Build a chibi

A small character built from one large sphere.

Ambitious Ready for a longer build 6 steps
Build a chibi

Video coming soon. The written walkthrough below is the whole build.

Written walkthrough

Build a chibi from one large sphere.

1. Enable Mirror

Enable Mirror so arms, legs, and pigtails are made in pairs.

2. Drop the head

Drop one large Sphere. In chibi proportions the head is most of the character.

3. Cinch a neck

In Build, tap Cut , keep Slice and Across, tap near the sphere’s bottom to aim the line, and press Cut. The new ring stays selected. Switch to Adjust, tap Resize, and press Thinner on the Steps card a couple of times. The sphere gains a chin and a neck.

4. Pull the body down

In Build, tap the bottom of the head and press Pull out twice for a body smaller than the head.

5. Arms, legs, pigtails

Each uses the same step, mirrored: Pull out side faces of the body for arms, bottom faces for legs, and top-side faces of the head for pigtails (or Pinch them into cat ears). Two Pull outs per limb make elbows and knees.

6. Skin, hair, face

Fill skin, hair, and outfit colors. Then Paint the face: two big eyes, a small mouth, pink cheek dots. Draw the eyes low on the face and big.

Rig the chibi in Animate afterward.

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