Stick figure

Stick figures are often drawn by children, and their simplicity and versatility have led to their use in infographics, signage, animations, storyboards, and many other kinds of visual media.

As language began to develop, logographies (writing systems that use images to represent words or morphemes) came to use stick figures as glyphs.

[vague][3][4] In 1972, Otto "Otl" Aicher designed round-ended, geometric, grid-based stick figures to be used in the signage, printed materials, and television broadcasts for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

These pictograms featured stick figures heavily, drawing on previous designs, such as those made for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Tom Fulp began to produce 2D stick figure animations on his Amiga computer for entertainment purposes in the early 1990s.

[citation needed] Fulp began to work with Flash, a piece of software used to produce interactive games and animations, soon after its acquisition by Macromedia.

[9] Accompanied by bit-crushed audio samples, it shows two simple stick figures fighting with their fists and various weapons over a white background.

As the fight gets increasingly intense, more tools including a bow and arrow, rocket launchers, and duplication abilities are introduced before the battle comes to a violent conclusion.

As of December 2024, the series contains eleven main episodes and a number of spin-offs, among them include the video "Animation vs. Minecraft", which has gained over 305 million views as of March 2022.

[citation needed] At some point between June 2008 and April 2009, an Internet copypasta began to appear featuring a Unicode stick figure named Bob.