Puppy PosePose Reference
Camera angles
Puppy Pose keeps the hips high over vertical thighs while the chest sinks toward the floor and both straight arms reach far forward, palms flat.
Tags: yogakneelingarms forwardstretchingfull body
How to draw the Puppy Pose pose
three-quarter view 
side view 
back view 
high-angle view
Read the figure as two linked sections: a kneeling base and a long reaching slope. The knees and shins stay planted with the thighs upright, so the pelvis becomes the highest point of the body. From there the torso tips forward and down, the ribcage settles low between the arms, and the arms extend well past the head with both palms pressed flat. Unlike child's pose, the hips never travel back toward the heels; the upright thigh is the defining detail of the puppy pose. With the gaze lifted to look ahead, the mannequin's head still sits just 26 cm above the floor.
Profile is the clearest silhouette. Seen from the figure's left, there is a right angle at the knee, a vertical thigh, then one long diagonal running down the spine and along the arms to the fingertips. The front view turns that diagonal into heavy foreshortening: the hands come toward you, the head overlaps the shoulders, and the hips peek above the upper back. The back view is mostly pelvis and soles, while the high angle spreads the arms into a wide V that makes a good symmetry check. A gentle back arch opens a gap under the ribcage, best seen from the low angle.
More on angles and common mistakes
Watch for a pelvis that slides forward past the knees, turning the shape into a kneeling plank, or one that sinks back until it becomes child's pose. Keep the elbows straight; bent elbows shorten the reach and make the stretch read as a crawl. The upper arms frame the ears because they sit overhead relative to the torso. The stiff wooden torso cannot show the softening between the shoulder blades, so add that small dip yourself.
Use it for yoga sequences, stretching guides, morning-routine comics and studies of a body angled down toward the viewer. To vary it, choose Edit this pose and lower the head until the forehead rests on the floor, which turns the lifted gaze into a quieter resting stretch, or walk the hands closer together. The mat is left out of the image.
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Puppy Pose 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 in puppy pose: kneeling with thighs vertical and hips lifted above the knees, chest lowered toward the floor in a gentle back arch, both straight arms stretched far forward with palms flat, head raised to look ahead. Full body, side view, plain background.
Midjourney
full body person in puppy pose, yoga stretch, hips high over the knees, chest sinking toward the floor, arms extended far forward, palms flat, head lifted, long diagonal line, side view, plain background --ar 3:2 --style raw
Stable Diffusion
1person, full body, puppy pose, uttana shishosana, yoga, kneeling, hips up, thighs vertical, chest down, arms extended forward, palms on floor, straight arms, head raised, back arch, stretching, side view, plain background, fitness
Negative prompt
hips on heels, child's pose, bent elbows, crawling, hips past knees, sagging hips, plank, extra arms, extra legs, fused fingers, deformed hands, distorted spine, cropped hands, blurry, nsfw
OpenPose skeleton for ControlNet
Load the PNG into a ControlNet OpenPose unit (preprocessor: none), or import the JSON into an OpenPose editor.
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