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Hello.
I'm asking for help becouse i do not know how to draw (i'm owfoul in drawing) a xiao xiao style character.
Someone can help me? Here is example


Thank you

Please help me.

You need help... drawing a stick figure? It's... just... connected lines...

I always assumed that the xiao xiao "style" was created to avoid the complex art of drawing.



-vern

I guess the main issue here would be nice round joints.

There are several possibilities I can think of immediately:

1. Use a round brush for drawing the lines.
2. Use round-ended rectangle shapes for limb parts.
3. Use thick lines for limbs with circles at the joints - possible with a "net" of "joints only bones".
4. Use rectangles for limbs with circles at the joints.

Regards, Myles.

heyvern wrote:You need help... drawing a stick figure? It's... just... connected lines...

I always assumed that the xiao xiao "style" was created to avoid the complex art of drawing.



-vern

i know but i'm 0 at designing...
help me please i've tryed but nothing!!

Peppino wrote:help me please i've tryed but nothing!!

Can we see any of your efforts?

Unless I'm missing something, this is pretty simple to create... Altho this is by no means as smooth as clean as the original, with some tweaking of points, it could be...

http://www.wizaerd.com/hold/StickGuy.moho

Now I too have reached a certain level of frustration... Creating the overall "stickguy" shape was easy, but trying to rig it for smooth animation is a bit daunting... Either way, I get pinched joints... I hope somebody else responds to this request, perhaps with a rigged version for smooth animations?

I've gave up.
I do not know how to draw and i've so problems also with bones.
thank you to all!

Well, sadly...

I must agree. If you can't draw stick people... and you've tried and tried... well... maybe accounting would be a good field to get into. You can buy paper with the lines already drawn on them.

By the way, does anyone else think this is some kind of joke?

Stick people... stick people. He has struggled in vain to draw stick people... without success...

I very much would like to see... a stick figure drawing failure.

I think stick figures were the first things I animated on the margins of paper back books when I was a child.

Here's this program:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/stickfigure.html

-vern

He has struggled in vain to draw stick people... without success...

It is funny -- I'd still like to see his efforts though -- assuming he made any...

Guess...
I never made one, what shame...
I promise i'll try at home.
Will you help me if i need? Thank you

Hello
I'm working on a xiao xiao and now i'm here

As you can see i've done a circle and a rectangle for the main part of the body. Now i've dove with addpoint tool the leg. Now it's a complete shape but when i click on a color to fill it it does not works and if i do file->render the leg is invisible!
I've tryied also to create a new shape but nothing.
Any idea?

I've tryied also to create a new shape but nothing.
Any idea?

Jeez. Make a rectangle and adapt it.

Peppino,

check that all your points are actually welded to make a complete outline of the leg - when you move all the points (hit Ctrl-Z to put them back again) you shouldn't see any breaks revealed. Unlike paint programs, you can't just draw a long U shape overlapping the torso.

Then select all the points of the leg outline with the Create Shape tool (if all points are selected and welded the leg should turn into a red checkerboard), then hit Space to confirm the fill - don't just rely on the paint bucket tool or clicking on the edge.

Make sure you've done all the basic tutorials that come with Moho to get a good grasp on this.

Regards, Myles.