CREATING A CHIBI STEP BY STEP

In this book, you’ll find 18 chibi mangas created by artists from around the world. Each artist presents their initial sketches for their character. After picking the one they like best, they’ll take it through the following steps as listed below to the finished illustration.

STRUCTURE: preliminary sketch to set up the chibi’s stance and proportions.

VOLUME: Using the structure to create the body of the chibi, being sure to make the head larger than the body.

Anatomy: Adding features such as the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, as well as hair and eyebrows.

Detail: One of the most important steps, this is where you incorporate details such as clothes, accessories, animals, objects, and scenery to help define the personality of your chibi.

COLOR: This step is usually divided into two parts. In the first part, use flat colors to define and differentiate. In the second part, add shadows and highlights to give volume and realism to your characters.

BACKGROUND: This step is also divided into two parts. In the first part, add various decorative elements to the preliminary background drawing to give it a more realistic scene. In the second part focus on applying different textures, in addition to playing with shadows, to give depth and volume to the work.

And finally, FINISHING TOUCHES and TIPS & TRICKS, where each illustrator indicates some tricks to facilitate and improve the working proccess, and shares the programs used to edit their work.