I love drawing cute chibi animals.
These types of drawings are super cute to add to any notebook or planner and they also make great drawing projects for kids.
I’ve already done a lot of tutorials on drawing cute and kawaii animals that you can check out here.
In this post, I’m going to show you how to draw a cute chibi frog step by step so that by the end of the tutorial, you’ll get something like this:
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I am currently using an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil to create my digital art.
But you can use any tool – a pen and paper or color pencils or Copic markers or Photoshop because the drawing method remains the same.
How to draw a cute chibi frog – Step by step for beginners
I always start with a rough guide so that drawing becomes easier.
In this case, we are going to start a simple circle first. If you are drawing this with traditional tools, make sure the circle is erasable later.
Next, I will draw the frog’s body. We want to draw a simple “U” shape that’s bulgy at the bottom and also squished and flat at the center like this:
Chibi animals are usually round and short so this is how we achieve the chibi look with our small frog.
Next, we are going to draw the head of the frog and to do this we are going to draw 2 bulges for the eyes along with the top of its head.
Just draw 2 small U shapes at the top of its head like this:
Next, we are going to draw the frog’s legs. So I’m going to draw 2 small legs at the bottom of the frog on either side like this:
Now, we are going to draw the frog’s front legs, so just draw 2 small “W” shapes in the front of the frog’s body like this:
We’re almost there.
To complete our frog drawing, we need to draw its face. So, let’s draw 2 small eyes and a mouth with a U shape like this:
Easy, isn’t it?
We can also draw the belly of the small frog. It will give us a better opportunity to color the frog with more colors. So, I’m going to draw an inverted U shape on its stomach to draw the belly.
And we are done!
We can now start coloring the cute chibi frog.
I’m going to go with the regular green color because I love green but you can color your frog any color you want!
I’m also going to add some warts to the frog’s skin with a darker shade of green. Remember to vary the sizes of the warts so that the frog looks more realistic.
Next, we are going to color the belly of the frog with a pale yellowish-green.
We’re done!
But just to add that cute kawaii look to our small chibi frog, I’m going to add 2 blush spots on the frog’s cheeks under the eyes.
Congratulations!
You’ve learned how to draw a cute chibi frog from scratch.
You can go ahead and add this drawing to your planner or notebook to make it come to life!
Drawing Resources
I hope this tutorial was helpful to you and you enjoyed drawing this cute chibi frog.
If you’d like to learn to draw more cute things, check out these books!
If you want to see more tutorials on drawing kawaii animals and kawaii things, please leave a comment below on what you’d like to see next!
I will be adding more kawaii drawing tutorials (animals, food, and lots of things) to this blog, so keep a lookout!
If you are interested in drawing in a kawaii style and then selling clipart or merchandise on Etsy, check out this course!
My old bud Ilaria (we’ve been friends on Instagram back when I had Instagram) created this course! I’ve watched her grow from 0 followers, and I’m so, so proud of her!
And believe it or not, there is not 1 single good online course about learning how to draw kawaii art and then making physical stickers on the internet. I’ve been looking for a course like this for a long, long time.
And it’s finally here!!!
You can create your own stickers and print them and sell them on Etsy or any space! She goes into detail about how to draw the characters.
This is by far one of the best courses I’ve taken that is so cute and so educational.
The course is in English, and it’s amazing!
What do you need?
A sketchbook, Photoshop, and a graphic tablet so that you can draw the kawaii characters. If you want to make stickers, you’ll need a printer and sticker sheets.
Even if you don’t want to make stickers and just draw kawaii characters, this course is perfect!
And if you are really keen on improving your drawings or you want to create cute kawaii animals and kawaii people, check out this second course by Sara.
Sara teaches you how to draw anything in a nice kawaii style. I really love these kinds of courses because they’re so easy to learn and it’s very easy to get clients because this is a really relatable drawing style.
It is in Italian but it comes with subtitles and it’s really easy to follow.
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If you are just getting started with ProCreate, I highly recommend this course: Procreate for Beginners: Digital Illustration 101
You may also enjoy:
- How to draw a cute frog face
- How to draw a frog on a lily pad
- How to draw a strawberry frog
- How to draw a mushroom frog
- How to draw a kawaii dog
- How to draw a cute chibi mushroom
- How to draw a kawaii cat
- How to draw a cute hamster
- How to draw a kawaii unicorn
- How to draw a cute mermaid cat
- How to draw a cute dinosaur
- How to draw a cute long neck dinosaur
- How to draw a chocolate bunny
- How to draw cute boba tea
- How to draw a cute succulent
- How to find your art style
Thank you for this tutorial! One of the drawing prompts for Lisa Bardot’s Making Art Everyday this week is ‘frog’. I’m on a bit of a frog kick and this is my third frog for the week and my FAVOURITE ❤️
Eeeek, that’s so exciting Marco, congratulations! Thank you so much.