still need to be drawn!

The overall image of a chibi character is relatively round, but the movement laws of the joints are the same as those of ordinary characters. When drawing joints, you can represent them with circles and cylinders!

02 Draw the Character's Torso

There are certain differences between male and female characters' torsos.

Male

When drawing a normal proportion male character, you need to use more angular lines to depict his torso, with more pronounced muscle lines.

While for chibi male torsos, many body contours are omitted. It can be divided into an inverted trapezoid and a regular trapezoid, with the upper part being an inverted trapezoid and the lower part a regular trapezoid.

Female

When drawing a normal proportion female character, you need to use soft curves to show her torso.

While for chibi female torsos, it is represented by combining two circles, with the outer contour outlining undulating lines.

03 Exaggerate the Facial Features

Compared to real facial features,

the facial features of chibi characters are more exaggerated.

Eyes

The eyes of chibi characters are drawn large, and eyelashes can be added or not, depending on the needs of the character.

Mouth

The mouth needs to be emphasized. Depending on the character's emotions, sometimes the mouth is also drawn more exaggeratedly. For example, to express someone laughing heartily, the mouth is drawn very large, taking up half of the face.

Nose and Ears

The nose can be drawn or not. If it is drawn, it is usually just a dot; as for the ears, they are drawn more rounded and cute!

04 Simplify the Hands and Feet

Everyone says that drawing hands and feet is difficult,

but chibi hands and feet must be easy to draw!

When drawing hands,

difficult joints can all be omitted!

Here are four ways to draw chibi hands:

1. A simple zigzag shape, smoothed out a bit.
2. Only outline the thumb and the rest of the fingers.
3. Replace the palm and fingers with circles (yes, like Doraemon).
4. You can also simply draw a stick.

As for the feet,

they can be represented by a single line, highlighting the toes.

Basically, if you follow the above points,

you can draw a good chibi character.

If you want to draw even better,

you also need to pay attention to the character's posture.

Well, although I've explained the drawing method,

I know what you really want!

You just want to copy the homework, right?

Finally, I've attached

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