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# #23 A little killer to get rid of your doubt (not for free of course)
- URL: https://www.citrusexists.com/23-little-killer-to-2/
- Published: 2025-02-25T22:14:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-25T22:14:32.000Z
- Author: CitrusExists
- Tags: PixelArt

Straight to the point. Improvise! Have a plan, but if it stops you from acting, it's better to just go with the flow. You will not be prepared for 95% of important things in your life, get used to it. Sometimes it works like on war, it does not matter right or left, you have to move.

The one thing I want you to **learn from me: do not expect anything, any result, any success. Just do what you can and a little more. Then, if you will succeed in something, it will be a nice surprise. If not, well... you did your best and that matters the most.**

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f0/6df020d6-b03c-4a5b-8644-7e28dcb05753/content/images/2025/02/vlcsnap-2025-02-25-22h04m40s585.png)

Before I started learning, I always wanted to be able to portray characters from books and other media, not necessarily in the most accurate way possible, but for fun. Well, I still can't do that, but I can at least try. This is going to be chibi version of a book character (from one of the best books of all time). As you can see, I planned to draw her sitting with her legs pulled out towards the viewer. Lets just say... it did not work out...

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f0/6df020d6-b03c-4a5b-8644-7e28dcb05753/content/images/2025/02/vlcsnap-2025-02-25-22h05m24s384-1.png)

Here are the major outlines. Her head, is reaaaaaaaaally wide. It's characteristic for chibis, but I went a little overboard. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f0/6df020d6-b03c-4a5b-8644-7e28dcb05753/content/images/2025/02/vlcsnap-2025-02-25-22h05m49s593.png)

On the more positive note, I'm getting much better with the eyes! But here I stumbled upon another problem. Drawing a character with black hair, dark eyes and without any characteristic traits is difficult. You have nothing to focus on. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f0/6df020d6-b03c-4a5b-8644-7e28dcb05753/content/images/2025/02/vlcsnap-2025-02-25-22h06m10s609.png)

Because of the hair color, I didn't know how to "let know" that her left eye is slightly covered by her hair. It just looks derpy.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f0/6df020d6-b03c-4a5b-8644-7e28dcb05753/content/images/2025/02/vlcsnap-2025-02-25-22h06m22s107.png)

With the minimal shading. If you wonder - straight face is canon.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f0/6df020d6-b03c-4a5b-8644-7e28dcb05753/content/images/2025/02/vlcsnap-2025-02-25-22h06m33s517.png)

Here's where the "feet problems" started. Apparently, I have no idea how a sitting person looks like. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f0/6df020d6-b03c-4a5b-8644-7e28dcb05753/content/images/2025/02/vlcsnap-2025-02-25-22h06m58s472.png)

Her hair looks dull, so I added always helpful random brighter shapes. Also, my vision changed to a more simplistic one, of a standing character.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f0/6df020d6-b03c-4a5b-8644-7e28dcb05753/content/images/2025/02/vlcsnap-2025-02-25-22h07m46s726.png)

Look! She is not that wide anymore! Yea, no matter how long I was looking at that head, it just wasn't hitting me. Now she is (not very) happy little egg. 

She definitely could use some polishing, but I started really late and didn't have much time and energy to keep going. 

To be honest I like her, simple, cute and faithful to the source (as good as I could ok?). I'll try to make better chibis in the future, but it's a decent start, I would say.

Anyway, it's late. Thank you for reading and not giving up. Just do your best and the success might come. It will be much more enjoyable as a surprise, believe me.