Drawing Chibi Sailor Moon
To begin, let's start off with a good reference picture. I'll use this one
as an example. Click here
to view the full image, and follow along ^_^
1.
The face shape comes first, and despite Sailor Moon having a pointy chin,
chibis are special and have a more round face (much like a child). Since the
reference image of Sailormoon is facing straight ahead, try drawing her chin
near the centre. Make sure you leave plenty of space on the inside of her face
to draw the eyes later. While you're at it, you can add small ears. Don't
press too hard while trying to get the face shape right. The face shape is
usually most difficult when it comes to chibis, and therefore may require a
few attempts before it to looks right.
2. Time to add her eye brows and eyes in.
Since it's a chibi, the eyebrows are usually shorter. Let's pretend Sailor
Moon's hand's are not over her face and draw her eyes without interference
(we'll add her hand later). Normally I start with the eye on the right (which
is her left eye). Now, even though it's a chibi, the basic shape of the eyes
are the same, except you try making her eyes bigger and more round. Be careful
not to be copying the Sailor Moon reference image, you're drawing a chibi
version of her.
3. Once you get the basic outline of it correctly, you may draw in her pupils.
This can get a little difficult, but the trick is to draw it pretty much the
same proportion to the whole eye as the original image. It's a smaller oval
shape within the eye. Next, draw in the two smaller circles (they are the
white parts of the eyes) It may be hard to see on the reference image, but
there's usually a small black circle just below the centre of the eye.
Once you get that done, you can also start shading in her lashes. On the
original image, she has quite a few lashes, but on a chibi, 2 is fine :)
The nose are optional in chibis- you can either have a little dot for it, or
nothing, whichever suits you. I normally add the nose in. Like said, the nose
isn't pointy, but a little dot which is usually a little angled.
With her mouth, draw it in a similar shape as normal, however not as pointy
and more round.
4. Now for the fringe and hair :) See how Sailor Moon has quite a lot of
layers of fringe? Well, for our chibi we don't need that many. The thing to
remember is that we don't need to duplicate it, in other words draw the exact
same amount as the reference image. Don't draw the hair too pointy, keep it
slightly blunt. Before you do that, draw an outline of how big her hair is
going to be with her head. Her fringe should just be slightly above her
eyebrows. Next, draw two round circles for her meatballs ^_^ If you don't know
what size to draw it, it's better to have it a little bit bigger than smaller.
5. Our next step is to add some detail on her. Let's work on her tiara, her
jewels on her hair, and the earrings. Make sure her earrings aren't too big,
but other than that, just add them in. During this whole drawing process, if
there are parts you previously drew which doesn't seem right, feel free to fix
it. Now we have her chibi face! YAY!
