straight lines… one straight line and a curvy one?

The point is, there's no right or wrong way to draw a stick figure.

So here's how you do it.

Maybe.

Step one - the head.

Draw a circle - well, or an oval, but it looks better if it's a vertical oval because people's

heads tend to be that way.

Unless you're drawing a dog.

Or a sideways person.

Or Dolores Umbridge.

Step two - the body.

Connect it to the head.

Or close enough.

Don't make it too long.

If it curves, the person might be sad.

Or doing yoga.

Or a snake.

Step three - the legs.

This is the most important part.

Make them longer than the body.

That's how most people look in real life.

You can make them running, or walking, or doing the splits, or squatting, or punting

Baxter - anything's fine, as long as they're long.

But not too long, otherwise you get alien weirdness.

Also no extra joints - unless you're a two-tailed snake.

Step four - the arms.

The quick and dirty method is a single line, but it doesn't really look like a real person.

People have arms that can point independently of one another!

And necks that aren't half the length of their torsos.

Arms can do lots of things - yay! scribble scribble scribble telescope point hammer!

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And finally - step five.

The great enigma of the face: do you draw it?

I don't because I like to let people project their own emotions onto my stick figures…

also because I can't draw faces that express any emotion other than cheesy smile!

And that's how you draw a stick figure!

Add ears for extra cuteness.

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