Coloring Chibis

 Today I drew a bunch of chibis and colored them in manga studios. I'm still learning, but this is the process I've adopted for now.

Our favorite chibi waiter, Chris. ;)

1st... well, second step, first being the line art, is to fill all the colored areas with the base color, creating a flat image; and yes, Chris is blond.

3. I usually apply them in this order: Shadows, details, highlights. The shadow and detail are interchangeable in my process, but I always apply highlights last to keep the impression that the details are 'under' them. I'm not sure if those are rips or flour stains on his jeans...

This is Zach- because what are friends for but references? ;)

Ta-da!! :P I hope to use Manga Studios more this year so I can get more comfortable with it and my tablet- so look forward to upcoming digital art posts! If you aren't following me yet, click here for my deviantart profile to see the pictures I don't post here.