Future Diary built its cast around diary users with extreme personalities, and Minene Uryuu fits that mold as the self-reliant, eye-patched terrorist who never quite plays by anyone else’s rules — this guide covers how to draw Minene Uryuu in a waist-up chibi style found in the Future Diary tutorial collection on the site.
Minene in Chibi Form: What to Expect from These 12 Steps
The tutorial runs through 12 steps total, including the final colored result. The waist-up framing keeps things manageable, but the chibi proportions require some care around the head-to-body ratio. Most of the detail work lands on the hair layering and the eye patch placement, since those two features define the read of the character at a glance. The color step at the end brings in the purple tones that tie everything together.
Minene Uryuu: Key Visual Details
- Long purple hair, layered and slightly messy
- Eye patch covering the right eye
- One visible purple-gray eye
- Black sleeveless turtleneck, open chest
- Serious, neutral expression
If you are working through the Future Diary roster, Yuno Gasai and Reisuke Houjou are worth tackling alongside this one since each diary user brings different design challenges. For something with more costume complexity, Ai Mikami (Ikusaba) is a solid next step.
Reading the Step Colors in This Tutorial
Each step uses a three-color system to show what is new versus what was drawn before:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Minene Uryuu: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Sketch? Show It Off
Once the drawing is done, drop your result in the comments below. It is always good to see how different people handle the hair layering and the eye patch angle in chibi scale. New tutorials get posted to Facebook and Telegram as soon as they go live, a new YouTube video based on existing guides goes up every day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly. For more from the same series, check out Karyuudo Tsukishima and Kamado Ueshita to keep building out the cast. If you want to support the project and get access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages, the Patreon page is the place to do it.