Mini Chibi Art Class: A Complete Course in Drawing Cuties and Beasties - Includes 19 Step-by-Step Tutorials! (Mini Art)

by Yoai

In this highly portable mini version of Chibi Art Class, renowned anime artist Yoai teaches you the art of chibi, step by adorable step.

Chibi is Japanese slang for “short,” and popular Instagram anime artist Yoai (@yoaihime) shows you how to draw these adorable doll-like characters in Mini Chibi Art Class. Chibis are mini versions of Japanese anime and manga characters and are defined by their large heads and tiny bodies, both of which contribute to their kawaii, or cuteness, factor.
 
Here, you’ll learn how to create chibis’ signature bodies, facial features, and props, including dreamy eyes, fun clothes and shoes, vibrant hair, colorful accessories, and lively backgrounds. You’ll also learn how to color and shade your vertically challenged characters for optimal cuteness. This book also features 19 chibi tutorials with simple step-by-step illustrations and instructions, inspiration galleries, blank body bases for you to start your own chibi drawings, and uncolored chibis for practicing coloring and shading.

​Mini Chibi Art Class is part of a series of adorable mini versions of Race Point art reference books that include Mini Kawaii Doodle Class and Mini Kawaii Doodle Cuties.

Thanks to this take-anywhere crash course, soon you will be enhancing your notebooks, stationery, artwork, and more with your own unique chibi world. Mini Chibi Art Class is now in session!

Learn even more fun drawing techniques from Yoai with: Chibi Art Class, Anime Art Class, Anime Art Class Sketchbook, and Anime + Chibi Art Class.

• ISBN13: 9781631067174
• Publish Date: 19 May 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Race Point Publishing
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 144
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Mini Chibi Art Class is a fun tutorial art book full of step by step projects for readers who enjoy the chibi anime style. Due out 12th May 2020 from Quarto on their Race Point imprint, it's 144 pages and will be available in paperback format.

I love to draw and doodle. Despite not being super advanced and skillful yet, I find drawing very relaxing most of the time. This is an accessible guide full of techniques and cheerful upbeat advice. The drawing style itself is completely adorable (chibi ちび translates to 'little'). They're big eyed and round faced with tiny hands.

This guide has an accessible and appealing format. A short introduction is followed by tools and supplies, basic techniques, and then the individual drawing tutorials. The author does a good job of explaining (and showing) proportions for different ages, positions, action and movement, etc. There are a lot of different tutorials but not much variation in facial expression included in this book.

Great selection for a gift for a young artist, perhaps with some added sketch pads and pencils. This would also make a superlative classroom or library book. I would also recommend this one to babysitters, grandparents, parents, and basically anyone who spends a fair bit of time with small kids in order to up their 'draw with me' game. I really enjoyed this. I will use these to decorate my journals and notes for friends.

Four stars. Fun collection.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.