stick man

Simplest human drawing

A stick man is a simple drawing of a human figure using straight lines for the limbs and torso, with a circle for the head.

Such figures require no artistic skill and appear in children's drawings, quick diagrams, and pictographic signs.

Stick men convey basic human actions—walking, running, standing—with minimal visual information.

The term also refers to a casino employee who handles dice and chips at a craps table.

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sketch · pictogram · caricature · animation · signage · stickman · outline · minimalist art · hieroglyph · hangman · character design · silhouette · webcomic · strawman · iconography · diagram · storyboard · emoji

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Opposites
visual detail and complexity

stick mananatomical drawing

Diagram of body structures

life drawing · Renaissance figure · medical illustration · Vitruvian Man · portrait

dimensionality

stick mansculpture

Shaped three-dimensional art

statue · mannequin · anatomical model · wax figure · bronze statue

artistic effort/skill

stick manmasterpiece

Supreme artistic achievement

fine art · commissioned portrait

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G