Kawaii Doodle Cuties Sketching Super-Cute Stuff from Around the World

Kawaii
Doodle
Cuties

SKETCHING SUPER-CUTE STUFF
FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Zainab Khan

CREATOR OF

Pic Candle

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Contents

Hi! 6 Precious Nature &
What Is Kawaii?
How to Use This Book 6 Natural Wonders 33
Tools 7
Tips & Tricks 7 Mount Kilimanjaro 34
Doodle Directory 8 Shamrock 35
10 Tulip 36
Adorable Food Sunflower 37
38
Macaron Maple Leaf 39
Kiwifruit 40
Pizza Orchid 41
Yogurt 42
Crêpe Cherry Blossom 44
Chocolates 46
Pretzel Volcano
Satay
Meatballs Bamboo
Tamales
Dumplings Great Barrier Reef
Halo-Halo
Ramen Get Inspired
Get Inspired
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Enchanting Architecture & 49
Monuments
50 Lovable Animals & Birds 71
Great Pyramid of Giza 51
Yurt 72
Windmill 52 Penguin 73
Rondavel 74
Eiffel Tower 53 Sheep 76
Thatched-Roof Cottage 78
Tikal 54 Giant Panda 80
Taj Mahal 82
Tiny Colorful Homes 55 Koala
Sydney Opera House 85
Statue of Liberty 56 Toucan
Brandenburg Gate 86
Get Inspired 58 Flamingo 87
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60 Get Inspired 89
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Charming Transportation

Felucca
Hot-Air Balloon
Gondola
Double-Decker Bus
Toboggan
Wings of Tatev
Tuk Tuk
Totora Boat
Vintage Car
Get Inspired

Fetching Fashion 101 129

Beret 102 130
Fez 103 142
Poncho 104
K-pop Skirt 105
Ushanka 106
Cowboy Hat 107
Non La 108
Sombrero & Serape 109
Kimono 110
Get Inspired 112

Everyday Cute Fun Time!

Chopsticks 115 Search-&-Find Puzzles
Hockey Stick & Puck
Telephone Box 116 Search-&-Find Puzzle Answers!
Yoga 117
Lego Bricks 118
Floating Lantern 119
Dallah 120
Matryoshka Doll 121
Get Inspired 122
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Hi!

What Is Kawaii?

My name is Zainab, but you You might have heard the word You have
can find my kawaii doodles on probably seen the hashtag You definitely
the internet under the handle know the style But what, exactly, does
Pic Candle I recently quit my kawaii mean?
day job to doodle full time,
because I love drawing so Kawaii is a Japanese concept or idea,
much Crazy, right?! dating back to the 1970s, that translates
I approach my doodles randomly without closely to “cuteness” in English In Japan, the
planning or thinking about the end results I usage of the word is quite broad and can be
find this process to be very exciting because used to describe anything cute, from clothing
you never know what’s going to happen and accessories to handwriting and art So
It’s a surprise! I usually start with a if you are a fan of emoji art or the style of
doodle character or object that comes to beloved characters like Hello Kitty, Pokémon,
mind and then keep drawing more characters or Pusheen the Cat, then you already know
and decorations, one by one, to fill up the and love the kawaii style of art!
page (see my Search-&-Find Puzzles starting
on page 129) While doodling, I focus only While there are many interpretations
on the character or object that I’m drawing, as to what constitutes the “kawaii” art
not the big picture aesthetic, most people can agree that
Regarding coming up with characters, kawaii art is usually composed of very
they’re mainly inspired by real-life objects simple black outlines, pastel colors, and
and simple shapes (such as a sphere, cube, characters or objects with a rounded, youthful
cylinder, pyramid, and cone) that I have appearance Facial expressions in kawaii
modified or combined I also like creating art are minimal and characters are
make-believe characters (see my doodle frequently drawn with oversized heads
monsters throughout this book) and smaller bodies
I hope this book inspires you to develop
a love for doodling and creating kawaii In this book, I’ll show you how to draw
characters So grab your passport, because kawaii-inspired art using things from around
the Kawaii Doodle Cuties grand tour is about the world, like food, nature, architecture, and
to begin! more The great thing about kawaii culture is
that it’s not limited to anything, so once you
start practicing, you can turn even the most
common thing into something kawaii!

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How to Use This Book

Kawaii Doodle Cuties includes seven achieved using only one pen. Here are the tip
sections (Adorable Food, Precious Nature & sizes I use:
Natural Wonders, Enchanting Architecture
& Monuments, Lovable Animals & Birds, • thin tip (for tiny details, patterns, and
Charming Transportation, Fetching Fashion, shadows)
and Everyday Cute) with more than 65
characters for you to learn how to draw. • medium-size tip (for main outlining)

Each character is illustrated with • thick tip (for thicker outlining outside
simple step-by-step instructions to get you of the main outlines—this is to make
started doodling. Each chapter also includes characters stand out and also for
Get Inspired pages, showing you even more filling in large areas with black)
doodle ideas.
WHITE PENS
At the back of the book is a section I use these for corrections and adding
called Fun Time! with Search-&-Find Puzzles highlights.
that you can also color.

Tools PAPER
I’m not too picky when it comes to the
You don’t need to invest in many tools to paper I use for doodling. Basic sketchbooks
get started doodling kawaii. You can use and printer paper work just fine, but if you
pen and paper, or you can draw digitally, or want to use something more professional,
you can start with pen and paper and then that’s a personal preference.
scan your art in case you want to color it
digitally. It’s up to you! MECHANICAL PENCILS
Since ink is permanent, sketching with
BLACK PENS pencil before inking is helpful when drawing
The pens I use most are fineliner pens complex characters. Mechanical pencils are
as they come in various tip sizes. I prefer great for drawing lines and the option of
to work with 3 tip sizes for varying line varying lead thicknesses is useful.
widths, though your end results can also be

How to Use This Book 7

Tips & Tricks

ERASER Being a full-time doodle artist, I want to
A good eraser is always needed for fixing share the tips and tricks I have learned over
those sketching mistakes And there are time for creating kawaii characters
always mistakes!
• Sketch your characters with a mechanical
RULER pencil before inking them, especially more
Depending on how precise you want to be complex characters
with your lines and such, it can’t hurt to
have a ruler on hand • When drawing square, rectangular, and
pointy shapes, rounding corners and
MARKERS AND/ points always adds a cuter element to the
OR WATERCOLORS (OPTIONAL) character
I like using 1 or 2 colors and adding them
only in some areas of my doodles, leaving • Adding a simple face is always
other areas blank This “semi-coloring” recommended, but if you don’t have
method works for me because it takes less room, no worries Faceless characters
time to do, and it’s also easy and fun The can also be cute!
chances of ruining my doodles are also
reduced with semi-coloring If you want to
color your doodles, semi-coloring is a good
practice and less intimidating for beginners

PHOTOSHOP (OPTIONAL)
When I doodle using pen and ink and then
scan the image, I use Photoshop to clean it
and prepare a print-ready file Sometimes,
I also like to add colors to hand-drawn
doodles digitally with Photoshop Mixing the
traditional and digital processes to create
final artwork is also fun!

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• But if you prefer giving your characters a
face, drawing their bodies or faces wider
will give you more room to do this

• Drawing a nose, along with eyes and a
mouth, can really add “character” to
your characters

• Speaking of faces, go ahead and play
around with the position of the face You
don’t have to place the face in the center
every time, or ever!

• Varying the distance between a • Once you have drawn your characters,
character’s eyes and mouth can really feel free to adorn them with decorations
change the appearance of a facial (hearts, stars, speech bubbles, etc )
expression Visit the Doodle Directory on page 10
for inspiration!

• Most importantly, there are no right or
wrong ways to doodle kawaii characters
Just experiment and try to come up with
your own unique style with the help of
this book!

Tips & Tricks 9

Doodle Directory

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Doodle Directory 11



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Macaron France

1. Draw a semicircle. 2. Close the semicircle with a 3. Draw short, curved lines from
slightly curved line, with rounded the sides of the macaron top,
edges extending past the sides. for the filling.

4. Draw the bottom of the 5. With a fine point pen, draw 6. Draw a cute face, of course!
macaron in the style of the dots and dashes on the top and
top, but don’t make it as bottom of the cookie to give it
deep and rounded. some texture.

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Kiwifruit New
Zealand

1. Draw a circle. 2. Draw a curved line off the 3. Draw a partial oval off the left
right half of the circle, like a side of the kiwifruit half.
crescent moon.

4. With a fine point pen, draw a 5. Now place some seeds 6. Add some dots and dashes to
series of lines of varying lengths throughout those lines. both kiwifruits for texture. Draw
in a circle, for the fruit’s center. a cute face, of course!

Adorable Food 15

Pizza Italy

1. Draw an incomplete circle. 2. Complete the circle by drawing 3. Draw a second, slightly wavy line
an inverted triangle, kind of like inside the first outline for the
Pac-Man. Now draw a triangle of a crust. Don’t forget to add crust
similar size for the pizza slice. to the pizza slice!

4. Draw a cute face, of course! 5. With a fine point pen, add your favorite
toppings. I drew tomato slices, basil leaves,
16 Kawaii Doodle Cuties olives, and more! Add some dots along the
crust and on the pizza for a little texture.

Yogurt Greece

1. Draw an incomplete 2. Draw a curved line 3. Draw a deeper curved 4. Draw a wavy line in
oval. from the bottom of the line off this one to the bowl for the yogurt.
incomplete oval. complete the base of Complete the top oval
the bowl. by adding a spoon
handle. Don’t forget
to add some lines
where the spoon
enters the yogurt!

5. Draw a pair of strawberries, one 6. With a fine point pen, add seeds to 7. Draw a few vertical lines on
with a stem, and some texture lines the strawberries, along with some the base of the bowl, leaving
in the yogurt. granola in the yogurt. space for a cute face. Don’t
forget to draw that!

Adorable Food 17

Cre^pe France

1. Draw a deep V shape, with a rounded point 2. Draw a second curved line to complete
and curved lines at the top. Draw another the fold.
curving line for a fold in the crêpe.

3. Fill the crêpe with your favorite fillings. I like 4. Finish by adding some dots to the crêpe for
custard, strawberries, and whipped cream! I texture and drawing a cute face, of course!
added seeds to the strawberries and dots to
the custard for texture with a fine point pen.

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Chocolates Switzerland

1. Draw an L shape at an angle. 2. Draw a short, slanted line off each
of the 3 edges. Connect these lines,
making rounded corners.

3. Begin building your box of 4. Keep adding those chocolates! 5. Once you have your 6 chocolates
6 chocolates, starting with Cubes, spheres, hearts, swirls . . . placed, draw lines on the left side
placement in the near corner and and back of the box to complete it.
moving up and to the left. You
can follow my chocolate styles or
come up with your own!

6. Draw a cute face, of course! 7. With a fine point pen, add details
and decorate your chocolates and
the box. Yum!

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Pretzel Germany

1. With a pencil, draw 2 interlocking shapes as 2. Continuing with the pencil and starting at
guidelines for the pretzel. the bottom center, draw a fat pretzel shape
around the guidelines. You should be able
to do this in one continuous line, but it might
take a few tries!

3. To create the pretzel twist, draw 4. Erase any unnecessary pencil 5. Draw a cute face, of course! With
a line from point A to point B. lines so your pretzel is clean like a fine point pen, draw
my drawing. Use a pen to ink the small circles for salt.
remaining lines.

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Satay Indonesia

1. Draw a cube shape, with rounded 2. Add a stick with a rounded point. 3. Draw 2 more rows of skewers
corners, followed by 3 more of behind the first one. These only
these shapes, all connecting. need to show the top halves
except for the ones sticking
out on the ends.

4. Draw a platter for your satay to sit on. 5. Add some sauce to the platter.

6. Draw cute faces, of course! With a fine point pen, 7. Don’t forget to serve it with sauce, lime,
add some small ovals and dots to give the satay cucumber segments, and fresh herbs!
texture. Also add some sauce on top of one piece
of meat.

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Meatballs Sweden

1. Draw 2 short lines that curve out 2. On the right side of the bowl, 3. Add another meatball to the left
and then in again. Connect these draw a lumpy semicircle for a side of the bowl that touches the
lines to make the bowl. meatball. Top it with a leaf. first meatball. Draw the top of a
third meatball behind the first two.

4. With a fine point pen, give the meatballs 5. Add a napkin underneath the bowl, along
texture with some dots and small with a bowl of sauce (with a spoon) and
geometric shapes. some berries as garnish.

6. Draw cute faces, of course!

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Tamales Mexico

1. Draw 2 connected 2. Draw 3 vertical lines 3. Complete the bottoms of 4. Add some delicious filling
semicircles with tiny from the edges of the the corn husks. Add bows to the husks, drawing
scalloped edges. semicircles, leaving a and/or ties around the circles and giving the
small opening in the corn husks. one on the left a little
line on the right. more detail.

5. Draw cute faces, of course! 6. With a fine point pen, add dots 7. Don’t forget the condiments!
and small circles to the filling and
draw vertical lines on the husks
for texture.

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Dumplings

1. Draw a line with puckers. 2. Draw curved lines off this line as if drawing
a fat, incomplete pear. On the right side,
draw a shape to replicate a bite taken
out of the dumpling.

3. Give more detail to the “bite” with another 4. Draw a second dumpling off the first one.
bite shape inside. With a fine point pen, add
dots for texture.

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China

5. Draw cute (or sad) faces, of course! 6. With a fine point pen, add a couple dots
to the top of each dumpling for texture.
Don’t forget the condiments! I drew a
bowl of sauce, garnished with a garlic
head and cloves.

7. Close up the dumpling on the right and add 8. Finish by placing your dumplings and
a dashed, curved line coming off the condiments on a napkin.
bottom of each one.

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Halo-Halo

1. Draw a U shape that is flatter than 2. Add a line at the top and bottom 3. Add a scoop of ube (purple yam)
normal on the bottom, making of this shape to define the glass ice cream, topped with pinipig
rounded corners. shape. Give curved ends to the (flattened roasted rice).
top edges of the U shape.

4. Add the next layer of gelatin cubes and 5. The next layer is the shaved ice and
tropical fruits, such as lychee, mango, kiwi evaporated milk.
. . . whatever you want! (Note: When adding
the layers to the glass here and in the next
steps, leave some room on each side and the
bottom to give the glass some heft.)

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Philippines

6. Add the final layer of sweetened kidney 7. Draw a spoon handle and a fun
beans and chickpeas. drink umbrella.

8. Why not add some cookie wafers? 9. Add some bubbles to the middle layer
and some texture to the ice cream. And
draw cute faces, of course!

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Ramen

1. Draw an oval. 2. Lay chopsticks (page 116) on top of the oval.

3. Draw a curved line to complete the bowl shape. 4. Add the toppings at the near side of the bowl.
I drew egg halves, meat pieces, and some
greens. With a fine point pen, draw dots and
dashes to give the meat texture.

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Japan

5. Continuing with the fine point pen, draw some 6. Add more toppings to the far side of the bowl.
swirling lines for the noodles. I drew bamboo shoots, mushroom tops, and
some seasoning. With a fine point pen, draw
groups of dots to give the bamboo shoots
and mushrooms texture.

7. Fill in any remaining spaces in the bowl 8. Draw a cute face, of course!
with swirling lines of noodles drawn with
a fine point pen.

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Get Inspired

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Here are some more of my kawaii food (and drink!) doodles to inspire
you The world has so much to offer with its many cuisines Get ready to
try new things!

Adorable Food 31



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Mount Kilimanjaro Tanzania

1. Draw a wide mountain shape, leaving the bottom 2. Close up the mountain with a straight line that
open. Add a fluffy cloud on the right side. has pointy yet rounded edges.

3. Add a snowcap to the mountain, kind of like 4. Add a couple more clouds and some ovals of
dripping paint. snow farther down the mountain.

5. Draw a cute face, of course!

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Shamrock Ireland

1. Draw a heart shape, leaving its 2. Draw 2 more connecting heart shapes,
bottom open. leaving an opening at the bottom for
the stem.

3. Add a stem with a rounded point. 4. Draw a cute face, of course!

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Tulip The
Netherlands

1. Draw an egg shape. 2. Draw a curved line off each side 3. Add 2 small arcs at the top for
of the egg shape for petals. more petals.

4. Draw a stem, leaving it open at 5. Add long leaves at the base of 6. Draw a cute face, of course!
the bottom. the stem. Decorate your tulip with some
doodle elements. I drew a heart
and chubby stars.

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Sunflower Ukraine

1. Draw a circle, giving the 2. Draw a shape, like a 3. Continue drawing these 4. Make a second row of
line a little texture. feather, off the top of the featherlike shapes around petals by drawing in 1 or
circle. the circle, overlapping 2 upside-down V shapes
one another a bit. between the first layer
of petals.

5. Draw a stem and a couple 6. With a fine point pen, draw 7. Draw a cute face, of course!
of leaves. dots and dashes on the circle
and first layer of petals to give
the sunflower some texture.

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Maple Leaf Canada

1. Using a pencil, draw a line at an angle. 2. Continuing with the pencil, draw a large
V shape and then a smaller upside-down V
shape a little past halfway down the angled
line. These are your guidelines.

3. Following the points of your 4. Erase the pencil guidelines and 5. Draw a cute face, of course!
guidelines, draw the leaf shape add a stem.
around them with a pen.

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Orchid Singapore

1. Draw a fat horseshoe shape 2. Draw a large, rounded petal 3. Draw a second petal off the left
with a circle and lines closing off the right side of the side, making sure the first petal
off the top. orchid’s center. slightly overlaps it.

4. Add 3 more incomplete petals 5. Add a stem that is open at the 6. Finish with a pair of leaves and
behind the original petals: bottom and draw a cute face, of a cute little pot decorated
1 peeking out the top and course! Add some short vertical with a doodle element. I drew
2 at the bottom. lines with a fine point pen to a chubby star.
give the inner petals texture.

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Cherry Blossom Japan

1. Draw an upside-down U 2. Add 2 “arms” to the 3. Draw 3 lines to define 4. At the top, where these
shape with a slight indent U shape, followed by the “legs.” lines connect, draw 4
at the top. 2 “legs.” lines (the filaments) in
different directions with
circles (the anthers) on
the ends.

5. Draw a cute face, of course! 6. Draw a smaller cherry blossom 7. Add 5 filaments and anthers to the
off the right “leg” so that it sits smaller cherry blossom, and leaves
a little bit behind this leg. Draw to both flowers.
5 lines within the smaller cherry
blossom to define the petals.

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Volcano Costa Rica

1. Draw a short, wavy line 2. Complete the crater 3. Continue the curving 4. With a fine point
with lines that curve out with a line of lines on both sides pen, draw 2 short
off the sides. dripping lava. for a wide mountain concave lines coming
shape, then close it out of the crater.
up with a straight line
that has pointy yet
rounded edges.

5. Continuing with the fine point 6. Add detail to the cloud, along 7. Draw a cute face, of course!
pen, draw a mushroom cloud. with spewing lava off the sides.

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Bamboo

1. Draw a very narrow rectangle, 2. Draw a longer straight line down 3. Add lots of little leaves, filling in
making the lines bumpy. the right side and a line half the the open space on the left side.
length of that one on the left
side. Complete the bottom of
the bamboo segment with a
rectangle like you drew in step 1.

4. Draw another complete segment with a 5. Draw an upside-
grouping of leaves on the bottom left, down trapezoid for
followed by a segment that is incomplete the planter, making
and only a quarter of the length of the rounded corners.
other two.

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China

6. Add oval rocks of 7. Extend the bottom
varying sizes to bamboo segment
the planter. into the rocks and
add a little bamboo
shoot on the right.

8. Add even more little 9. Draw a cute face, of
bamboo shoots to course! With a fine
the planter. point pen, draw dots
and dashes on the
large shoot and rocks
for texture.

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Great Barrier Reef

This drawing is simpler than it looks! Don’t worry about following my
drawing exactly and have fun drawing your own Great Barrier Reef.

1. Draw a rock shape with some 2. Keep adding rocks and coral to 3. Add sea anemone.
coral coming off it. Don’t be your scene, building it up and to
afraid to get a little wild the sides.
when drawing coral!

4. Why not add some plants and kelp 5. Continue adding to the scene with 6. Fill in some open background space
to the scene? Draw the kelp so it some sponges of varying heights. with more kelp.
looks to be waving in the water.

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Australia

7. At this point, I decided to add some doodle 8. With a fine point pen, add more underwater
elements, such as chubby stars. Have fun plants with delicate leaves.
with your underwater scene!

9. Continuing with the fine point pen, draw small ovals, 10. Finish with some fish and bubbles.
dots, and dashes to give your rocks texture. Draw
cute faces, of course!

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Get Inspired

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Here are some more of my kawaii nature and natural wonder doodles
to inspire you Can you believe that all of these things were created
naturally, with some being around for millions of years?!

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