Stick figure
For the motion picture, see: Stickmen (film)
A stick figure is a very simplistic type of drawing, generally of the human form, although stick figures of other types of animals are possible (for example, a stick figure dog). In a stick figure, the head is represented by a circle, sometimes embellished with details such as eyes or crudely-scratched-out hair. The neck, arms, legs and torso are all represented by single straight lines (thus the name). The neck and torso are different segments of one straight line.
Generally, stick figures are drawn by hand with a pen or pencil and have hard, defined edges. Though not displaying very much detail, what is drawn is generally required. For instance, if one was to draw a person, the person’s eyebrows would generally only be drawn to provide a sort of facial expression, be it of anger or shame.
Stick figures have proven effective as a source of advertising, entertainment and as a form of storyboarding and practice for filmwork. This is especially crucial for creating “animatics”, as a film special effects team is then able to visually display the outcome of a scene by using stick figures, but saving in money, time and effort of providing a completed shot, but only having to have the necessary information provided.
Flash animations
Stick figures are typically a form of vector art, in relevance to ones viewed on the internet, so stick figure movies are often created in Macromedia Flash. Stick figures are somewhat frequently used because they are easy to draw and can depict deep amounts of action. Although they’re often drawn in a 2D environment, 3D is sometimes simulated.
PowerPoint Animation
Microsoft PowerPoint can also be used to make stick figure movies. This works very well if you do not have Flash. By making a slide with a stick man in it, copying and pasting a new slide and changing the new slide you can create a movie, although without key frames and tweening, it is a much more laborious process.
Advanced Stick Figures
Stick figures may also pull in detail to the character while still leaving them easy to draw. The most common forms of this are detailed heads and accessories such as shoulder pads or necklaces. By simply changing the way a stick figure walks or stands, one may also change them from being simple to mildly sophisticated.
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