How to draw Nagi Arisuin

Chivalry of a Failed Knight builds its cast around characters who carry as much personality in their design as in their role in the story, and Nagi Arisuin is a good example of that balance. This tutorial on how to draw Nagi Arisuin covers an upper-body portrait with clean line art and enough jacket and hair detail to keep things interesting throughout the 25 steps.

What Makes This Portrait Worth Practicing

The tutorial runs through 25 steps at a steady pace, with most of the early work going toward getting the head shape, hat placement, and facial proportions right. Because this is line art with no color fill, the whole focus stays on confident linework and getting the layered clothing to read clearly. The jacket overlap and collar details in the later steps are where the drawing pulls together.

Nagi Arisuin: Key Design Features

• Short wavy hair with bangs over face
• Rounded beanie-style hat on head
• Dark eyes with a soft, calm gaze
• Open jacket with collar and buttons
• Inner shirt visible under the jacket

If you want more practice with Chivalry of a Failed Knight characters, the full-body version of Nagi in full growth is a natural next step from this portrait, and the guide for Ikki Kurogane full body covers similar jacket and collar construction if you want to compare approaches.

How the Step Colors Work in This Guide

Each step image uses a simple three-color system to show exactly what is new and what came before:

• Red Color: lines added in the current step.
• Black Color: lines completed earlier.
• Gray Color: base sketch for structure.

How to Draw Nagi Arisuin: Step-by-Step Tutorial

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Finished Your Sketch? Share It and Keep Drawing

Once you have completed the portrait, drop your finished drawing in the comments below. It is always good to see how different people handle the hat shape and the jacket layers. New tutorials are posted to Facebook and Telegram as soon as they go live, and a new YouTube video based on existing guides goes up every single day, so there is always something fresh to work from. For more characters from the series, the Stella Vermillion full body guide and the Nene Saikyo tutorial are both worth checking out next. If you want to support the project and get access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages, the Patreon page is the place to go.