Final Fantasy IX stacks its roster with fighters who carry weight in both personality and design, and Amarant sits near the top of that list as one of the game’s most visually distinct brawlers. This step-by-step tutorial on how to draw Amarant brings that heavy, aggressive energy into chibi form across 16 steps of clean line work.
What to Expect From This 16-Step Walkthrough
The chibi format compresses the character into compact proportions, but oversized hands, feet, and that sprawling hair create more geometry than a typical chibi build. The tutorial ends on clean line art with no color, so the focus across all 16 steps stays on shape accuracy and confident linework. The crouching stance also introduces a slight asymmetry that takes some attention to work through.
Key Features of Amarant’s Design
- Wild voluminous dreadlocks splayed upward
- Muscular frame in aggressive crouch
- Tunic with belt and layered straps
- Large bandaged arms and wrapped hands
- Heavy wrapped boots and lower legs
If you enjoy drawing the Final Fantasy IX cast, there are plenty of other characters to practice on. Eiko Carol and Adelbert Steiner offer good contrast in terms of body shape and clothing complexity, and Eiko playing the flute is worth trying for the prop interaction.
Reading the Step Colors in This Guide
Each step image uses a three-color system to show what to draw and when:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Amarant: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Sketch? Show It Off
Once the line work is done, drop your finished drawing in the comments. It’s always worth seeing how different people handle the hair volume and the wrapped arm shapes. New tutorials post to Facebook and Telegram as soon as they go live, a new YouTube video goes up every day based on existing guides, and Pinterest stays updated regularly too. From here, Freya Crescent and Garnet Til Alexandros are solid next steps if you want to keep building out the FFIX lineup. If you want to support the project and get access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages, the Patreon page is the place to go.