The hand puppets are what make this drawing tricky: each one needs enough detail to read clearly without pulling attention away from the main figure, and the character’s gentle proportions require careful line control throughout all 14 steps of this Future Diary tutorial on how to draw Reisuke Houjou.
What This 14-Step Guide Covers
The walkthrough runs 14 steps from a rough structural sketch all the way to a fully colored result. Most of the detail work lands in the mid-steps where the pinafore dress, collar, and puppets are built up. Because the character holds a puppet on each hand, there is a small symmetry challenge at the sides that takes a bit of patience to keep balanced.
Key Visual Features of This Character
- Short orange hair with green head covering
- Large green eyes, soft smile
- Green pinafore over white collared shirt
- Black tights and brown shoes
- Two small chibi puppets, one on each hand
If you enjoy drawing the cast from this series, the guides for Marco Ikusaba and Takao Hiyama cover two very different figure types and are worth working through back to back. Kamado Ueshita is another good follow-up if you want to practice rounder, softer proportions similar to this one.
Reading the Step Image Color System
Each step image uses a simple three-color code to show what to draw and what already exists:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Reisuke Houjou: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Drawing? Share It
Once the coloring is done, drop your finished piece in the comments. Seeing how different people handle the puppets and the color choices is always genuinely interesting. New tutorials go up on Facebook and Telegram as soon as they are published, a new YouTube video based on existing guides goes live every single day, and Pinterest gets updated regularly too. For more Future Diary practice, the tutorials for Aru Akise and Ai Mikami are solid next steps. If you want to support the site and get access to hand-drawn coloring pages, the Patreon page is the place to go.