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Draw a Chibi Elf or Leprechaun in Paint Shop Pro X

From Arizona Kate, Guest Contributor, for About.com

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Finishing Touches and Body

The finished St. Patrick's Day Chibi

The finished St. Patrick's Day Chibi

© Copyright Arizona Kate 2006
Let's give him a few freckles! Use the Ellipse tool to draw some darker flesh-colored circles on his cheeks. You can add a neck, or collar, maybe even a hat, and use this drawing all by itself or you can add a body to complete the elf.

If you want a more traditional Leprechaun look, you could also give the fella a beard!

Try drawing a body of your own or go to Part 2, Chibi body tutorial. If you want to try drawing your own body, keep in mind that the body of most Chibi's has exaggerated proportions. Draw it very short, about the same height as the head. The total height of a typical Chibi is 2 heads or 2 and a half heads high.

Whether you use the head alone or add a body, it's always a good idea to duplicate the completed drawing before resizing. Leave the original 'untouched' to use again another day! On the duplicated copy, drag a selection completely around the entire vector drawing with the Pick tool. Use a corner handle of the bounding box to resize smaller by dragging toward center.

When you're happy with the size of your elf, crop the canvas size to be as small as possible. Export as optimized GIF or PNG.

Continue to Part 2: Creating the Chibi Elf Body and Shamrock

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