The Friday Night Funkin’ mod scene has produced some genuinely unsettling characters, and Saness sits right in the middle of that tradition, a skeleton in an oversized hoodie with a wide, unreadable grin. This step-by-step tutorial walks through how to draw Saness from start to finish in clean black and white line art.
What Makes This Character Worth the Time
The guide covers 17 steps and ends on bold, heavy line art with no color pass, which means the entire focus is on confident shapes and fill shadows. The oversized hoodie with its flowing back panel creates some asymmetry, and the wide skull proportions require a bit of care to get the grin sitting right on the face.
Saness Visual Breakdown
- Round skull head with a wide grin
- One large dark eye socket visible
- Oversized hoodie with fur trim collar
- White scarf-like wrap around the neck
- Skeleton hands with short, stubby fingers
If you enjoy drawing mod characters with heavy shadow work, Dave and the Ink Demon from FNF: Indie Cross cover similar territory with bold ink-heavy designs. Corrupted Ernie the Chicken is another solid pick if you want to keep practicing that distorted character style.
Understanding the Step Colors
Each step image uses a three-color system to show what is new and what came before:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Saness: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Sketch? Show It Off
Once you have the drawing done, drop it in the comments below. Seeing how different people handle the skull grin and the hoodie folds is always worth a look. New tutorials go up on Facebook and Telegram as soon as they are published, a new YouTube walkthrough posts every day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly if that is where you keep your drawing inspiration. If you liked working through Saness, Cartoon Dog from FNF and the Green Impostor Parasite are both worth adding to your practice list. Supporting the project on Patreon also gets you access to hand-drawn coloring pages that are not available anywhere else.
Could you try Sanic.exe please?