I remember it well.
I shared a video about ‘graphic facilitation’ in the app group with my Analytic Storytelling colleagues. This one.
My colleague Stijn replied: ‘The star man is going to change my life!’
The star man is useful if you want to quickly draw a person on a flipchart. He looks like this:
![](https://analytic-storytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Star-man.png)
(The star man might as well be a woman, but ‘star person’ isn’t that catchy.)
You can draw the star man in all kinds of poses. And you can make a group of them:
![](https://analytic-storytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Stermannetjes-1-1024x251.png)
Later, in a workshop, I learned three other ways to quickly draw people:
![](https://analytic-storytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Other-man-1024x415.png)
With the U-man, you can also quickly draw a group:
![](https://analytic-storytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/U-men-1024x407.png)
Of course you can also opt for a classic stick figure:
![](https://analytic-storytelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Stick-fig-1.png)
If you can draw people quickly, it’s easier to bring your flipchart to life, and to make it more than just a large sheet of paper full of text.
Which one is your favorite?
Regards,
Arnaud