stickfigures
Minimalist human drawings
Stick figures are simple drawings of humans or animals using lines for limbs and torso, with a circle for the head.
The style reduces the body to its most basic elements—no flesh, no detail, just the skeleton of a pose.
Children draw them; so do people sketching quick diagrams or illustrating concepts.
The whiteboard was covered in stick figures demonstrating the evacuation route.
Hasty informal drawing
- doodleMindless rough sketch
- pencilGraphite writing instrument
- outlineSummary of key elements
- illustrationPicture explaining something
cartoon · ink · paper · scribble · charcoal · draft · shading · marker
Mindless rough sketch
- scribbleWrite without care
- crayonColored wax stick
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
- kindergartenEarly schooling for youngsters
preschool · elementary · whimsical · playful · imaginative · youthful · innocent · storybook
Free of complexity
- basicFundamental in nature
- outlineSummary of key elements
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
linear · bare · unadorned · plain · primitive · abstract · essential · reductive
Symbol using visual likeness
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- signagePosted public displays
- hieroglyphicsSymbolic picture-based writing
- infographicsVisual representations of information
semiotics · iconography · emblems · glyphs · representation · abstraction · universal · wayfinding
sketch
Hasty informal drawing
illustration · cartoon · ink · paper · scribble · charcoal · draft · shading · marker · pen
doodle
Mindless rough sketch
- scribbleWrite without care
- crayonColored wax stick
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
kindergarten · preschool · elementary · whimsical · playful · imaginative · youthful · innocent · storybook · cartoonish
simple
Free of complexity
- basicFundamental in nature
- outlineSummary of key elements
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
schematic · linear · bare · unadorned · plain · primitive · abstract · essential · reductive · geometric
pictogram
Symbol using visual likeness
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- signagePosted public displays
- hieroglyphicsSymbolic picture-based writing
infographics · semiotics · iconography · emblems · glyphs · representation · abstraction · universal · wayfinding · instructions
flipbook
Sequential-image animation booklet
running · walking · jumping · dancing · fighting · action · pose · movement · pivot · gesture
stickfigureslife drawings
Art from live models
oil portraits · Renaissance paintings · figure studies · classical sculpture
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