An animated GIF showing each step in making this comic.
The "extras" usually start out as unassigned blob people. Once I have their body shapes I can then research animals to fit. I like to try to mix it up, so they're not all the same family (mammals, reptiles, birds etc)
I meddled with this one a lot as I went through it, which is not ideal because the later I make a change, the more work has to go into it. Probably the biggest change here was flipping the first 3 panels. I did this to make it more obvious she'd moved away in the last panel.
The fart cloud also went through quite a few changes. It was oddly difficult to get it just the right size!