Shiba Inus have unique coat color marks with a distinctive feature called the urajiro. It’s amazing how color and shading can transform a mediocre outline into something quite pleasant. Although you may be tempted to draw a Shiba Inu directly on the computer, start with the basics first. Add some finishing touches to the shape of doge’s face.
And when I say “a circle”, I don’t mean a perfect shape drawn with calipers (having problems with drawing a circle?). Draw it very lightly—it’s just a guide line and we’re not going to need it after it’s used. Spend a bit of time learning how to draw black eyes with white dots for highlight / eye reflection. The drawing and placement of kawaii facial features is really the heart of everything kawaii.
Step 3: Mouth
The third circle should be the same size as the two smaller circles, and intersect them both evenly.
However, the story behind kawaii design goes much further than you think. You can choose from realistic, kawaii / cute, cartoon / anime, and gestural to start with. However, I really want to learn how to draw cute style dogs.
The kawaii style is usually thought of as a cutesy style aimed at young children, especially young girls. Mastering this element of drawing a Shiba Inu is quite difficult and takes a lot of practice – especially if it’s in the realistic style of drawing. The eyes is first thing that is seen on any drawing. If you can get the eyes right, your drawing should look great even if other elements of the drawing are off. However, after much time and patience, I did manage to glean some insights on the art of drawing a simple but cute Shiba Inu. The following is a compilation of my best advice and tips.
Add the Details
Tacking on the difficulty of capturing their unique and quirky expressions makes the drawings even more difficult. Even if you were drawing digitally, it’s good to keep some of the guide lines for a natural, sketchy effect. Use short, fast lines to draw tiny hairs at the fingers of the paws. Doge looks quite stocky in this perspective, so it’s going to be easy to build his body out of simple shapes.
Inside the circle you’ve just drawn, add two identical, overlapping circles. At this point, I usually give up and tell myself that I simply don’t have any drawing talent. The Shiba Inu has a very distinct eye shape (slightly slanted almond eyes) as well a distinct expressions. Start with very light pencil lines and only start darkening them when you see symmetry starting to evolve. Most non-artists like me begin with dark lines right off the bat that’s difficult to erase later. Even if you are a whiz on the computer it’s best to get a rough outline of your drawing before digitizing.
Wow! Such Drawing, Very Done
However, I do love using shape outlines for kawaii style Shiba Inu drawings – which you’ll see later in this post. The use of organic shape outlines makes kawaii drawing both simple and fun. To really up your kawaii drawing skills, don’t forget the little details such as color, outline, and pattern design. Feel free to experiment with which method helps you the best. The style of kawaii is simplistic and depends on strong, purposeful outlines to give the character its unique kawaii style.
- After browsing the Internet for advice on how to draw dogs, i’d come to realize that drawing is hard.
- You can now press your pencil harder and draw the outlines.
- Start with very light pencil lines and only start darkening them when you see symmetry starting to evolve.
Perfect circles are a no-no in kawaii design – always go for some shape irregularity. Practice with simple shapes to start and then work on creating an Shiba Inu outline that adheres to the kawaii principles. Some drawing teachers employ the use of circles and lines to start drawings. The nose and mouth are sketched out, so let’s start the forehead now. We need to return to sketching very lightly, so that you can remove these lines later. Draw a big circle on the mouth, as if doge tried to balance a ball.
Step 1: Eyes
There’s also a tutorial on drawing a cute dog kawaii style towards the end of this article. Before sketching your kawaii Shiba Inu outline, be sure to keep in mind the kawaii design principles listed above. Finally, don’t forget to think about pattern and texture in your kawaii drawing. You can achieve this with simple squiggly lines and repeating patterns.
Specifically, I want to learn how to draw cute Shiba Inu dogs. The key to kawaii is learning some basic outlining techniques and principles. Try experimenting with various outline weights, colors and strokes. Most kawaii characters use soft, pastel-like colors instead of the typical rainbow color wheel palette. Both the head and body are on the chubby side to mimic the look of babies and young cute animals. This urajiro can only be appreciated once the Shiba Inu outline has been shaded and / or colored in.
You can stress some of the outlines to make them stand out more. Define the outlines of the legs with short, messy lines. We need to find out where the paws are going to lay. Draw a simple triangle starting in the center of the circle you drew in the previous step. Doge has black lips, cute thin whiskers and a dark and slightly open mouth.
If you want to learn some more about drawing a dog’s nose, why not try my “How to Draw Dogs and Wolves” tutorial. Eyes of doge should be dark and shiny at the same time, with eyelids that have dark e. You can now press your pencil harder and draw the outlines.
Out of these styles, the kawaii / cute style is the easiest and also the most popular. So instead of drawing a cute Shiba Inu, many of my initial attempts looked more like fat Chihuahuas. Shiba Inus have such perfect proportions, curves, and angles that getting just one mark wrong can ruin the whole drawing. After browsing the Internet for advice on how to draw dogs, i’d come to realize that drawing is hard. And drawing Shiba Inus – even simplistically – is hard as well.