Drawing Chibi Sailor Moon
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6. Now that we've done her face and head, it's time for some planning of
the body. Because with chibis, the proportion of the head is larger than the
body, it needs some careful planning so that it looks right. A chibi body is
smaller, with shorter arms, shorter neck (sometimes it's totally removed) and
slightly smaller legs. There are many different approaches, however chibis are
generally more chubby. A simple outline of the body will be very useful when
drawing it in more detail.
A difficult part will be matching the hands with the body. We can see that she
does a peace side ways and over her face. Therefore, we need to draw the hand
in first, but make a very light outline of how her arm is going to connect to
the body. We have to keep in mind that arms should not be that long. The angle
of the arm will be different to the reference image, since the size of the
body is different (so don't stress too much if it's on a slightly different
angle as long as it looks right).
Hands are more round, with shorter fingers. At this point, you will need to
draw the hands over her ears. It will be difficult to draw, but just
draw one finger at a time :)
7. Once you have got the outline of the body and the hands in place, let's
have a closer look at the body.
Give your chibi a small and short neck, just big enough to add her neck band
around. Add a little crescent moon to it as well.
On the reference image, her shoulders are more broad than the side of her
face, though with your chibi, it will be much shorter. The bow is drawn larger
than usual, and her waist will be really really short.
The part where her outfit joins with the skirt, there's a V shape. Make sure
it's rather thin and loses it's round qualities- it's more about straight
lines here.
8. Draw the skirt and legs. Ensure that the skirt is not too long. For this
part of the body, you shouldn't compare the proportions of the original image
^^; Sailor Moon normally has really long legs, but chibified, quite short. The
height of the leg should be about the same as the whole head.
9. Draw the back bow and hair. Make sure you don't forget the pretty red back
bow :) Look at the reference image of how long her hair length is, and add
them in. It's okay if the hair position isn't exactly where it is, since it
will differ, besides it's just hair. Towards the top of her hair, it's thinner
and gradually grows thicker towards the bottom of it.
10. Well done! Now you've got your own chibified Sailor moon. Before you
leave it at that, you may like to ink it so you can colour it in ^_^
Finished, inked and coloured:
I hope you
managed to get a satisfying result! It's all about the 'process' :) Just keep
practicing, learn from your mistakes and you're bound to get better ^_^ Good
luck!
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