Disco Point Pose Reference
Disco Point is a 1970s dance pose reference: the right finger aimed high on a diagonal, left arm pointing low across, hips cocked and head back.
- Dance Poses
- dance
- disco
- pointing
- seventies
- party
Free for personal and commercial use (CC0). License details
How to draw the Disco Point pose
One straight line holds this pose together. The right arm points up and out, the left arm points down and across the body, and the two arms line up as a single diagonal running through both shoulders. Lay that line down first as one ruler-straight stroke, then hang the figure from it. If the arms drift onto two different diagonals, the move loses its snap at once.
Under the arms, the hips cock out to the left, the right knee bends inward and the right heel lifts so only the ball of the foot touches. The left leg ends up carrying the weight, which sets the pelvis at odds with the line of the arms, which is where the swagger comes from. The head tips back and the eyes follow the raised finger, stretching the front of the neck. Fingers matter here: a clean, straight index finger with the others curled reads instantly.
The front view is the classic dance-floor silhouette and shows the diagonal at its clearest. In profile the arms overlap and the diagonal collapses, so skip that view unless you want a quirky angle. Three-quarter keeps the line while giving it depth, the low angle sends the raised hand toward the ceiling lights for a poster-style shot, and from behind the cocked hip and bent knee are unmistakable.
Square hips, a stiff neck and mismatched arm diagonals are what turn a dancer into a traffic warden. Push the hip and let the head roll back. Retro party flyers, seventies-themed illustration, dance-floor crowds, karaoke gags and music posters are natural homes for it. In the editor, mirror the figure to point with the left hand, or swing both arms to a steeper diagonal for a more extreme, comic version.
Disco Point 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 dancer striking a 1970s disco pose, right arm pointing straight up on a diagonal, left arm pointing down and across the body on the same line, hips cocked to the left, right knee bent inward with the heel lifted, head tipped back looking at the raised finger, plain background.
Midjourney
full body dancer disco pose, right index finger pointing up diagonally, left arm pointing down across body, one diagonal line through shoulders, hips cocked, right knee bent in, heel raised, head tilted back, retro seventies, plain background --ar 2:3 --style raw
Stable Diffusion
1person, full body, dancing, disco, pointing up, index finger raised, arm up, arm down, diagonal arms, hip cocked, bent knee, heel raised, head back, looking up, retro, 1970s, dynamic pose, front view, simple background
Negative prompt
arms on different diagonals, square hips, stiff neck, both arms up, straight legs, both feet flat, looking at viewer, bent pointing arm, extra fingers, extra arms, malformed hands, distorted anatomy, cropped
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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