JAPANESE ANIME ART

Today you'll know more about chibi anime and be able to draw it!

In Japanese translation, chibi means a small child. The word has only gotten popular upon the onset of chibi anime where anime fans consider chibi as part and parcel of anime and or manga. Consider for example, some series in Kenshi the Battusai where there were instances that chibi anime has been portrayed. Say when a joke has been said or there were bloopers committed, the Kenshi character has been somewhat "chibified" where he became small with round big eyes with the distinct feature of being "too cute"...




Thus, by definition, a chibi anime is a shorter, cuter, and funnier version of the regular anime or manga character but with specifically bigger heads that has been made so for comedic purposes.

It has somehow gained popularity in the anime world primarily for its cuteness factor.. It is but a reminder that anime lovers are still watching a form of cartoon portraying 2d images with the use of rich colors. The are of chibi anime grounds anime cartoons to its basic nature since it portrays child versions of anime characters.

So how come it has become so popular and has been incorporated in most anime series and movies now??! Let's face it, in chibi anime, one can easily say that it is a colorful version of a manga character. It has a certain appeal to it-- with those unusually large head, extreme shiny eyes and little or no nose: anyone can be mystified, if not, be swept away by its cuteness!

Anyways, because of its cuteness factor, most of the kids now would want to draw it. Actually, it is indeed a nice and creative pass time for kids and this would definitely enhance their drawing skills. You can even invite little kids to join drawing chibi anime with you... Just pick your favorite anime character and start from there....

If you're really into drawing, you might want to learn some tips on drawing anime poses !!

Of course, you wouldn’t be drawing stationary subjects like this forever. Soon, you may want to draw your subjects in “action poses”. Now the tricky factor here rises even higher. It’s going to take another chapter to give you guys more tips on making great looking action poses so I’ll just give you some samples here. Not to mention un-clothed, really crude quickly sketched samples.

Sorry, I’m just a bit too excited to make the content for this site. I’ll try and upload more samples in the future – or you can just visit the gallery to see drawings with characters in action poses there.


Take note of the third sample. Sometimes angles really make things look different – and you also have to take the angles into account if you’re making action poses.

For example, if a human being jumps, he won’t shoot up clean and straight. He may slant a bit and will flail his arms around and the angles will change– you may see more of his legs and feet or his head arms or shoulders. The most important thing that you’ll need in making action poses is some knowledge of human anatomy and a sense for angles.

Again, practice will help you a lot. Have a friend or family member pose for you or even use yourself as a subject. Studying the human body will really help in making awesome looking action poses. 

If you're hooked into drawing face and/or drawing tips on anime, you've come to the right place!

So let's now begin with the informal drawing tips 101 particularly on drawing face. Take note that my tips on drawing is not a cookie-cutter way of drawing. I draw anime, hands, feet and faces as according to my fashion.

I like drawing faces. Drawing face has always been one of my favorite parts in drawing anime. I always think that you can always make an anime fan art look better if you draw the character’s faces the best you can possibly make. For some of my drawingtips, Here’s a VERY quick sample sketch showing how I draw them anime faces.


As you can see, it’s the traditional method – I bet you’ve seen this many times in other tips on drawing, not just those anime ones. First part on drawing the face, I make an oblong-like shape, making the lower part a little pointy and then proceed to making the guidelines for the eyes, nose and mouth. The reason for that is to keep the face proportionate. You do have to change those lines though if you take the face’s angle into account. I’ll try showing you how I do that some other time (too lazy, :D).

Then comes the hair and then I add the eyes, nose and mouth and then voila! I’ve made me an random anime face (who kinda’ looks pissed, hehe!). Most of the time though, I skip the first part. Sometimes, I won’t even go through all the lines part and just go straight to drawing the whole thing up. I do that usually during quick sketches. Again, you can always play around with it.

Count on this page if you like to know a thing or two about drawing anime tips...

I guess I’ve already given you guys a short overview of how I started drawing. And you may have also noted that I always mention trial and error- which I usually apply for tips in drawing.

I wasn’t properly trained, so it would be a little tricky for me to show you how to draw anime ‘cause my techniques are know-how’s born from years of well, you guess it, trial and error. So, I guess you'll just have to expect for some simple drawing anime tips




If you like, you can click here for some tips on how I draw some simple anime drawings, particularly on how I draw anime face. Furthermore,over time I have managed to improve my drawing prowess and later developed and adopted some drawing anime tips of my own on how to draw anime characters in full body and anime characters in action poses..

Better yet, if you're serious into anime drawing, you might want to know some tips on how I draw anime hands and feet and most especially, the most expressive part, on how I draw anime eyes.

The only advice I can give you for tips in drawing guys is just to continue with what you like to do and what you know you’re good at. Don’t let go of that pencil. Try to use your idle time to just scribble and doodle random things – it will help you hone your skills and make your hands used to the feeling of it. Not to mention it’s pretty fun and amusing.

Try shading around, do curvy lines, draw a giant machine gun wielding clown with bunny ears rampaging through a sprawling city and whatever, and then see what you end up with – a whole lot of mess I bet! But messes are good. What I like about drawing is that there aren’t really any fixed rules.

You can go wild with it and have fun (At least that’s how I envision what art is to me). The point is, it’ll all be a form of practice for you. Just don’t forget one thing – don’t stop drawing!

If you love Sasuke, then let's learn to draw the guy...

He is one of my favorite characters so I thought I'd give you some tips on how to draw him... Well basically, this is not a "drawing tip" per se but I made a video on how I draw him and perhaps you might get some points on your own after watching this video.

Normally, I usually start on the proportion of the head which basically is my foundation in every drawing. The face and/or the angle or feature of it is the first thing I draw whenever I draw anime characters. So as you can see, I have made a guide so as I could put his eyes, nose and lips in their respective proper places and at the right angles.





Then I proceed with the extras.. I now draw his hair. This is a bit complicated guys because you have to make it look real and "hairy"... Hairs are very tricky to draw since you have to consider every strand of it as to where it should be positioned considering the posture or action move of the anime character that you are about to draw.

So, I guess I'll just leave it up to my drawing so you can see how i do it... So while you're at it, I thought i'd give you some info about him.

This particular anime character is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series who is a member of the Uchiha clan, a highly skilled clan of ninjas allied to the village of Konohagakure. His primary motivation throughout the series is to avenge the destruction of his entire clan by killing his brother, Itachi Uchiha, a task he pursues at all costs. While he was initially cold and singularly driven by his revenge, he becomes more empathetic through his relationships with other characters, notably Naruto Uzumaki, whom he comes to consider as a rival.

Drawing Anime Kit would provide you the tools of the trade! Here are some of them..

My mother used to say, if you can't find a way, then make a way... Welp, I've been indeed making ways to pursue my passion for both anime and drawing. And for my drawing anime kit, well, that's a gray area over there-- coz I kinda don't have alot. Being brought up in a family where it's a bit hard to make two ends meet so I find ways.




My first drawing medium were broken crayons and used pencil colors. They're not that much but they're the ones available so I settled for them that time. Back then, I was a wreck. I drew everywhere and every time so it would have caused me a WHOLE lot of crayons and pencil colors. My anime preferences were more of the shounen type so I drew lots of SailorMoon characters and stuff. Crayons were not really that good in execution as they were very limited in color.

Later, my drawing anime kit shifted to water colors. They're way better because I begin to blend colors by then. It dawned to me the remarkable idea of being able to do shadowing and getting the right color I wanted through combining one or more colors! So that's awesome

Finally, I settled for poster colors. I find them way better than water colors since i could do better shading and color combinations there.

And so, one might ask: what would be the best drawing anime kit for you fanart artist/lover?!! Actually, there is no specific drawing anime kit best for everyone.. It actually depends on the person. Well, you could shop for a nice drawing anime kit suited just for you....

Thing is, explore and experiment any drawing medium you wanna use.. Who knows you might just be loving the simple drawing pens instead of charcoal and stuff... Don't be afraid to experiment!!

Take it to a fellow anime-buff himself who adores japanese anime, anime art, cosplay outfits, drawing anime, and EVERYTHING about anime, who has made a tandem out of himself and his drawing paraphernalia even before he learns how to speak. Here you may even learn to draw and appreciate works of arts- courtesy of yours truly!

ANIME – the term was totally alien and unheard of, especially here in our place, just a few short years ago – but now, it has broken through the world of visual media like a rampaging storm – it was nothing less than sheer Kamikaze! Well, minus the crashing-your-airplane-to-the-enemy-fleet part.



As anime fanart, traditional anime drawings and japanese anime continued to invade the scene, it is not surprising that more and more people, of varied demographics, have embraced this animation style, that has become more of a worldwide phenomenon, inspiring a generation of die hard, faithful otakus (like myself) with its unique storytelling style, mind-boggling themes, outlandish characters, that we surprisingly identify with – and of course, I guess especially in my own humble opinion, its incomparable and often times jaw-dropping art.



There has been thousands of Japanese anime series created ever since its first conception, with new ones popping out from out of the blue into the media scene – seemingly overnight. Thus, there is an immeasurable list of titles which can cater to almost any age group, so the fun never stops. Add to that an equally vast amount of other anime related media, like websites, forums, games, merchandise, music, anime fanart, traditional anime drawings and more – I guess we’ll never get enough of it, giving us an endless flow of inspiration.

And so we have built this site as a tribute to Japanese anime – another addition to the ever growing fan base. But to narrow things down, considering how HUGE anime is, I’ve decided to share to you guys the only way I can show how I love anime – anime FANART. I’ll try my best to upload a new piece of fanart (japanese anime & tradinal anime drawings here in this site EVERYDAY, be it a quick sketch or a fully colored finished piece – and I only make these artworks TRADITIONALLY, meaning they’ll be made by hand with little to no help of any image editing softwares and programs. Don’t get me wrong though, I’m not against artwork made using the computer, aka CG art. In fact, I actually find most of them AWESOME, and off course, anime animation is technically always done using computers, save for the line art, I guess. But I’m talking about traditional art here, the raw and the unprocessed – which is sweeter and I think more artsy fartsy.