Today we’re following a kawaii cat tutorial together — step by step!
Scroll down for a printable PDF for this kawaii kitty, as well as, drawing tips, and a materials list. Hope you love it! 🙂
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Printable PDF
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Kawaii cat tutorial tips
- First, make the head of the kitty big — bigger than you think! Looking at step 1, you’ll notice the head is nearly twice as wide as the body, and taller than it too.
- Next, there’s a middle line included as a guide to help with symmetry. You don’t have to use it, but honestly, it makes such a difference. In fact, almost every kawaii drawing I create starts this way — it’s exactly the process I follow.
- Also, try adding a shadow at the bottom to “ground” the drawing, so the kitty looks like she’s standing on a surface rather than floating in white space. This is such a handy trick for so many drawings — a simple shadow makes everything feel more polished and comfortable to look at.
- Finally, the great thing about this body shape is how versatile it is. Once step 1 is done, try adding different ears and faces to turn it into a bunny, bear, or fox. For example, a kawaii dog uses the exact same base shape.
More Kawaii Animals Tutorials
If you found this Kawaii cat tutorial fun, please checkout these other drawing tutorials on how to draw other kawaii animals. Links included so you can easily jump to them.
Materials I Used
For this tutorial, I used Copic markers — but any coloured markers or pencils will work just as well!
- Copic Markers
- Copic Multiliner pen, black, 0.5mm
- X-Press It blending card (paper)
- Pencil
- Erasers:
- Faber-Castell Dust Free Eraser
- Tombow Mono Zero eraser
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