How to draw Joe Swanson (FNF x Pibby)

Friday Night Funkin’ has a habit of turning familiar faces into something darker, and this zombie-battle-damaged take on Joe Swanson fits right into the Friday Night Funkin’ roster where worn-out and corrupted designs feel completely at home. This tutorial walks through how to draw Joe Swanson in his beat-up, stitched-together form, seated in his wheelchair with a pistol raised.

What Makes This Version Worth Practicing

The tutorial runs 30 steps and covers a full-body seated figure, which is a different challenge than a standing pose since the lower body and wheelchair frame need to read correctly in proportion. Most of the detail work lands on the upper body, specifically the torn uniform and stitched-up damage across the figure. The result is clean line art with no coloring, so the focus stays entirely on linework and proportion.

Joe Swanson’s Design in This Tutorial

• Police cap with a visible badge
• Stern, gruff facial expression
• Uniform shirt with tears and stitches
• Seated in a wheelchair
• One hand raised, holding a pistol

If you enjoy drawing roughed-up FNF characters, the FNF: Tails’ Halloween version and Corrupted Patrick Star both follow a similar damaged-character approach and are worth checking out alongside this one. The Minus Daddy Dearest sketch also practices linework on a heavily stylized figure.

Reading the Step Colors

Each step in this guide uses a three-color system to make the progression easy to follow:

• Red Color: lines added in the current step.
• Black Color: lines completed earlier.
• Gray Color: base sketch for structure.

How to Draw Joe Swanson: Step-by-Step Tutorial

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Finished the Sketch? Share It

Once the drawing is done, drop it in the comments below. Seeing how others handle the stitching detail and the wheelchair frame is genuinely useful for anyone working through the same steps. New tutorials get posted to Facebook and Telegram as soon as they go live, a new YouTube video based on existing guides goes up every single day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly if that is where you browse. For more FNF character practice, the Tankman sketch and the Ink Demon from FNF: Indie Cross both work well as follow-up challenges. If you want to support more tutorials like this one, the Patreon page has unique hand-drawn coloring pages available that you will not find anywhere else.