The creation of Wondermark #422, the comic found here:

wondermark.com/d/422.html

Total elapsed time: 2 hrs 12 mins.

In this "Two Minutes to Wondermark", you can see how sometimes simple characters are created out of disparate source images. An alternate design for the girl character is assembled and discarded. Also, note the use of opacity effects and gray-toned overlays to make the characters appear to recede into the distance, or at least not command visual attention away from the primary characters.