A Chibi Character For A Friend

In this article, I will share how I made a chibi avatar for my friend, Jude Villarta from Hive. She saw my chibi artworks through my blog post and wanted to have her own avatar, and of course, I will do it for her.

She was the first person I talked to on the Hive PH Discord server. She was the one who helped me to create a Hive account. She was so patient in teaching me how to make one, even screenshotted just for me to thoroughly follow the process. I really appreciate her kindness even though she scarcely knew me at that time.

So, in return, I will do any art for her. Not because I am forced to just because she helped me, but because I like her personality and being genuine. She's a rare kind of friend.

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We clicked instantly because we also have a common interest which is art. She is a good painter and her works are displayed too in a famous gallery in Makati, Philippines.

It is quite rushed because I want to give her right away the chibi art. It has been days since she requested but it was only on Sunday that I had the time to work on this. I was busy with work and also, got struck by an earthquake. Gladly, we are all okay.

Here are the references she sent me

I used Pinterest and Google, too.

So, in the first layer, I sketched first the character. In order for me to fasten the process, I asked her for references.

She chose a brush-up like hairstyle. I do not know exactly the name of it, though. For the outfit, she chose a jacket and an inner shirt.

For the jacket, she wanted a specific color, which is royal blue. And then a plain black shirt inside. I was supposed to add more details but due to time constraints, I just made it simple.

It sucks that during the process of making Keanu the cat, I merged all the layers. I am so pissed when I realized that I already saved it in that way.

I added more details to the avatar, like shadows, eyeglasses, blush, and the cat’s bell.
The background color is a baby blue-ish color to complement the royal blue jacket.

The part that I enjoyed making is the cat, hehe! Super cute.

Final art!

That is it for this article. I will see you at the next one!

📸 All photos are owned and taken by me, otherwise credited.

By the way, I recently joined the Hive community. If you have an account, let us follow each other! Follow me @jijisaurart.

Date Published: Aug. 4, 2022

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