Originally Posted by
dengue
first chibbi drawing ever.
hacks, give me tips.
I am not experience in drawing Chibi characters at all,
but after seeing yours, I couldn't help but feel like
giving my thoughts on it.
Like Hacks said, the face does appear to be from another
source. I'm not saying that it is bad to take reference
from other works when you're drawing for your self, but
it looks like you just picked which ever male face you
thought was 'cuter'. That being said, it doesn't fit the
style of the entire drawing.
If you started with the face, you should've conformed
to they style of the face, which is kinda chubby and
round -- the typical proportional style for chibi
characters.
As I'm not that good at explaining things with words, I
though I'd give an example of what the style of the face
would make the body out to be.
I used the same eyes/face you had, just gave him a different
expression:
I just drew on some random mail I had next to me, so ignore
the text, and I drew in pen, so mind the guidelines, but as
you can see, just making the body wider and rounder gives
the character a more 'cute' and chibi look. And yes, the
muscles don't fit chibi characters all that well, so you should
not use them, or maybe tone them down a bit.