How many figures are on each sheet?

Five seated figures for each place, so each sheet holds five poses of the same kind of seat.

What does the chair or floor look like?

The chair is a plain box and the floor and ledge are simple lines, so the body is the focus.

How do the three styles differ?

Mannequin is built from boxes and cylinders in thin lines, clothed adds simple casual clothes with folds at the knees and hips, and anime is crisp lineart with slender figures.

Can I ask for a different seat or pose?

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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Sitting pose references: on a chair, on the floor, on an edge

Sitting pose references — a sheet of five figures seated on a simple chair, legs crossed, leaning forward with elbows on knees, slouched back, the chair drawn as a plain box, a construction mannequin drawing, each body built from boxes, cylinders and joint circles, the hips as a box sitting on the seat, thin even lines

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Reading 3On an edge

Sitting figures are hard to draw because the legs foreshorten and the weight rests on a seat. These sheets show seated people on a chair, on the floor and on a ledge or step, drawn as clean lines on white so you can copy the pose. Each place comes in three styles: a construction mannequin, clothed figures and anime line. Type a different seat or pose and the sheet is drawn to match.

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Frequently asked questions

How many figures are on each sheet?: Five seated figures for each place, so each sheet holds five poses of the same kind of seat.
What does the chair or floor look like?: The chair is a plain box and the floor and ledge are simple lines, so the body is the focus.
How do the three styles differ?: Mannequin is built from boxes and cylinders in thin lines, clothed adds simple casual clothes with folds at the knees and hips, and anime is crisp lineart with slender figures.
Can I ask for a different seat or pose?: 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.