Hands on Hips, Knee InPose Reference
Camera angles
Hands on Hips, Knee In stands on the straight left leg with the bent right knee crossing toward it on raised toes and both hands planted on the hips.
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How to draw the Hands on Hips, Knee In pose
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The left leg is straight and takes the weight. The right knee bends and rotates inward across the front of the standing leg, and the right heel lifts so that foot rests only on its toes. Both hands sit on the hips with the elbows pushed out to the sides, making two triangles of space between arms and waist. The chest lifts with a slight arch and the head tilts a little. Compared with a full contrapposto, the shoulders here stay fairly square; most of the asymmetry lives below the waist.
In the front view the elbows give the widest point of the silhouette, and the crossing right knee sits on or past the centre line, so trace the inner contours of both legs carefully where they overlap. The three-quarter view, from the figure's front-left, puts the standing leg nearest the camera, partly screening the bent knee behind it. The side view from the figure's left shows the lifted chest and the raised heel. From the back, the elbows frame the waist and the lifted right heel is easy to read. A high angle turns the pair of elbows into a strong horizontal bar across the figure.
More on angles and common mistakes
Watch that the knee turns in rather than out; an outward knee makes a casual resting leg instead of this self-conscious cross. Hands drifting up onto the ribs, elbows pulled back until the triangles vanish, and both heels flat on the ground are the other usual slips. The hands on hips knee in pose works for confident yet playful character introductions, sideline spectators, character sheets and studies of how a knee rotation changes the pelvis.
In Edit this pose, turn the head toward the bent knee and tip it down a few degrees. The wide, confident arms then pair with a hesitant glance, giving the same body a more mixed mood.
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Hands on Hips, Knee In pose prompt
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General prompt
A person stands with weight on a straight left leg, right knee bent and turned inward across the standing leg, right heel raised onto the toes. Both hands rest on the hips with elbows out, chest lifted with a slight arch, head tilted a little. Full body, plain background.
Midjourney
full body standing person, weight on straight left leg, right knee bent and turned inward, right heel lifted on toes, both hands on hips, elbows out, chest lifted, slight head tilt, plain background --ar 2:3 --style raw
Stable Diffusion
1person, full body, standing, hands on hips, akimbo, elbows out, weight on one leg, knee in, bent knee, knee turned inward, heel raised, on toes, slight arch, head tilt, front view, plain background, simple background
Negative prompt
knee turned out, both feet flat, legs apart, one hand on hip, hands on ribs, arms crossed, leaning sideways, nsfw, extra arms, extra legs, fused fingers, bad anatomy, cropped feet, deformed hands
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