Building an anthro character with complex anatomy from scratch is the core skill this tutorial covers, and Ace from the Friday Night Funkin’ roster makes for solid practice on horns, tails, and clothing folds. The guide walks through how to draw Ace step by step, keeping the construction logical even with all the dragon-specific details in play.
Thirty Steps Through a Dragon Anthro Build
The tutorial runs 30 steps and ends on clean black and white line art with no color fill, so the focus stays entirely on getting the shapes and proportions right. The character holds a raised microphone with a slight forward lean, which introduces some asymmetry that takes a bit of extra attention to balance. Most of the structural complexity comes from the tail, horn placement, and the layered clothing sitting over a non-human body type.
Ace’s Design at a Glance
- Dragon-like anthro with horns and mane
- Open jacket over button-up shirt
- Microphone raised in left hand
- Long tail and clawed feet
- Confident stance with slight forward lean
If you enjoy drawing the FNF cast, a few other guides on the site are worth checking out: Daddy Dearest is a good one for practicing sharp angular character design, while Sonic from Tails Gets Trolled and Chara from Friday Night Dustin’ both cover cartoon-style builds with their own quirks.
Reading the Step Colors in This Guide
Each step uses a three-color system to keep track of what is new and what is already done:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Ace: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished the Sketch? Show It Off
Drop your finished Ace drawing in the comments below. It helps other artists see different approaches to the same reference, and seeing completed work is genuinely useful for anyone still working through the steps. New tutorials go up on Facebook and Telegram as soon as they are published, a new YouTube video based on these guides goes live every single day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly too. If you want to dig into more of the FNF lineup, Sonic Fatal Error has some involved linework, and Fake GF from Hypno’s Lullaby is another full-body build worth trying. Supporting the project on Patreon also gets you access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages not available anywhere else.