What is on each sheet?

Several full-body figures in one pose set: standing poses, walking poses or gesture poses, nine pictures in all.

Can I trace the figures?

Yes. The lines are clean and even on a plain white page, so the figures can be traced or used as a base.

How do the three styles differ?

Mannequin is built from ovals and cylinders with center lines, smooth base is a plain silhouette with no detail, and clothed adds simple casual clothes with the faces left as blank ovals.

Can I ask for a different pose or body?

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

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Pose reference sheets: standing, walking, gesture

Pose reference sheets — a sheet of six standing full-body figures in a row, weight shifted onto one leg, arms crossed, hands on hips or in pockets, simple eight-head proportions, a construction mannequin drawing, each body built from ovals, cylinders and joint circles with a center line down the torso, thin even lines

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Pose reference sheets are full-body figures in a row, several poses to a sheet, drawn as clean lines on white. Artists copy a pose from them or trace a base under their own drawing. The nine here cover standing poses, walking poses and quick gesture poses, each as a mannequin, a smooth base or a clothed figure. To ask for a different body or setting, type it in the direction field and the sheet is drawn to match.

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Frequently asked questions

What is on each sheet?: Several full-body figures in one pose set: standing poses, walking poses or gesture poses, nine pictures in all.
Can I trace the figures?: Yes. The lines are clean and even on a plain white page, so the figures can be traced or used as a base.
How do the three styles differ?: Mannequin is built from ovals and cylinders with center lines, smooth base is a plain silhouette with no detail, and clothed adds simple casual clothes with the faces left as blank ovals.
Can I ask for a different pose or body?: Yes. Type it in the direction field and the sheet is drawn to match, though the result is a request, not a promised match.

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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.