“Do you have a book on how to draw stick figures?”
Jul 12, 2018 D.B. Dowd is a professor of art and American culture studies at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Art at Washington University in St. He serves as faculty director of the D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library at the university, renamed in his honor in 2016. A graduate of Kenyon College (BA in history) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (MFA in printmaking) he is active as a.
'From an accomplished practitioner, curator and theorist comes Stick Figures: Drawing as a Human Practice to reset the terms for an ancient activity. Dowd embraces drawing as a process for everyone, not just artists. This beautifully designed book uses a wonderful range of visual samples to explore an elemental human capacity.
You could have knocked me down with a feather when someone asked me that question the other day. I’d never even considered it, because
it seemed too simple.
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Any-hoo, because the biggest room in the world is the room for improvement, I have put together this tiny book. Follow the lesson here on the blog, and/or download the ebook as a PDF.
Follow the lesson here on the blog, and/or download the ebook as a PDF. Ali’s Stickman Recipe – How To Draw Stick Figures (Step by Step) Or rather, Stick-by-Stick ? It sounds so simple because it is! A stick figure is made up of a few simple marks on paper or screen. First we tackle the ‘head and upper body’ section.
Or both!
Ali’s Stickman Recipe – How To Draw Stick Figures (Step by Step)
Or rather, Stick-by-Stick ?
It sounds so simple because it is! A stick figure is made up of a few simple marks on paper or screen.
First we tackle the ‘head and upper body’ section
You will need:
a circle for the head
a long, vertical line for the neck and spine
2 shorter, horizontal lines for the shoulder girdle and hip girdle respectively
Now for the legs
You will need:
2 x 2 short, equal vertical lines (one for the thigh, one for the shin)
2 ovals for the feet
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And finally the arms
You will need:
2 x 2 short, equal (almost) vertical lines (one for the upper arm, one for the forearm)
2 ovals for the hands.
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What about joining them all together?
Putting it all together is what counts, because you need to make use of some strategic joints in the body. Certain joints are the difference between a Stickman who tumbles and leaps, and one who remains rooted in one spot.
You will need:
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12 tiny circles (to represent the shoulder, elbow and wrist; hip, knee and ankle joints)
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Now it’s time to draw your own stick figures
This is what a ‘standard’ height stickman will look like once you’ve put all the body parts together and used the 12 tiny circles to indicate the strategic joints:
There’s so much MORE you can do with a Stickman
You can:
change its age by varying its leg and head sizes
make it dance and leap by changing poses
add clothes and turn it into a cartoon character.
Here are two things you can do IMMEDIATELY
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