What makes a chibi different from an anime face?

A chibi is two heads tall, with a large round head, huge eyes and a tiny body. An anime face is drawn at full proportion.

What is the difference between the styles?

Pencil uses faint construction lines and hatched shading in the last box. Clean ink keeps earlier lines light gray. Colour steps shows each new line in red and fills the finished box.

Can I ask for a different chibi?

Yes. Type a different character, such as a bunny or a character in a school uniform, and the page is built to that request. The result is not guaranteed to match the nine shown.

Are these hand-drawn?

No. They are illustrations made for this page, not scans of hand drawings.

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How to draw chibi: a girl, a boy, a character with cat ears

How to draw chibi — a six-panel step sheet drawing a chibi girl two heads tall, a large round head, huge eyes, a tiny body and twin pigtails, the numbers "1" to "6" in the box corners, graphite pencil sketchbook style, faint construction lines in the early boxes darkening to a confident outline, soft hatched shading only in the final box

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Step sheets for young fans who want to draw chibi, the small cute characters with a head as big as the body. Each picture builds one chibi in numbered panels, from the round head and tiny body to the clothes. The three subjects are a girl with pigtails, a boy in a hoodie and a character with cat ears. Type a different chibi, such as one holding a heart, and the page is built to that request.

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Frequently asked questions

What makes a chibi different from an anime face?: A chibi is two heads tall, with a large round head, huge eyes and a tiny body. An anime face is drawn at full proportion.
What is the difference between the styles?: Pencil uses faint construction lines and hatched shading in the last box. Clean ink keeps earlier lines light gray. Colour steps shows each new line in red and fills the finished box.
Can I ask for a different chibi?: Yes. Type a different character, such as a bunny or a character in a school uniform, and the page is built to that request. The result is not guaranteed to match the nine shown.
Are these hand-drawn?: No. They are illustrations made for this page, not scans of hand drawings.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.