Chibi anime characters often have oversized heads and bodies that are deformed. More often than rare, to draw a chibi means to draw a child as well. Artists usually draw chibi to depict humorous and cute scenes, but that’s most of the time a single drawing rather than a complete anime series.

This Kindle version of our newest book, “Drawing Chibi Supercute Characters 2” is free if downloaded by November 6, 2018. Download it below. Today I’ll show you how to draw an adorable Chibi-style girl with a long flowing braid.

A cute chibi girl, for example, may have a shaggy haircut or a long ponytail. The choice is yours. The proportions come only after you’ve displayed the specific facial layout, as they are the easiest part to reproduce. After this, you can focus on the chibi anatomy.

To be more precise, the word that brought ‘chibi’ in the Western world was the ‘Chibiusa’, the diminutive name of Sailor Moon’s daughter which is nowadays used for pets. Similarly, the Japanese call their pets ChibiUsagi (meaning little rabbit).

The popular BinOfTrash YouTube channel has a bunch of great drawing tutorials. But few are as detailed or clearly explained as this free clip. It totals about 15 minutes of runtime discussing the absolute basics of chibi art. Definitely a solid starting point for novices who want to draw fun chibi work fast.

The chibi art style is just plain adorable. It’s derived from a Japanese term describing the process of “making something shorter”. If you’ve ever looked into chibi work that description should make plenty of sense.

Chibi Goku is perhaps the least threatening character redesign compared to the original. But if you wanna draw Goku in chibi form this video has you covered. It’s a much longer video than the previous one totaling about 13 minutes for the whole drawing.