Chibi! That is today's post. Chibi is a form similar to anime, except the characters are short in proportion, and the face is rounder, eyes are bigger, etc. There are many forms of chibi because it is very versatile, but the way I'm doing it is to make the head round like a "U" first. Then you make the arms like tiny stubs so it looks cute and innocent, or you make the hands quite small in comparison, with the big head. The body is just straight down, pretty simple and self explanatory, and the legs are also stubby-like as well as the hands. The head should be bigger than anything else on the person whereas regular anime makes the body wider and the shoulder broader than the head. The eyes are done in the same fashion as regular anime which have eyes that take about, 3/4 of the face, more or less around that depending on what kind of character you want. In addition, the hair is done in the same way as well, so just draw the hair over the head so it looks natural and fits with the rest of your drawing, and that is it! Quite simple. Just try practicing round, curvy lines instead of sharp, and jagged.

   Today we are doing expressions, detail, personality of a manga character. This part is important because It makes the character more interesting and eye-catching. How to do this is to adjust the eyes, structure, mouth, etc. of the person. For example, if you want to make a childish or young character, you would usually make the eyes wide and soft with curves instead of sharp, bold angles to portray an innocent look and the feature's as well, the character would also have to have the rest of the face similar to that as well and try to make everything go into place well and not seem like parts of the person are mismatched, so the person looking at the drawing can tell right away what the character is a bit like. You can also make your character hold something that would show they're personality, in this case by making them hold a stuffed toy, etc. Same goes for the characteristics of any other person your drawing, make the theme relatively the same unless your character is whimsical, has split personalities, etc. then, you can adjust things such as when you have a normally sweet looking character and they can shift to looking intimidating and fierce by the looks. Also, make your character interesting if you can by making them pose while doing an action, not making them just stand there. No matter how well drawn  it is, the picture would be better when the character is doing something like pointing, crouching, or doing a sports activity. In addition, don't forget to add things! If the character seems just too empty, maybe draw some wing and make them and Angel, and I've seen a lot of manga characters with cat(neko) ears. Or you can be more creative and make your own design and stray away from the usual. What you can do to your character to make them more interesting is quite limitless.