Teaching:TUW - UE InfoVis WS 2008/09 - Gruppe 07 - Aufgabe 1 - Stick Figure

Stick Figure

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Definition

A simple drawing, typically of a human body with a circle representing the head and straight lines representing the torso and limbs.

[Cynewulf, 2007]

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.

xkcd.

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.

stick figure sample.

Human motion patterns

visual analysis of human movement

Comics - Animation - Entertainment

xkcd, 2d-->3d, death theatre

[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