A number of people have commented over the years, how much Dipper is like Kit Cloudkicker.

I admit that a good portion of the inspiration for Dipper was Kit, but there are clearly differences, as this sketch by  cirrus illustrates.

Eventually, I'd like to commission two more pics. Similar to this one, but Dipper is much chubbier, and Kit is chuckling and saying, "Not anymore you don't, fatso!" In the second pic, Dipper is sitting on Kit, and saying, "What was that you said?"