Lying, One Leg UpPose Reference
Camera angles
Lying, One Leg Up: a lying on back one leg up pose with the hips lifted into a low bridge, one foot planted and the other leg raised straight.
Tags: lyingon backleg raisedarms overheadfull body
How to draw the Lying, One Leg Up pose
three-quarter view 
side view 
back view 
high-angle view
Contact with the floor is limited to three zones: the shoulders and back of the head, the planted foot, and the arms stretched overhead along the ground. The pelvis lifts into a shallow bridge, putting the centre of mass about 29 cm up while the head stays at 5 cm, so the bent leg works as a post and the raised leg as a lever. That raised leg leaves the hip at a steep diagonal with the knee locked and the foot pointed, angled a little away from the head rather than straight at the ceiling. The arms overhead lengthen the torso, so the body reads as one long ramp from fingertips to hip.
The side view from the figure's left lays out the whole construction: flat arms, the ramp of the torso, the triangle of the bent leg and the lifted leg climbing toward the top of the frame. Looking from the feet, the front view collapses the raised leg into a tall single column standing over the hips, a good foreshortening exercise. The low angle makes that leg tower, while the high angle shows the overhead arms opening slightly apart.
More on angles and common mistakes
Common slips include resting the pelvis flat on the floor, which turns the shape into a plain leg raise, bending the raised knee, and planting the support foot so far from the hip that the shin slants forward. Keep the head down; lifting it breaks the long line. The wooden ankle is stiff, so carry the point through the instep and toes. Use the reference for Pilates and floor-workout illustrations, dance stretching studies and dynamic floor compositions in comic panels.
To bring the support closer to a typical workout, open Edit this pose and swing both arms down beside the hips with the palms pressing the floor. Mirroring the figure swaps which leg is raised. Draw your own ground plane, since the render shows none.
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.
Lying, One Leg Up 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 person lying on their back with shoulders and head on the floor and hips lifted into a low bridge. One knee is bent with the foot flat on the floor, the other leg extends straight up at a steep diagonal with the foot pointed, and both arms stretch overhead along the floor.
Midjourney
full body person lying on back, single-leg bridge, hips lifted, one foot planted, other leg raised straight with pointed toes, arms stretched overhead on the floor, floor exercise, side view, plain background --ar 3:2 --style raw
Stable Diffusion
1person, full body, lying on back, single leg bridge, hips raised, one knee bent, foot flat on floor, leg raised, straight leg, pointed toes, arms overhead, arms on floor, floor exercise, pilates, side view, plain background
Negative prompt
hips on floor, bent raised leg, flexed foot, head lifted, both legs raised, arms at sides, sitting, extra legs, extra arms, fused fingers, twisted knee, distorted spine, cropped foot, blurry, nsfw
OpenPose skeleton for ControlNet
Load the PNG into a ControlNet OpenPose unit (preprocessor: none), or import the JSON into an OpenPose editor.
Have a photo of the pose you want?
Upload it to Photo to Pose. We detect the pose in your browser and put it on the mannequin, ready to adjust.