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M-Skirvin โ Not So Chibi
Published: 2011-03-09 16:37:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 1242; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 16
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Chibis confuse me. They do. Especially when I see violent characters or murderous characters, or completely evil characters done up as cutesy, baby-like characters.I even looked up the word "chibi" and the source I had defined it as "baby".
Urrrrr....
Yes, the anime sometimes portrayed him in a cutesy fashion, but overall, there's not a lot about him that you could call "babyish".
It's one of the reasons I didn't really bother to collect the plushies or the chibi figures at first. But, after getting nearly all of the plushies as gifts given to me, I caved and got some of the little phone charms and keychain figures.
I still don't understand them though.
This version is heavily styled after a chibi version of Roy Mustang that I found that is more in the style of a "little person" or "midget" rather than possessing "baby" aspects.
It may not be everybody's cuppa tea, but hey, it was an experiment, and I had a lot of fun doing it. It's a little rough, but since it's an experiment, I don't really want to burn up a lot of hours working on it.
As usual, I learned a LOT and each drawing is a stepping stone to the next BETTER one! I just need a lot of stepping stones.....
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Aww! He reminds me of the Inuyasha in 's fic Troved
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hmmmm go to episoude 73 with the bat demon thing (part 1) and look at baby inuyasha. there every body can say he would be a bcute baby or kid
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I love your art, but when seen how it upset you on where you sourced 'chibi' from as baby, I rechecked my source as well as I often call my dog, Baka, Chibi. Mine came from online dictionary [link] I been using for a while now. Says it means; runt, dwarf. Hope that helps some.
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Oh, they don't upset me too much. They just confuse me. (I'm easily confused...XDXDXD) I have never quite been able to "get it". Maybe it's just how I'm mentally wired. After all, I do like the more shonen aspects of InuYasha: The fangs, the claws, the evil side, the blood and gore.... I like him as a beast far too much to try imagining him cute or babyish. (That does not include his appearance as an infant in the "Swords" movie....
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Haha. I used to have the same problem with chibis too.
The thing is, no matter how annoying it feels, you just can't be detailed with them. At all. Or else they just don't come out the same.
Trust me. It took me months to get it right. XD
But either way, I still think this looks epic.
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Thank you, thank you!!!
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You're quite welcome
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I love how there's a cicada chilling in the background. xD
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He looks like he is up to no good.lol It is adorable
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Thank you!
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That would be nice because I don't think anyone has really done a young adult Inuyasha.At least not that I know of.
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Chibification has become very generalized. Probably the oddest I've seen were the chibi airplane models.
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Yeah, that would be weird! Some have described the chibis as "super deformed". What an odd genre of toys! Here in the US, using the word "deformed" would probably be suppressed because it wouldn't be politically correct enough, even though it is descriptive....
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"Super deformed" was how I first saw it described, and I didn't come across the word "chibi" until years later, but the "deformation" was always toward cute/childlike proportions.
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That's the most adorable not-so-chibi I've ever seen!
PS Can you send me a link (if there is one) of that Roy Mustang chibi you mentioned? I just switched from Inuyasha to FMA a couple months ago, hehe...
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I think this is the one: [link]
This one has similar proportions: [link]
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Chibi's logic is all about head lengths. The less heads you use, the proportion rules stay the same but the proportions drastically change.
Very nice chibi for someone who's used to depicting things in more of a realistic style
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Thanks!
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From what I understand, "chibi" is the way the Japanese pronounce the letters CB, which in this case stands for "child body".
Either way, what I don't get is why you're drawing this and buying the products if you don't like them. I mean, WTF.
As the old adage goes, "If you don't like it, don't look"...
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(Insert error buzzer here.)
Not correct. I didn't say I hated them. I said I didn't understand them, and that they confuse me.
The philosophy behind them is strange, and when they use characters like Death Note's Ryukk or somesuch, I really can't fathom it.
And you didn't absorb what I'd said about why I drew him exactly this way. What I said was:
This version is heavily styled after a chibi version of Roy Mustang that I found that is more in the style of a "little person" or "midget" rather than possessing "baby" aspects.
I find that particular method of doing a chibi preferable and don't mind drawing InuYasha that way at all.....
So that's WTF...
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I did, and your response still strikes me as off base. You say in your first response:
"...what I don't get is why you're drawing this and buying the products if you don't like them..."
I never once said I don't like them. I said they confuse me and I don't understand them. I can be completely neutral to them and still collect them... I am a completist, and I aim to own every three dimensional InuYasha figure out there. I had not intended to get the chibis, but since I was given several as gifts, I decided "Why not?"
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-_- I guess I really shouldn't have bothered to comment in the first place, but I thought I'd get a simple, clear response from you. I truly was baffled by your ranting about the subject, after drawing this and having bought the keychains.
Not everyone who happens to be baffled by your behavior is annoyed with you, or worse. I like making thoughtful comments and not parroting everyone else. If this bothers you, I really just don't know what else to say.
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First, I'm not mad nor am I bothered or upset. A bit clueless maybe...
Your first comment seemed....irritated?...at what I'd said. And when you added "WTF" at the end, that made it worse. It gave your comment a sarcastic edge that I found myself surprised by. I responded in what I thought (apparently erroneously) was a similarly snarky way. This perhaps was my mistake.
Because things we write can be easily mistaken in comments like this, greater caution is needed. Among my circle of friends, they all know my speech patterns and that tells them when I'm serious and when I'm not. But when I'm on the web, those helpful clues are gone, and innocent words can be taken in a way other than how they were originally intended.
Therefore, I will offer the olive branch and apologize if I took your comment wrongly. I also apologize if what I said came across harsh. It was not intended so. Snarky, yes, harsh, no.
I will honestly tell you that were I to really rant, what I would have written would have been many many times longer.
A similar situation occurs in Hallmark Christmas ornaments. They have a Voldemort ornament, and a Emperor Palpatine ornament, as well as some other evil or murdering figures. I just get this odd image in my head of a happy family putting ornaments on their picture perfect tree, and all the ornaments are of sinister characters.
You mention that you like making thoughtful comments. I admire that! I do! I like talking to people who THINK. And far from bothering me, I encourage it! We just need to find a way to communicate without ruffling each other's feathers.
I'm not an expert at communicating (goodness knows), but I am willing to try doing better and hopefully meet you halfway.
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First: about the chibi thing. I heard that what Westerners call the "chibi" style is actually SD-style. SD, according to the translator's notes in one of my manga volumes, is "short for Super Deformed, or when a character suddenly appears shorter/squatter and more child-like. It is used for a comedic effect." The word chibi, on the other hand, is said to be used as an insult in Japan, much like how some people in the United States might call a shorter than average person a "midget/shrimp/shorty/dwarf."
However, this is just what I've heard.
I agree that InuYasha, while cutesy at times in both the anime and manga, is quite far from being babyish, so I like how you've portrayed him in this picture~ He's adorable...though I'm sure that he wouldn't be pleased if I called him that. X3
Very nice details~ I like how you draw the folds in clothing...and InuYasha's precious Tessaiga. So awesome! ^^
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You know. Just looking his cute like eyes. I get this "Child's Play - Chucky" feeling. If you wanted to make it more authentic, put Brad Dourif's voice in for the voice of Full Demon Inuyasha chibi.
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Ah good! That kind of chibi I like! Ooooh, maybe I should do the full demon version......hum hum hum....
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How do you draw his robe so freaking well???? And I spy that cicada over there...
LOL Inu like this makes me think of a very mischievous puppy looking to raise hell....
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Well, let's see. In PT Sai, I did all the lines on a separate layer, and then colored them. Then I "flat" the whole thing using middle range colors. Then, using the wand tool, I select the area I want to work on and add a light and a dark shade to highlight and shade, blending it all using the "water" tools or the "blur" tool. Then I go in again and deepen the shadowed areas with still another shade darker, hitting only the areas that I want darkest. I do this judiciously so as not to get too crazy with it. I also come back with very light or white colors to do the extreme highlights. I little more blending, and there we are. May not be the fastest or the best, but I do like some of the effects I an get. I plan on exploiting that more in the future...
XDXD I think mischievous fits him well. When he isn't scowling, he always looks like he's up to something.....
Or very confused...XD
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Very nice! :3
I agree 
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AAAIIIEEEEE!! ITS SO KAWAII!!!!
-tackles chibi Inu and huggles to death-
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Whee! I'm glad you like him!!!!!
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In my old (from 1976) Japanese-to-English dictionary, "chibi" has the following definition: a very small man; a kid, a tiny tot.
My dictionary from 1999 says: a kid, a dwarf.
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Interesting! Mine (Random House 1996) says that it's:
noun, (derogatory) - short person, kid.
That makes me think of terms like "shrimp", or "peewee", or "runt"; the kinds of derogatory terms one older kid might use on a younger one....
My other dictionary is on walkabout apparently. That may have been where I saw it defined as "baby".
Curiously, neither the online Japanese/Kanji dictionary I use, nor Google translation has a definition for this at all. I wonder where my other dictionary got off to.....
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Maybe the American publishers added this meaning to their dictionaries, because it might be used in that way a bit in the US? (I have no idea...)
In Japan I only heard one girl saying 'chibi' to her younger sister very often, but they were only a few years apart (though their lengths did differ). She did say it jokingly (I asked), but the younger sister told me that she didn't really like being called 'chibi'.
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Well, I will have to toss out my idea of defining it with "baby" if I can't find that reference again. There is every possibility that I am confusing it with my early efforts to find meanings for such words, and my sources then were far more dodgy.
I do tend to trust your judgement in such things....
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I think 'baby' is not such a good translation for 'chibi'... Literally, baby (infant) is ่ตคใกใใ (aka-chan, literally "red"-chan, -chan being the suffix you most likely already know about).
'chibi' and 'akachan' are both used for babies (sometimes in combination as well, chibi-akachan), so that's really in the 'small' meaning and not in the derogatory sense. I've also seen 'chibi-ko' (ใกใณใฃๅญ, small child) seen used for babies.
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Chibis are an unavoidable part of any anime/manga fandom anywhere, fact of life.
AND JUST LOOK AT HIS ADORABLE WUVEY FACE! I COULD JUST HUG HIM YES I COULD!
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Augh! (Choke, choke,.....gasp) ......
XDXD
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Oh, well, Negima....we all know how realistic that one is....
I still love it though.
My current anime indulgence is Black Butler.... Sebastian is lovely demonic eye candy..... Not to mention Pluto, the naked man/demon dog!!!! In a collar no less....
(Only in anime.....)
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In what sense is it realistic (or not)?
Ah yes, the convenient age-up potion. I rather like Setsuna and Knoka, they are adorable together.
Saw it at the request of a friend. It is like the ultimate fangirl drug/yaoi fetish fuel station. It's like the gayer, lighter and softer version of Hellsing.
Pluto dies though, and the series was all the better for it.
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Negima was a DIRECT take on Harry Potter. I knew it was the moment I picked up the first volume. Girls in blazers, young boy with round glasses practicing magic in a big school.... Visually, the parallels were obvious. As for "realistic", perhaps I misspoke. One thing I noticed right away is how much the author/artist (Ken...something...?) likes to strike "tableaus" with his characters. It's almost like they stop and pose for a cover at least twice in each chapter.
Oh wait, I remember what I was referring to when I said (not so) "realistic". I was referring to a ten year old boy teaching a large group of teenage girls. A while back there used to be a TV show called Doogie Howser about a young genius kid who became a doctor and a surgeon. The "suspension of disbelief" factor had a hard time overcoming that one too.
Augh! Pluto dies?? Aw poop. Oh well. I just started reading the manga and one thing I notice is that the author has a real problem with pacing. It's not a smooth read at all. I'm only up to chapter 8. As for the anime, I've seen 8 episodes also. The anime is enjoyable enough, but it does lack a "spark" somehow. It just doesn't grab me and shake me by the throat like InuYasha for Fullmetal Alchemist did. But...I do like some of the drawing style elements, so I'll continue watching/reading it as time permits...
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I have read through about half the series, and it really shares very little with Harry Potter... the protagonist is a young boy, a mage, and he attends school... as a teacher.
But after about seventy or so chapters, it shifts from a drama/comedy/romance manga to a more typical but still charming fighting manga. The magic doesn't really bring Harry Potter to mind at all when you consider the overall effect... hell, the cast features a kung fu fighter, a philosopher, a monster slaying bird/human girl; so in conclusion- hardly Harry Potter. Far too distinct.
Ken Akametsu. Poses, huh? Can't say I remember too much of that, although there IS plenty of it around, just not every two pages.
I hear you. It's yet another (much more blatant) instance of improbable age, which is ALL OVER shonen manga. Protagonists tend to wield awesome power, and they tend to be in their teens/preteens. Ridiculous indeed, but it's something you'll have to stomach if you're into the genre- it all comes down to the Willing Suspension Of Disbelief.
The anime, despite veering wildly off the plot of the manga (pluto is anime only, for one) had a pretty good plot and a very exciting grand finale. THe second season, not so much, but oh well.
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