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How to Draw a Stick figure – Part 1
- Draw a vertical line
- 2/3 of the way down, split the line in two.
- At the end of those two lines make 2 small horizontal lines.
- Go 3/4 of the way back up the first line.
- Draw 2 lines coming off that main line at an angle.
- Draw 3 lines off the ends of those angled lines.
- Draw an oval at the top of the first line.
- Draw in 3 dots in an upside down triangle formation in the top half of the oval.
- Draw a straight horizontal line in the bottom half of the oval.
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Appendix:
- To depict a female:
- Draw 2 circles on either side of the original line, just below the set of lines that are angled out from the center line. Size does not matter. (See illustration above)
- Optional:
- Draw little teeny weenie lines off of those circles.
- Draw a big half circle off the original line. Draw a smaller version of the entire stick figure inside that half circle.
- Extra Credit:
- Draw a 2nd smaller version in the same half circle
- To depict a male:
- Draw a straight vertical line coming down from the point at which the first line splits into two lines at the bottom.
- Size does matter – The vertical line should not be too long. Or too short.
- Optional:
- Draw the same line but at an angle.
- Draw a straight vertical line coming down from the point at which the first line splits into two lines at the bottom.
- To depict a child:
- Repeat part 1 instructions above but make the oval at the top of the original line FREAKING huge.
- To Finish:
- Draw a bunch of other people, animals and things that tell a story that no one can figure out.
The Real Story
Ok, the real story is this. I actually did start a Periscope video broadcast with the title ‘How to Draw a Stick Figure’. But it was hijacked by funny, rude, silly, entertaining NapkinKin who kept asking me to draw things. First, a hat, then a dog, the a cat, then some gnats. and a house and a tree and of course someone wanted me to draw boobs.
It was too funny not to just go with the flow. This drawing was the result.
The End
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