1. Go at your own pace in this 32-week online course
2. Artistic guidance & pointers from the instructor
3. Supportive peer community exchanging feedback
4. Class is in production. Start learning after Feb 25th, 2021














Draw and Develop Your Own Chibi Style
Chibi Character Illustration with
Artist, Xiumai
WHAT IS THIS CLASS ABOUT?
WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR?
WHAT WILL THE STUDENTS ACHIEVE?
Welcome
- Meet Your Instructor: Xiumai
- Introduction to the course
- Introduction to programs
Chapter 1: How to Use the Basic Tools
- Creating your workspace:
- Understanding and learning various styles of Chibi
- Sketching in Procreate using basic geometric guidelines and references
Chapter 2: Basic Sketch of Your Character
- Understanding and Applying the Chibi features to create the character of choice
- Adding hair details to the characters
- Wrapping the clothing around the body based on the selected pose
Chapter 3: Cleaning Up your Sketch
- How to make smooth line art
- Creating a perfect curve, geometry, or line
- Varying line art thicknesses to create depth as well as the level of detail
Chapter 4: Adding Colors to Your Character
- Understanding Basic colour theory
- Choosing your own colours from scratch
- Applying the colours to the line art with the fill tool vs applying colours manually
Chapter 5: Rendering Your Characters
- Making flat colours more interesting without shading
- Applying shadows based on light source
- Hard shading and airbrushing on top of the shaded areas
- Changing the colours of line-art
Chapter 6: More Tools to Render Your Characters
- The difference between vector and pixel-based programs, advantages, and disadvantages of either program
- Moving anchor points and smoothening lines using the smooth tool
- Easily changing the line weight thicknesses
Chapter 7: Adding Final Touches
- Using the live paint tool
- Simple shading using the gradient tool, why shading isn’t ideal vs using a pixel based program
- Adding photo textures using the clipping mask
- Adding a thick border around the drawing after colouring
Bonus Chapter
- Introducing more than one character on a canvas- tips and tricks included
Outro
1. Congratulations on completing the course, what's next?
Meet Your Creator
Xiumai
- People who want to create their original Chibi character
- People who want to develop their own style of Chibi drawing
- People who want to be able to draw their favorite character or person into Chibi Characters
- People who want to create their own merchandise using original Chibi Characters
Duration of the course
You can access the class videos for 32 weeks. Within that period, you can replay the videos in as many devices as you want.
Super Early Bird Offer
Once we pass the release date, we will no longer offered the class at "Super Early Bird". The rate will be raised after the date, right now is the cheapest deal you can get.
Installment Payment
Quadpay is available for the payment! Your order will be split into 4 installments paid over 6 weeks! To find out more, please visit Quadpay.
Class Preparation
Also, you need an Apple Pencil to take the class. iPad Air, iPad, iPad Pro all works! Do not forget about downloading the 'Procreate' app as well. Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator will also be briefly mentioned in the class.
Class access
Class videos will be available by Fabruary 25th. We will notify you via email regarding how to access to the class videos on the release date.