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How to Draw a Chibi Dog

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a chibi dog in 13 easy steps, about 10 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.

Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: big round head.

Step 1: Big round head
Near the top, draw a big soft egg for the head, wider than tall, with fat round cheeks.
Tip A chibi head is about half of the whole dog.
Step 2: Floppy ears
Start high on each side of the head. Draw a floppy ear hanging down and stop on the cheek.
Step 3: Big shiny eyes
Halfway down the head, draw 2 huge oval eyes. Add a ring, a black pupil and 2 shines in each.
Tip Huge shiny eyes make it chibi.
Step 4: Snout and nose
Under the eyes, draw a wide oval snout. Sit a rounded triangle nose on top and colour it black.
Step 5: Smile and tongue
From the nose point, draw a short line down to a little w smile. Hang a U tongue from it.
Step 6: Tiny body
Start under the head on each side. Curve down for a small body, then join the ends underneath.
Tip The body is much smaller than the head.
Step 7: Front legs
From the chin, draw 2 short legs side by side down to round paws. Add 2 toes on each.
Tip The chest is a little U between the tops of the legs.
Step 8: Back paws
At each bottom corner, draw a hill paw tucked behind the front paw. Add 2 toes on each.
Step 9: Waggy tail
Start low on the right side. Draw a short fat tail curving up to a round tip and back.
Tip Fat at the body, thinner at the tip.
Step 10: Ground line
Start left of the paws. Draw a flat ground line under them and stop past the tail.
Step 11: Cream and pink
Colour the snout cream, around the nose. Colour the tongue and 2 round cheeks pink.
Step 12: Tan fur
Colour the head, body, legs, paws and tail tan, around the snout and cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Step 13: Brown ears and eyes
Colour the 2 floppy ears brown. Colour the rings in the eyes brown too. Your chibi dog is done!