I teach drawing in Japan, and I kept running into the same thing with
beginners: they draw what they think a body looks like — head here, arms
roughly there — instead of the shape that is actually in front of them.
So I made a small browser tool to make that gap visible.
A human pose appears as a solid black silhouette. You trace its outline.
The app compares your line to the real shape and gives you a match rate
and a rank. About a minute per attempt.
- 20 poses, in two seasons of ten
- Match rate and a rank from D up to S
- One-stroke challenge: trace the whole outline without lifting your pen
- 60s / 120s / no limit, with an optional grid overlay
- Your first attempt is kept, so you can see the difference on the fifth try
- Pen tablets, Apple Pencil and mouse all work
- English and Japanese
- Free, no account, nothing to install. Scores stay in your browser, no tracking.
https://pirka-art.itch.io/silhouette-drawing-challenge
This is my first project on itch.io. What I would really like to know:
which subjects should come next? Cylinders, hands, drapery, animals?
And if the scoring feels wrong on any pose, please tell me — I can tune it.