Does this work?

I've been working on my stick-man. There are a few reasons for working with stick-men. It's not just because I can't draw, although that is one big reason. There are a few things I like to do with stick-men:

1. I cannot draw

2. I really like to explore stick people. I like to explore the bare minimum needed to narrate effectively a story. This also allows me to find out which details transmit which expression.



On this stick-man, I tried 3 things to get that thinking effect: I angled the eyes, but that was not enough, so I added the smile, but that still didn't work so just needed to add the hand to get the full thinking look. Details are what make a story true. Frank Miller's Robocop is great not because of the Murphy, the robot cop, but because of all the cyber-punk details in the background of the comic (and movies) are what make the whole world of Robocop complete.

3. To have fun and see what works and doesn't work in stick-man form. It's great to explore it because stick people are the more basic characters for comic books.

In this stick-man version of Fantastic 4 one can really see that The Thing doesn't really work, but it's really funny.