by Erin N Patt·Modeling
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Chibi Gen Pro2 earns its place for pairing a one-click chibi base mesh with Mixamo compatibility and a bundled hair library, cutting setup work before rigging and animation. A demo video is available.
Chibi Gen Pro2 is a Blender add-on for generating chibi character base meshes. A single click adds a clean base mesh, and its topology is optimized for animation, with edge loops built for facial expressions and deformations.
Body proportions are handled through built-in shape keys, so you can make a character chubby, tall, slender, or exaggerated and mix keys to create distinct silhouettes. The package also ships with a library of pre-made stylized hair assets to start character design.
The mesh is built to match Mixamo's bone structure: upload it, auto-rig, and download standard animations, with no manual rigging required. It works with the Mixamo Rig Add-on for Blender and also supports Rigify, and characters are compatible with Unity, Unreal Engine, and Godot. Chibi Gen Pro2 renders in Cycles and Eevee and is distributed under the GPL license.
Chibi Gen Pro2 is best for indie game developers, animators, and illustrators who need chibi characters for projects like 2D RPGs, comic series, or stylized animation.
Chibi Gen Pro2 is completely free to download and use.
Chibi Gen Pro2 lists Blender 5.0 as its supported version, so that's the release the add-on is built for. It renders with both Cycles and Eevee, letting you preview and finish characters in either engine. Once installed, the add-on adds a chibi base mesh with a single click and exposes built-in shape keys for adjusting proportions. For the current version and any compatibility updates, check the developer's page before installing.
Chibi Gen Pro2 produces a mesh built to match Mixamo's bone structure, so you can upload it to Mixamo, auto-rig it, and download standard animations without manual rigging. From there the character is compatible with Unity, Unreal Engine, and Godot. The add-on also works with the Mixamo Rig Add-on for Blender and supports rigging with Rigify. This is aimed at users who want a rig without building one from scratch.
Chibi Gen Pro2 supports both Cycles and Eevee, Blender's two main render engines, so you can choose a real-time preview or a fuller offline render for your chibi characters. The base mesh uses topology optimized for animation, with edge loops set up for facial expressions and deformations, which carries over regardless of which engine you render in. Body proportions can be adjusted with built-in shape keys before you commit to a look. Check the developer's page for full details.
Chibi Gen Pro2 includes built-in shape keys for adjusting body proportions, letting you make characters chubby, tall, slender, or exaggerated. You can mix and match these shape keys to create different silhouettes across a cast of characters. The starting point is a clean base mesh added with one click, and the package also bundles a library of pre-made stylized hair to speed up the design stage. Together these handle the base-mesh groundwork so you can focus on the art.
Chibi Gen Pro2 is listed as free in this catalog, and it is distributed under the GPL license. Licensing and availability can change over time, so it's worth confirming the current terms on the developer's page before you download. The package includes the base-mesh generator, built-in shape keys for proportions, and a library of pre-made stylized hair assets. It is published by Erin N Patt through the superhive marketplace.
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