Pushing Something HeavyPose Reference
Camera angles
A pushing pose reference for heavy loads: the body slants forward about 45 degrees, straight arms press flat palms ahead and the back leg drives hard.
Tags: actionpushingeffortstrengthlean
How to draw the Pushing Something Heavy pose
three-quarter view 
side view 
back view 
high-angle view
Force travels in a straight line here. It starts at the ball of the back foot, runs up the straight back leg, through the hips and the flat back, and out along the locked arms to the palms. The hands sit at shoulder height pressed against a surface that is not shown; you decide whether it is a stalled car, a crate or a stone door. The front knee bends under the hips to stop the figure from falling forward, and the head sinks between the shoulders as the effort builds.
Lay in that heel-to-hand diagonal first and hang the rest of the body from it. The side view, figure facing left, shows the angle and the long line most clearly and is the one to copy for a silhouette. The front view is mostly foreshortened arms and a dropped head, with the shoulders hunched up around the ears, which makes it a good study in overlapping forms. The back view reveals the lifted back heel and the straight drive leg. From the high angle the shoulder blades spread wide; the low angle makes the hands loom.
More on angles and common mistakes
An upright body has no leverage, so the push looks like a polite lean. Bent elbows suggest the object is winning, a valid story but not this one. Another giveaway is a back heel flat on the ground: in a real push it lifts as the calf drives. Keep the hands at shoulder height too, since lower hands turn the action into steering a cart.
Moving furniture, a hero holding a closing door, a stuck vehicle, a struggle against a storm or a block puzzle in a game are all natural homes for it. Add dust kicked up at the back foot to show strain. In the editor, reduce the lean to about 30 degrees and bend the elbows to show a character starting to lose the contest.
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Pushing Something Heavy pose prompt
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General prompt
Full-body side view of a person pushing hard against a heavy flat surface, body leaning forward about 45 degrees, arms straight at shoulder height with palms flat, back leg straight on the ball of the foot, front knee bent, head down between the shoulders, plain background.
Midjourney
full body person pushing something heavy, leaning forward 45 degrees, straight arms, palms flat, back leg straight, heel lifted, front knee bent, head down, straining effort, side view, plain background --ar 3:2 --style raw
Stable Diffusion
1person, full body, pushing, leaning forward, straight arms, outstretched arms, palms forward, hands at shoulder height, bent knee, back leg straight, heel up, head down, effort, straining, side view, simple background
Negative prompt
upright body, bent elbows, flat back heel, hands too low, relaxed expression, leaning backward, standing straight, extra arms, extra fingers, bad anatomy, deformed hands, fused fingers, blurry
OpenPose skeleton for ControlNet
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