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Just for Kids: You Can Draw Manga Chibis shows how to draw in the chibi style using simple steps and easy-to-find art tools. Also included are tips and techniques for designing your own chibi characters.
You can draw chibi characterswith the easy, step-by-step art projects in Just for Kids: You Can Draw Manga Chibis. Also included in this 8.75 × 11.67–inch book are tips and techniques you can use to design your own characters once you are comfortable with the art style. No complicated tools are needed; you can create your own chibi art using just a pencil, pen, markers, and paper!
The book opens with helpful sections on tools and materials, essential drawing techniques, color basics, and an examination of typical chibi faces and bodies. The step-by-step projects that follow show you how to draw different chibi characters in any pose and from all angles. Included at the end of the book are templates to scan or photocopy and practice on over and over again. Throughout the book, take a closer look at different chibi characteristics and use the artist’s tips to modify the templates to create your own characters, which you can then draw walking, jumping, dancing, falling, and flying. Tips and techniques for drawing chibi characters abound!
Written and illustrated by Samantha Whitten and Jeannie Lee, Just for Kids: You Can Draw Manga Chibis is perfect for beginning and intermediate artists, lovers of manga and anime, and more. You will love creating your own manga chibi characters!
From the Publisher
You Can Draw Manga Chibis
You know them well—you’re reading your favorite manga or watching an anime, and suddenly a chibi appears. The word chibi (pronounced “chee-bee”) means “little” in Japanese. Chibis are supercute caricatures of people or animals that have been shrunken and squashed into funny, childlike creatures with big heads, stubby proportions, and silly expressions. In this book, you’ll learn to draw all sorts of chibis. You’ll also discover exactly what gives them their “chibiness,” including proportions, facial features, expressions, and poses. So what are you waiting for? A world of adorable chibis awaits! In the name of cuteness, let’s dive in and get started!
A step-by-step guide for learning to draw basic manga chibis
CHIBI GIRL FACE: SIDE VIEW
Begin with basic shapes and guidelines, including a rounded head and slight bump for the nose. The chin is short and slightly angles outward. Because this is a profile view, the ear sits near the center of the head.
CHIBI BOY FACE: SIDE VIEW
Reference the front view of the boy’s facial features, hair, and clothes as you draw him at a different angle. Pay attention to where the top of the hair is in relation to the guideline.
JUMPING
Pay attention to the way the legs, arms, and head line up with the shape of the torso to create one fluid movement throughout the body. The back is arched so the belly sticks out and the hips jut slightly forward. The head tilts up and slightly back. (You can even imagine a wide-mouthed smile on the face!) Both arms are straight and raised with open palms. Finally, each leg bends at the knees so this character appears to be jumping off the ground.
CHEERLEADER
Draw this pose in a front view.
Because the character is jumping, the body and head are straight and aligned with each other. Both arms extend straight outward in a “Y” shape from the torso. The hands bend at the wrists; the palms are open and face upward. Both legs extend outward—the arms and legs together should make an “X” shape, and the knees bend slightly for a more natural look.
Publisher : Walter Foster Jr.
Publication date : March 3, 2020
Language : English
Print length : 96 pages
ISBN-10 : 1633228622
ISBN-13 : 978-1633228627
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Reading age : 6 – 8 years
Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.4 x 10.85 inches
Part of series : Just for Kids!
Grade level : 1 – 3
Lexile measure : IG890L
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