I made this artwork to show, using my OC Katia as example, the difference between the 3 sub-styles I used so far. Also because someone already asked what's the difference between the substyle I call "Mini/Toon" and the actual chibi style.
Here's also a description about the styles:
- Chibi: Also called "super-deformed"; The head is almost larger than taller, and the body is just a bit taller than it. Most of details about decorations and anatomy are totally ignored and both hands and feet are quite simplified (but I still draw them with 5 fingers). The first time I used it (and the only one so far) has been in the fanart of Rachel and an Iceberg lettuce from PvZ2
- Mini/Toon: This substyle may look like a half-way between Chibi and Standard, but actually it's just based on the Super Mario videogames. In fact, the very first time I used this substyle has been when drawing Super Mario World Powerups on my OCs Katia, Jennifer and Helen (old drawings in my DA gallery), and the Mini/Small is just the character "without shroom", that is half his standard version.
The character drawn as Mini/Toon keeps most of anatomy and decorations details and the head is a bit rounder, but the body is just about twice the head. Hands and Feet are instead a bit bigger if compared to the body to not look too small when compared to the head
- Standard: The Art-style that I always used and improved through years. This style looks a bit more "toony" than actual manga to meet the light Toons&TFs scenarios and also because I took references from anime-like videogames rather than actual animes.
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