Behind the Comics: Character Drawing Guide 2

I see you're back again, just in time to celebrate the 300 comic milestone. Or you were looking for the bathroom, in which case you're equally welcome to stay. As hinted all the way back in 2020, here's the second how-to-draw guide for a few other characters who have made appearances in the comics thus far.

Goodman Gravey

Goodman literally came about when I took the sad eyebrows I normally use for Dante and thought to myself: "This kind of looks like a moustache". Then, I coloured him yellow for better visual distinction against Dante, but also as a way to represent Goodman's relationship with Dante in the comics thus far, acting as a mentor, or a beacon of light if you will, to guide him through uncertain and dubious situations.

Nameless Female Pig

Drawing female characters has always been a struggle for me, largely because I usually don't know how to visually represent feminine indicators using minimal physical traits. It turns out that eyelashes and lighter body colours are somewhat effective in doing this.

Douglas H. Nut

When introducing Douglas, I was never sure if he should be thought of as a doughnut or an onion ring. Or a giant talking zero. And then I went with the doughnut idea, partly because a name could be derived from that.

Petrov McHugh

The name came about when I happened to stumble across an unknown briefcase belonging to a "P. McHugh". If you're out there reading this, Mr. (or Mrs.) McHugh, I hope you reunite with your briefcase one day.

Currently, this is the only character with visible teeth, which also makes him slightly more annoying to draw because you need to draw the mouth wide enough if you want them to be seen. 

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For those whose memory fails to serve them correctly, this character made her debut in this comic. Much like the Nameless Female Pig, she doesn't have a name yet.

One of the other problems with female characters is that using overjoyed eyes essentially means their eyelashes aren't visible anymore. While I still haven't found a good resolution to that, the secondary workaround is just to add another (hopefully) obvious physical detail that indicates femininity. In this case, red lips implying the use of lipstick have been used for this purpose.

While we still haven't revealed how to draw "that one last pastry-based character", I'm more or less ready to call the Drawing Guide series done at this point, so buckle down and draw better versions of my characters, if you're bothered. Or goof around and visit the Dante Denmore Instagram account. After all, you are the the master of your fate, you are the captain of your soul.