appeal
It means anything that a person likes to see: a quality of charm, pleasing design, simplicity, communication, or magnetism. Your eye is drawn to the figure or object that has appeal, and, once there, it is held while you appreciate the object. A weak drawing or design lacks appeal. A design that is complicated or hard to read lacks appeal. Clumsy shapes and awkward moves all have low appeal.
Appeal means something that the audience will want to see. This is equivalent to charisma in a live actor. It does not mean cute or cuddley (although an appealing character may be both).
A scene or character should not be too simple (boring!) or too complex (can't understand it). One principle to achieve this is to avoid mirror symmetry. Asymmetry tends to be more interesting and appealing.
In creating an appealing pose for a character, one thing to avoid is called "twins", where both arms and both legs are in the same position, doing the same thing. This gives the pose a stiff, wooden, unappealing quality. If each part of the body varies in some way from its corresponding part, the character will look more natural and more appealing.
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