The big eyes will give our dragon a cute and childlike innocence consonant to its tiny size. When darkening the pupils, leave a small white spot to make it look like the eyes are shiny and reflecting light. Now that we are done with our dummy, it is time to focus on the body details.ĭraw the eyeballs using big round circles, the white of the eye will be considered small as the pupils will take up a large part. Pay attention to how the spikes are all connected by lines. Just draw the wings on the side of the face such that it looks like it is coming out from behind the spikes we drew in step five. You can also draw 3 small spikes on both sides of the face to indicate where we will draw the wings. The lines will also help to indicate where the main facial features will be placed. We will be drawing the head from a 3/4 angle and the vertical line will help to put things in perspective. The vertical line will be drawn closer to the right side of the head than the left. Draw a vertical line and a horizontal line across the face. You can draw the head itself as a sphere and the ears will have a somewhat triangular shape. Now, it is time to draw the head of our dragon and I recommend keeping the shapes as simple as possible. Place it the end of the body you drew step one and remember to draw a triangle to give the tail a pointy end. Step 4- Drawing the tailĪs you can see, the shape of the tail is quite easy to draw. Draw the left leg using two short curve lines, the exterior line will be slightly longer than the interior curve and remember to divide your paws into different parts. The right leg is barely seen as it is almost totally out of view. Only the left hind leg is visible as illustrated in the image. Use small tubes to represent the legs and pay attention to how the paws are divided into smaller parts.
Although both front legs are in view, the right leg is slightly concealed behind the left leg which is full view.
We are going to draw a side view of the dragon so the angle is going to affect the positioning of the legs. Step 2- Drawing the front legsįor the next step, you will draw the legs of our character. From the viewer’s perspective, the left side of the circle should be slightly wider than the right side. As shown in the image, simply draw an irregular circle to represent the body.
You still start by drawing the dragon’s body. We are going to start with a dummy which will serve as a base for our final drawing. Whether you are working on a traditional medium using pencil and paper, or you are drawing digitally, I have made this tutorial pretty easy to understand and follow.
The Chibi form dragon as popularised by the Dragon Drive manga series is a small version of a dragon characterized by tiny wings and fur.
While those types of dragons are no doubt cool, in this drawing tutorial, I am going to teach you how to draw a different type of dragon – a dragon in Chibi style. When you think of a dragon the first image that comes to your mind is probably an enormous and horrendous “Game of Thrones” type of dragon.