Welcome to this Tutorial! You can create a Chibi with powerful tools of Clip Studio Paint.

You only need Clip Studio Paint and a bit of patience!

Let's go!

First Step

Prepare everything you need before drawing

 

File---> New--->

Create New File with these Settings

Click in the Right Tabs

Material [Character]---> Drag and Drop in the Page the School Girl

Material [Body Type]---> Drag and Drop in the Page the 3D Female Figure

 

Tool Property [Object]---> Head to body ratio: 3.5

Let's place the 3D Female Figure with the controls

Material [Pose]---> An Standing

Drag and Drop above both models

 

Operation---> Object---> Select the 3D Female Figure and edit the pose

Clip Studio Paint allows you to modify any part

Tool Property [Object]---->You can easily change the pose of fingers

Register Full Body pose as Material--->

Choose Name and Location

Drag and Drop the New Material in the School Girl

Line Art (Part 1)

Now let's start drawing

 

Set Layer Opacity to 50%

Create New Vector Layer

Figure---> Sub Tool [Figure]

Use these tools for create Line Art (Brush Size: 20)

 

Figure---> Sub Tool [Figure]---> Ellipse

 

Create a circle (holding Shift)

Place it with Operation Object (or Holding Ctrl)

 

 

Figure---> Sub Tool [Figure]---> Continuous Curve

Make the lower part of head

The green and yellow dots are the Control Points of Vector Layer, You can move them wherever You want with Operation---> Object

Eraser---> Rough---> use these settings: just one click in the line to delete a segment

Figure--->Sub Tool [Figure]--->Curve

Draw the hair (click and hold, release, set the curvature)

 

Delete with the Eraser the unnecessary lines

Selection---> Rectangle

 

Select all lines

 

Scale Up/Scale Down/Rotate---> Adjust the position (look the chin)

 

With Continuous Curve, above the School Girl Model, trace the outline of the dress

Move and Scale approximately

Delete with the Eraser the unnecessary lines

Do the same for both arms

Do the same for shoes and skirt

 

With Continuous Curve, trace the legs above the 3D Figure Female

 

For the socks, add two simple curves

 

 

Great! The First Part of Line Art is complete

Line Art (Part 2)

Now draw the details of Line Art

 

Create New Vector Layer

With Operation---> Object, Select the 3D Model Layer and hide the 3D Female Figure

Select the "lineartdett" Layer

 

Curve---> Sub Tool Detail---> Starting and Ending

Use these Settings

Trace the Eyes and adjust the position

 

Use the Ellipse for iris and Curve for mouth and eyelashes

Use again the Curve command for Eyebrows and other details

With Curve, add more details in the hair

For the Ribbon, trace it in the School Girl Model

Use Ellipse to make the cloth buttons

Use Continuous Curve for details in the skirt, legs and shoes

Well done , the Line Art is complete

Colors (Part 1)

It's time to color!

 

Set this Layer Opacity to 100%

Color Set--->Edit Color Set---> Add New Settings

 

Choose a name for this Set

Eyedropper---> Obtain display color

Click above the skin of School Girl

Click Add Color

Repeat these Steps for all parts (hair, eyes, skirt, etc...)

This is useful to pick the colors quickly for the next steps

New Raster Layer "color" here

 

In the "lineart" Layer, click on “Set as Reference Layer”

 

To make easier coloring let's change the Color of layer "Paper" with a softer one

This step is useful to avoid tiring your eyes

Select the "color" Level

 

Fill---> Refer only to editing layer

 

Tool Property---> Multiple Referring---> Reference Layer

 

 

Choose the color in the Chibi Set and fill all parts of drawing based on the Reference Layer

 

Tool Property---> Multiple Referring---> All Layer

 

Now Fill the details of dress and face

Correct imperfections and color the Eyes with Continuous Curve

 

Choose the "Create Fill" in Tool Property

 

Fill the iris

 

 

You have done the basic colors!

Colors (Part 2)

Let's make Shadows and Lights

 

New Raster Layer---> Blending Mode Multiply

This is the Layer for Shadows

Select the "color" Level

 

Selection Area---> Select Color Gamut

Click above the skin

 

Now you have the selection of this part

Click this button for hide the border of selection

(the selection still exists, but it is hidden)

Optional Tip: Use "Convert to Selection Layer" to save the selection

 

Hide this Layer and double click to retrieve the selection

This is useful to stock multiple selections

Choose this color for the shadow of skin

Click in the Multiply Layer

To make shadows let's use Continuous Curve (Create Fill) and create a closed shape

 

To cancel the selection use this command: Selection Area---> Deselect

 

Repeat the procedure for all shadows (Selection Area, Choose the Color, etc...)

 

For each part, use the color of Chibi Set

New Raster Layer---> Blending Mode Add Glow

This is the Layer for Lights

Select the area of hair

Select the color of hair in Chibi Set

Airbrush---> Soft

 

Two click on each side for Light Effect

 

With Continuous Curve make other Light Effects

Now make lights and shadow of the Eyes

 

Airbrush---> Soft

 

In the Add Glow Layer make the Lights

 

In the Multiply Layer make the Shadows

 

Use few clicks of mouse

You must use the "Selection Area---> Select Color Gamut" for all parts before coloring

New Raster Layer---> Blending Mode Add Glow

Put This Layer in the bottom

 

This is for special light effects of Eyes using white color

Figure---> Ellipse

 

Make the pupil

Whit Airbrush create these tiny light effects

Decoration---> Effect---> Sparkle A for nice effect in the iris

For Blush Effect in the cheeks:

 

New Raster Layer---> Set Opacity of 25%

 

Select the red color

Airbrush---> Soft

Just a few clicks in the cheeks

Return in the Add Glow Level here

 

 

 

 

With Airbrush make other Light Effects in the dress and the skin

Change the Color of Paper

Good job!!! Now you have created your Chibi School Girl!!!

Final Step

Make the Chibi School Boy based on School Boy 3D Model with the same steps

 

Just use these tips:

 

Head to Body Ratio: 4.0

 

 

 

Draw a pronounced chin

For the legs: trace only lower part

Use thick lines for the Eyes

In the iris, use a blue color for the Light and add Decoration (Star B)

Complete the Chibi School Boy

File---> Save as...

 

Save the two Chibi in .png Format (hide the Paper Layer before saving)

Create New File and Import the png files

Material [Color Pattern]---> Drag and Drop Hallway 01_evening

 

Adjust the position of Characters

To make sunset effect in the Characters, we add an orange layer

 

Right Click in Chibi Layer---> Selection From Layer---> Create Selection

Right Click in other Chibi Layer---> Selection From Layer---> Add Selection

New Raster Layer---> Blending Mode Color---> Set Opacity 25%

 

 

Choose an orange color

 

Fill---> Tool Property

 

Uncheck "Follow adjacent pixel" and "Multiple Referring"

Click above one Chibi Character for fill the selcted area

 

 

 

Now make the Shadows of Characters in the floor

 

Right Click in the Layer Colors and duplicate it

 

Put the duplicate Layer above Hallway Layer

Choose the black color

 

Edit---> Change color of line to drawing

Now all the Layer is black

Selection---> Rectangle

Select the Chibi School Girl

 

 

Edit---> Transform---> Free Transform

 

Tilt the shadow like this

 

Repeat the step for the shadow of Chibi School Boy

For better effect of shadows use this command

 

Filter---> Blur---> Gaussian blur...

Congrats, you completed this Tutorial!

I hope you had fun!

Try poses, colors, background, etc...

Start the endless fun of creating Chibi Characters with Clip Studio Paint!