Why is there no face or clothing?

A base is meant to be drawn over, so the outline is kept plain and the details are left to you.

How are the three styles different?

Realistic has natural eight-head proportions, anime has long slender limbs and a small head, and cartoon has a large head with short rounded limbs and mitten hands.

Yes. Each is one figure on a plain white page with black lines and no text, so it prints and traces cleanly.

Can I ask for a different pose?

Yes. Type it in the direction field and the base is drawn to match, though a request is not a promised result.

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Drawing bases: standing, posed and sitting figures

Drawing bases — one standing full-body base figure facing front, arms slightly away from the body, featureless face, smooth plain body outline with no clothing details, a realistic body base, natural eight-head proportions, one clean closed outline of even weight

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A drawing base is a plain body outline that an artist traces or draws over to dress their own character. These are single bare figures, standing, in a relaxed pose and sitting, with no clothes detail and no face, drawn in even clean lines on white so they print and trace well. Each pose comes in realistic, anime and cartoon proportions. Type a different pose or build and the base is drawn to match.

a base to trace for your own character
a printable page for a drawing class
a body template for a fashion sketch
a starting outline for an original character

Frequently asked questions

Why is there no face or clothing?: A base is meant to be drawn over, so the outline is kept plain and the details are left to you.
How are the three styles different?: Realistic has natural eight-head proportions, anime has long slender limbs and a small head, and cartoon has a large head with short rounded limbs and mitten hands.
Can I print them?: Yes. Each is one figure on a plain white page with black lines and no text, so it prints and traces cleanly.
Can I ask for a different pose?: Yes. Type it in the direction field and the base is drawn to match, though a request is 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.