Prone, Looking BackPose Reference
Camera angles
Prone, Looking Back rests on both forearms with the chest lifted, one leg straight, the other knee drawn out to the side and the head turned back.
Tags: lyingon stomachproneon forearmsfull body
How to draw the Prone, Looking Back pose
three-quarter view 
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back view 
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The forearms carry the upper body. The elbows sit under or slightly ahead of the shoulders and the hands meet on the floor in front, so the ribcage lifts off the ground in a low, sphinx-like prop. One leg stays long behind with the top of the foot down. The other leg bends and slides its knee out along the floor, which rolls that side of the pelvis up and adds a slight twist through the lower back. On top of this the head turns over one shoulder; the rotation should come from the neck and upper spine, not from the whole torso. The head rests about 42 cm high, the centre of mass only 18 cm.
From the figure's left side, the forearm platform and the straight leg make two horizontals with the lifted chest between them. The front view shows the turned head, overlapping hands and the bent knee poking out beside the body. From behind, the open knee and straight leg form a clear triangle, and the high angle reveals the whole leg arrangement as a flat, asymmetric frog shape. Draw the bent thigh and shin on the floor plane, then check that the foot tucks near the straight knee.
More on angles and common mistakes
Lifting the bent knee off the floor is the error that most often sneaks in, followed by turning the entire torso instead of just the neck. If the elbows slide too far forward the chest drops and the shoulders hunch. Keep the hands touching; floating hands lose the stable base. As a lying on stomach looking back pose it suits a character interrupted while reading on the floor, children's book scenes and rotation studies of the neck.
Open Edit this pose and swap the bent leg to the other side, then turn the head the same way so the glance follows the open knee. Spreading the hands a little leaves room for an imagined book or phone; the floor and any objects are not part of the render.
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Prone, Looking Back pose prompt
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General prompt
A person lying on their stomach propped on both forearms, hands together on the floor in front, chest lifted. One leg is straight back, the other bent with the knee out to the side on the floor. The head turns to look back over the shoulder. Plain background.
Midjourney
full body person lying on stomach, propped on forearms, hands together in front, chest raised, one leg straight, other knee bent out to the side, head turned looking back over the shoulder, three-quarter view, plain background --ar 3:2 --style raw
Stable Diffusion
1person, full body, lying on stomach, prone, on forearms, hands together, chest raised, one leg straight, knee bent to side, looking back, looking over shoulder, head turned, casual, three-quarter view, plain background
Negative prompt
kneeling, knee off floor, both legs straight, lying flat, straight arms, torso fully twisted, face forward, extra legs, extra arms, fused fingers, broken neck, distorted spine, cropped feet, blurry, nsfw
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