What poses are shown?

Dogs sitting and lying, dogs running and leaping, and dogs playing, with the whole body in view.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Clean contour is thin closed lines with the ears, paws and tail drawn, structure builds the body from simple shapes with the construction lines visible, and inked coat uses fur strokes and hatching.

Are these photographs?

No. Each row is a flat line drawing on a plain white sheet, with no text and no labels.

Can I ask for a different dog?

Yes. Type a direction such as puppies or corgi, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

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Dog pose reference: sitting and lying, running, playing

Dog pose references — a row of dogs sitting, lying flat and resting the head on the paws, a shepherd, a retriever and a terrier, clean contour line art, thin closed lines, the ears, paws and tail clearly drawn, the full body in view

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A dog drawn only from the face looks wrong from the neck down. These sheets show dogs sitting and lying with the head on the paws, dogs running at full stretch, and dogs in a play bow and jumping for a ball. Each row comes in clean contour, structure, and inked coat, so the whole body carries. Type a different dog, such as puppies, and the same rows carry it.

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Frequently asked questions

What poses are shown?: Dogs sitting and lying, dogs running and leaping, and dogs playing, with the whole body in view.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Clean contour is thin closed lines with the ears, paws and tail drawn, structure builds the body from simple shapes with the construction lines visible, and inked coat uses fur strokes and hatching.
Are these photographs?: No. Each row is a flat line drawing on a plain white sheet, with no text and no labels.
Can I ask for a different dog?: Yes. Type a direction such as puppies or corgi, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.