What Is Kawaii?

Kawaii is a Japanese word that can be used to explain anything a person considers cute, innocent, pure, sweet, adorable, gentle, simple, and genuine and many others of such kind. The term can be used as a significant keyword for describing happy moments of women's lives.

What Makes a Piece Kawaii

So what does this have to do with Hello Kitty and cupcakes with faces? Both are simple, childlike ideas rendered into consumable media. When it comes to drawing something that will be labeled as kawaii, you want to keep the features sparse. If it’s a face, use as few lines as possible to get the job done. Often noses are left out.In the case of Hello Kitty, her mouth is absent and she rarely shows a lick of expression. Not all kawaii has to be dead-eyes and static poses, however. A wide variety of simple expressions are often seen in kawaii characters, but their features are still very, very simple.

1. An oval drawn for one eye.

1. Three lines converging together makes a cute winking eye.

1. Add a smile (kawaii things are often happy things).

1. Add some rosy cheeks and sparkles to the eye.