What views are shown?

Figures seen from below, figures seen from above, and figures punching or reaching toward the viewer.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Gesture is a loose sketch that keeps the movement, graphite has soft shading in the hollows, and clean contour is outlines only with no shading.

Are these photographs?

No. Each row is a flat drawing on a plain ground with no background scenery.

Can I ask for a different angle?

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

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Foreshortening pose reference: from below, from above, reaching out

Foreshortening pose references — a row of figures seen from a worm's-eye view, legs huge in front, head small, towering over the viewer, a loose gesture sketch, quick flowing lines that carry the movement, a few construction lines left visible

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A figure seen from below or above, or reaching toward the viewer, looks flat when drawn from memory. These sheets show figures from a worm's-eye view with the legs large in front, from a bird's-eye view with the head large, and a hand and arm reaching out of the page. Each row comes in gesture, graphite, and clean contour. Type a different angle, such as falling, and the same rows carry it.

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Frequently asked questions

What views are shown?: Figures seen from below, figures seen from above, and figures punching or reaching toward the viewer.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Gesture is a loose sketch that keeps the movement, graphite has soft shading in the hollows, and clean contour is outlines only with no shading.
Are these photographs?: No. Each row is a flat drawing on a plain ground with no background scenery.
Can I ask for a different angle?: Yes. Type a direction such as flying or falling, and it is a request for that, not a promised result.

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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.