stick figure
Lines forming human
A stick figure is a simple drawing of a human or animal using lines for limbs and torso, with a circle for the head.
The style reduces the body to its most basic geometric elements: The child drew stick figures of her family.
Stick figures appear in instructional signage, children's art, and casual sketches where detail isn't needed.
Sequential-image animation booklet
- stickmanMinimalist drawn person
- pivotPoint of rotation
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- frameSupporting outer structure
motion · action · running · walking · jumping · fighting · dancing · flash
Hasty informal drawing
- doodleMindless rough sketch
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- outlineSummary of key elements
- pencilGraphite writing instrument
cartoon · scribble · illustration · crayon · charcoal · whiteboard · napkin · marker
Symbol using visual likeness
- restroomFacility with toilets
- pedestrianOne traveling afoot
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
- warningAlert about danger
emergency exit · traffic sign · wayfinding · accessibility · prohibition · hazard · caution · directional
Free of complexity
- basicFundamental in nature
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- elementalBasic, of natural forces
- strippedHad coverings removed
clean · reductive · geometric · abstract · economy · streamlined · essential · unadorned
Being with body like ours
- avatarDigital user representation
- genericNot brand-name
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- placeholderTemporary position marker
everyman · anonymous · universal · gender-neutral · featureless · stand-in · proxy · template
flipbook
Sequential-image animation booklet
frame · motion · action · running · walking · jumping · fighting · dancing · flash · animator
sketch
Hasty informal drawing
pencil · cartoon · scribble · illustration · crayon · charcoal · whiteboard · napkin · marker · ballpoint
pictogram
Symbol using visual likeness
- restroomFacility with toilets
- pedestrianOne traveling afoot
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
warning · emergency exit · traffic sign · wayfinding · accessibility · prohibition · hazard · caution · directional · information
simple
Free of complexity
stripped · clean · reductive · geometric · abstract · economy · streamlined · essential · unadorned · bare
humanoid
Being with body like ours
- avatarDigital user representation
- genericNot brand-name
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
placeholder · everyman · anonymous · universal · gender-neutral · featureless · stand-in · proxy · template · default
- doodlessmiley face, happy face, sad face, star, circle
- skinnythin, slim, slender, lean, skinny
- figure artfigures, nude, sculpture, nudes, classical nude
- petroglyphsspiral, bighorn sheep, handprint, sun symbol, hunting scene
- sketchessketch, pencil drawings, charcoal sketches, quick sketch, ink sketches
- Visual Comedyslapstick, pratfall, pratfalls, sight gag, sight gags
stick figuresculpture
Shaped three-dimensional art
statue · wax figure · bronze statue · clay figure · anatomical model
stick, figure, sticky, sticks, sticker, sticking, disfigure, figurative, configure