HUM A N F IG U R E

D R A W I NG
 1. POOR INTEGRATION OF PARTS OF FIGURE

• POOR CORDINATION
• IMPULSIVITY
2. SHADING OF FACE

• REFLECTS ANXIETY SPECIALLY TO THAT PARTICULAR PART

• PROBLEMS IN COMMUNICATION
• MAY ALSO RELATED TO GUILT
3. SHADING OF BODY AND/OR LIMBS

• BODY ANXIETY
• SHADING OF ARMS REFLECT GUILT FEELINGS FOR AGGRESSIVE IMPULSES OR MASTURBATORY
ACTIVITIES
4. SHADING OF HANDS AND/OR NECK

• STEALING BEHAVIOR
• ANXIETY
• PHYSICAL AGGRESSION
5. GROSS ASYMMETRY OF LIMBS

• IMBALANCE IN LIFE
• NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT
If both part of the
figure is not
measured equal
 6. FIGURE SLANTING BY 15 DEGREES OR
MORE
BRAIN INJURED
AGGRESSIVE
SHY
PSYCHOSOMATIC COMPLAINTS
STEALING BEHAVIOR
GENERAL INABILITY AND A SENSE OF LACK OF BALANCE
FEELINGS OF MENTAL IMBALANCE
LACK OF SENSE OF SECURE FOOTING
YOU ARE GOING TO FALL DOWN
7. TINY FIGURE
• Shy
• Not overtly aggressive
• Extreme withdrawal 2 inches or less than 2
• Insecurity
• Depression
• Low self esteem
8. BIG FIGURE 9” OR MORE IN HEIGHT
• AGGRESSIVE
• STEALING TENDENCY
• EXPANSIVENESS
• IMMATURITY
• POOR INNER CONTROLS
• FEELINGS OF NARCISSISM
• PARANOID DELUSIONS OF GRANDIOSITY
• PSYCHOPATHIC TENDENCIES
 9. TRANSPARENCIES
• STEALING BEHAVIOR (RELATING WITH IMPULSE CONTROL)
• Presence of belly button
• OVERTLY AGGRESSIVE • Presence of nipples
• IMMATURITY • Making internal organs
• IMPULSIVITY
• ACTING OUT BEHAVIOR
• AREA PARTICULAR TRANSPARENCY
• ANXIETY AND CONCERN RELATING TO THAT AREA
• POOR JUDGMENT
• TRANSPARENCY OF TOES FROM WITHIN THE SHOW
• PATHOLOGICAL AGGRESSIVENESS
10. TINY HEAD
Total height x 1/10

• INTENSE FEELINGS OF INTELLECTUAL INADEQUACY

• OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE INDIVIDUALS’ WISH TO CONTROL THEIR THOUGHTS AND DESIRE TO INDULGE IN
THE COMPULSIONS/IMPULSES
11. CROSSED EYES

• HOSTILE TOWARDS OTHERS

• REBELLIOUS AND ANGRY
• NOT WILLING TO LOOK AT WORLD
12. TEETH

• OVERTLY AGGRESSIVE
13. SHORT ARMS
If on arm is long and other is short
it’s the indicator
• PSYCHOSOMATIC COMPLAINTS
• SHY
• DIFFICULTY REACHING TOWARD OTHERS
• WITHDRAWN
• INHIBITIONS OF IMPULSES
• TIMID
• LACK OF AGGRESSION
14. LONG ARMS

• OVERTLY AGGRESSIVE
• AGGRESSIVE REACHING OUT
• NEED FOR ACQUISITION, STRIVING FOR LOVE AND AFFECTION
 15. ARMS CLINGING TO THE SIDE OF THE BODY

• RIGID INNER CONTROL

• DIFFICULTY REACHING OUT TOWARD OTHERS
• POOR INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; WITHDRAWAL TENDENCIES
• LACK OF FLEXIBILITY
• PARANOID AND SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS
•
16. BIG HANDS
• OVERLY AGGRESSIVE
• ACTING-OUT BEHAVIORS INVOLVING HANDS
• FEELINGS OF PHYSICAL AND/OR EMOTIONAL INADEQUACY
• DIFFICULTY MAKING CONTACT WITH OTHERS
• GUILT OVER THE USE OF HANDS
17.HANDS CUT OFF (ARMS WITHOUT HANDS OR FINGERS)

• FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY
• GUILT OVER FAILURE TO ACT CORRECTLY
• INABILITY TO ACT AT ALL OR PERFORM
• FEELING OF GUILT OVER STEALING OR LACK OF ACHIEVEMENT
• CASTRATION ANXIETY
 18. LEGS PRESSED TOGETHER
• PSYCHOSOMATIC COMPLAINTS
• TENSENESS
• RIGID ATTEMPT TO CONTROL SEXUAL IMPULSES
• CONCERN OVER SEXUAL ATTACK BY OTHERS
• REJECTION OF SEXUAL APPROACH BY OTHERS
19. GENITALS

• POOR IMPULSE CONTROL

• ACUTE BODY ANXIETY
• SERIOUS INDICATOR OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
20. MONSTERS OR GROTESQUE FIGURES

• INTENSE FEELINGS OF FAILURE

• VERY POOR SELF-CONCEPT
• PERCEPTION OF BEING DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS
• FEELINGS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO FIT IN
• SELF DIRECTED CONTEMPT AND HOSTILITY
21. THREE OR MORE FIGURES SPONTANEOUSLY DRAWN

• LACKING IN FEELINGS OF IDENTITY

• BEING COMPLETE OR WHOLE PERSON IN THEIR OWN RIGHT
• FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY
22. CLOUDS, RAIN, SNOW

• VERY ANXIOUS INDIVIDUALS

• PSYCHOSOMATIC COMPLAINTS
• SELF-DIRECTED ANGER
• INWARD AGGRESSION (CAN’T STRIKE OUT AT OTHERS)
• UNDER PRESSURE FROM ABOVE
23.OMISSION OF EYES

• CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT INDICATOR

• SOCIALLY ISOLATED
• DENIAL OF PROBLEMS
• REFUSAL TO FACE THE WORLD, ESCAPE INTO FANTASY
• POOR SOCIAL INTEREST
 24. OMISSION OF NOSE
• PSYCHOSOMATIC COMPLAINTS
• SHY
• WITHDRAWN BEHAVIOR
• LACK OF OVERT AGGRESSION
• MASTURBATION GUILT
• CASTRATION ANXIETY
• SYMBOL OF FORWARD STRIVING AND INDEPENDENCE
• FEELING OF IMMOBILITY AND HELPLESSNESS
• LACK OF SELF-ASSURANCE
 25. OMISSION OF MOUTH
• PSYCHOSOMATIC COMPLAINTS
• ANXIETY
• INSECURITY
• WITHDRAWAL
• PASSIVE RESISTANCE
• INABILITY OR REFUSAL TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS
• FEAR, PERFECTIONISM AND DEPRESSION
26. OMISSION OF BODY
• MENTAL RETARDATION
• IMMATURITY DUE TO DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY
• EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE
• BODY ANXIETY
• CASTRATION FEAR
27. OMISSION OF ARMS

• ANXIETY
• GUILT OVER USAGE OF ARMS IN SOCIALLY UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITIES
• GUILT OVER HOSTILITY OR SEXUALITY
• DEPRESSION/WITHDRAWN
28. OMISSION OF LEGS

• INTENSE ANXIETY AND INSECURITY

29. OMISSION OF FEET

• INSECURITY
• HELPLESSNESS
30. OMISSION OF NECK

• POOR IMPULSE CONTROL

• ILLOGICAL
• POOR COORDINATION SKILLS
NON VALID EMOTIONAL INDICATORS
• 31. BIG HEAD
• 32. VACANT EYE OR NONSEEING EYES
• 33. SIDEWAY GLANCE OF BOTH EYES
• 34. HIDDEN HANDS
• 35. FIGURE CUT OFF BY THE EDGE OF THE PAPER
• 36. BASELINE OR GRASS
• 37. THE SUN OR MOON
• 38. BROKEN OR SKETCHY LINES