Design Your Own SD (ChibiAnime) Characters Online Digital Drawing Class By Unoh (Korean, Eng sub)

Skills You’ll Learn

The Structure of SD Characters

Learn how to draw the body of the characters, including the face, body, hands, and feet.

Drawing Neatly

I’ll show you how to rearrange your sketch into clean, neat lines.

Expressing Light and Shadow

Learn how to express the lights and environment surrounding the character.

Drawing Characters Using Emphasis

Learn how to look at photos or characters and grasp features to express them as SD characters.

Hello! I’m Unoh, a YouTube creator & your instructor.  I mainly draw characters in my unique style and warm atmosphere and often show off my favorite anime or game character fan art. Here’s one I did of a popular anime movie, “Your Name.” I saw many comments from people watching my videos telling me they would like to try character drawing. So, I want to cover everything about SD character drawing that anyone can easily follow!

Character Illustrations that Anyone can Create

If you dare to draw a picture and are disappointed because it differs from the object, try drawing the SD character! With bold omission and exaggeration, you can liven up and increase cuteness. Even if it’s your first time, you can do it enough. Then, would you like us to start together?

What is an SD Character?

SD stands for ‘Super Deformed,’ and ‘Deformed’ is a painting technique that expresses by applying transformation, reduction, and distortion without realistically depicting the object. I usually emphasize the head rather than the actual human body proportions and highlight unique features. I’ll show you how to identify the unique characteristics you can use to create your characters.

An Easy Start for Beginners

I majored in art, but it wasn’t easy to paint the human body. So I started drawing characters and found that I could draw them better than real ones! It’s one of the easiest styles to get started when drawing people. I’ll teach you to draw with a tablet and photoshop. Photoshop is particularly convenient because it allows you to make various corrections, so you can easily increase the quality of the picture!  I will tell you everything I use, from my usual interface settings to my favorite brush settings. And if you are interested in SD characters, the main theme of the class, you can use other programs or devices, and you will enjoy it with a similar effect. 🙂

Drawing Cute Characters

Let’s learn the basic proportions of character drawing and the overall framework. You don’t need knowledge about human anatomy! I will show you the basics of face and body proportions, various expressions, and hands and feet. After sketching, I will teach you how to clean up your lines, then add color, clothes, and other minor details to complete your drawing!

Transforming Real People into Characters

Do you want to draw a character from your favorite game or cartoon, a celebrity, or someone around you as a character? You first need to observe and analyze your subject to do this. Choose photos of the people I want to draw, and then I will help you draw out the people’жвunique characteristics. I will tell you how to choose the colors that help show personality and accessories you can decorate your characters with!

Expressing Light and Shadow

The difficulty many people encounter when drawing is the use of contrast, so I’ll teach you an easy way to learn the basics of light and shadow. Then, I’ll help you divide the illustration into zones to portray contrast easily. I’ll give tips to help everyone follow.

Adding a Background

Once you master drawing characters, I’ll show you how to complete a single illustration with a background that matches the character. You’ll be able to express your favorite moments and space and record the warm feelings of that time with pictures.