How to Draw a Chibi Cat Girl
Simple step-by-step tutorials in the chibi style are a great way to begin learning how to draw more detailed anime and manga characters. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to draw a chibi cat girl with cat ears, a tail, and a simple costume.
There are no complex shapes or details, and this tutorial does not include any shading.
How to draw a chibi cat girl step by step
Step 1: Sketch the round chibi head
First, sketch the round head of the chibi character. Add one vertical and one horizontal guideline across the head to help place the facial features later.
Step 2: Outline the small body
Below the head, outline the small torso and legs using a long, smooth line. Make the body much smaller than the head to create the characteristic chibi appearance.
Step 3: Add arms and tail
Sketch the small arms along the sides of the torso. Then add a long, curved tail extending from behind the chibi cat girl’s body.
Step 4: Mark the facial details
Add more details to the cute chibi character. Begin by sketching the chibi cat’s ears, then mark the outlines of the eyes, eyebrows, and hair.
Step 5: Refine the large eyes
Using clear, dark lines, carefully refine the outlines of the large eyes. Add the upper eyelashes, then shade the pupils with hatching while leaving small highlights unshaded.
Step 6: Finish the cat girl
This step looks more complicated than it really is. Carefully trace the final outlines of the chibi cat girl with clear, dark lines, then erase the remaining guidelines.
This tutorial was quite specific because we decided to create a chibi character in the form of a cute little cat girl.
However, you can make the character slightly different, for example, by drawing a cute chibi fox or drawing a small chibi wolf and adding the corresponding animal details.
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So simple yet I can’t even draw it 🙁 ugh
I’m just an 8 year old girl and I can’t even draw it without help……..I NEED MY IPAD TO DO THIS……
It worked perfectly but I changed some parts it looks good I thnik
Thanks so much for the toturial.
I failed over such a simple drawing, but I won’t stop trying!
its the hair that is getting me.
Same 😬 i not that good at the spikey anime hair stuff
nice job
I’ve been practising drawing these all day but I cant get it PERFECT!!!😭
how! i was soooo close but it looks like shes looking at you
This is so helpful for me! I JUST LOVE IT!
This helped me so much thank you for the FREE steps!
I love it! Your drawing toturial´s are amazing
im fail
Don’t say that the more you try the more you will get it so keep on trying and then you may get it
Well said.
ugh. i wonder if i still have any hope left at this point … hopefully i get better over time 😞 . Thanks 😀 this was great ! I just need to practice more ( a lot More 😐)
Never lose hope. The main thing is to try and draw as often as possible. If you draw at least half an hour a day, then in a few months you will notice how much your drawing skills have improved.
that is really helpful
Thank you.
I love you art but I cant be a as good as you
yea im only nine but all my art looks like it was made by a 6-7 yr old and id say i did pretty well cuz’ if i did it without a refrence it would look some lumpy baby food lol uwu owo XD
this looks so cute i going to draw it but a wolf version I will change the tail and ears so I can make it into a wolf because wolves are my favorite animal.
Nice idea.
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I did it!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, it looks so easy but so tUff… I tried to make those cute kawaii eyes, the black circles with 2 white dots because I was using a sharpie, but then the sharpie leaked and covered the white dots, making the eyes look soul less. So, using my unfortunite mistake, I made her a wolf with a troubled expression, dEmOn WoLf ChIbI
i just trace and it’s so much esier
and you can sell them
its easy
i love this cat and i am drawing one fir my sis rn
Loved it awsome totorial cahnged it a bit though and it think it worked well
For you
I loved this I also tried the drawing of the anime girl for my school project I added this to it to give it a cute factor these tutorials have helped me so much to become a better artist thank you!
I Drew it but in my own little way🙂
I think my result was pretty good, she is so cuteeee
thats so good just when i go to draw stuff i half to look up the very easy drawings.. but that is so so so good
it was really easy but i suggest that you should do your own style of hair, i did and i worked really well