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Stick Figure
Definition
In addition to the quoted definition of stick figures it is in fact also possible to represent other living creatures, using the above mentioned method, drawing a circle for the head and straight lines for the rest of the body.
Recognizable representation
Due to the fact, how easy it is to draw and understand stick figures, they are used in various surroundings. Stick figures provide a way to easily represent various situations, forms and proportions of living creatures. They are therefore used in the fields of entertainment, arcitecture and motion analysis.
Human motion patterns
Stick figures can be used for the visual analysis of human movement.
Comics and Entertainment
Stick figures seem to be popular actors in webcomics and animations. One of the most popular web comics starring mostly stick figures is xkcd. When used in animated graphics or short movies the displayed stick figures often wind up dead.
[xkcd]
References / Weblinks
- [Anonymous, 2008] John Doe. Unknown Paper. Wikitionary, http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stick_figure
- [Weblink] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stick_figure
- [Weblink] http://xkcd.com
- [Weblink] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stick_figure
- [Weblink] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stick_figure