First set of poses

I have drawn my two characters into the first set of poses.

From this, I can get started with asking different people what sort of relationship they have and why.

Back-to-back                                       Middle pose                                     Piggy-back

Others' thoughts when asked "Do you think these two are friends?"

• Yeah, they would be best mates. You should try drawing them sharing a bed together, friends have sleep-overs and share beds so you should try that to see what others think. You should also draw them wrestling and stuff. It'll be funny. - Age 20
• They're friends. When one person gives a piggy-back ride, they are two friends fooling around. The pose when they are back-to-back shows that they're two friends that have each other's back. The middle pose, is more so a funny joke or something but still friends. - Age 44
• It went from friendship, to bromance, to relationship. Back-to-back is more a friendship. The middle is kind of like an awkward friendship or bromance, more like a joke. The piggy-back one is more like a relationship to me with how close they are. - Age 18