Battle Cry Pose Reference
Battle Cry: a battle pose reference of a warrior roaring before the charge, feet planted wide, chest arched out, both fists raised and head thrown back.
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How to draw the Battle Cry pose
Read the silhouette before any detail. Almost every shape pushes upward and outward: the wide legs spread toward the ground, the bent arms flare up from the shoulders, the chest swells forward and the head tips back. That expanding star is what the eye reads as power and fury, and it works even as a tiny figure at the back of a crowd.
Start at the floor. The feet are planted well apart with both knees bent, lowering the hips and giving the figure a solid triangular base. From there the back arches, pushing the chest out and pulling the shoulders back, so the ribcage tilts up toward the sky. Both arms are raised and bent, elbows out, fists clenched and held above shoulder height. The head is thrown back with the mouth wide open in a roar; the wooden mannequin has a blank head, so the snarl, the teeth and the strained neck are yours to draw.
Narrow the stance and the power drains away, because the figure loses its grounded base. Fists sagging below the shoulders read as a shrug or defeat instead of a cry. A rounded, closed chest turns the roar into a cough. The front view gives you the full spread of the raised arms and the wide stance; the low angle makes the warrior tower over the viewer and is the strongest choice for posters; the side view shows how far the back arches and how the head drops behind the line of the spine.
Fantasy armies, barbarian heroes, orc warlords, rallying generals and athletes celebrating a goal all share this shape. In Edit this pose, lift one fist higher than the other for a less symmetrical, more spontaneous moment, or widen the stance and drop the hips to make the figure heavier. No weapon is modelled, so add the imagined axe or banner yourself.
Battle Cry pose prompt
Copy a prompt for your AI image generator. Pair it with the OpenPose skeleton in ControlNet so the generated character matches this exact pose.
General prompt
A warrior roaring a battle cry, feet planted wide with knees bent, chest thrust out and back arched, both arms raised and bent with clenched fists above the shoulders, head thrown back with the mouth wide open, furious powerful stance, full body, plain background.
Midjourney
full body warrior roaring battle cry, wide planted stance with bent knees, arched back and thrust out chest, both bent arms raised with clenched fists, head thrown back, mouth wide open screaming, raw fury, plain background --ar 2:3 --style raw
Stable Diffusion
1person, full body, warrior, battle cry, screaming, open mouth, head back, arms up, clenched fists, bent arms, arched back, chest out, wide stance, bent knees, spread legs, angry, power pose, from below, plain background, simple background
Negative prompt
narrow stance, fists below shoulders, closed chest, hunched back, mouth closed, looking down, straight arms, legs together, extra arms, deformed hands, extra fingers, bad anatomy, blurry
OpenPose skeleton for ControlNet
Load the PNG into a ControlNet OpenPose unit (preprocessor: none), or import the JSON into an OpenPose editor.
Free to use (CC0)
The pose images on this page are released under CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication). Use them for drawing practice, commercial illustration, reference sheets or AI image generation; no attribution is required. A credit to PoseMaker is appreciated but optional.
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