Indeed it is. Though i'm not sure they mean to be :) I'm new here too, not sure what I'm doing for the most part ^-^ love to do a trade with you though. I have several OCs but only one or two of them have picture refs :) your welcome to try out the others- see what you're interpretation is of them. Here's a link to my
deviantart page I do both traditional and digital art:
examples: (
less-realistic and
realistic I haven't done chibis in ages- but let me know which you would like :) and I'll have a blast either way.