Self HugPose Reference

The upper arms stay down along the ribs, and the forearms cross at slightly different heights, the right forearm stacked in front of the left. Each hand wraps around the opposite upper arm about halfway between shoulder and elbow: the four fingers bend moderately at every joint and curl around the outside of the upper arm, while the thumb stays on its front surface, so the grip reads as a hold rather than a clutch. The collarbones roll forward and the upper back rounds, drawing the shoulders toward the centre, and the head lowers a few degrees. The whole upper body closes in on itself, which can mean cold, nerves, shyness or quiet comfort. The legs are posed but out of frame, weight on the right leg.

Treat the crossed forearms as a thick horizontal band across the chest made of two overlapping cylinders, with a hand appearing at each end on an upper arm. From the front the fingers show as four short curves on the outside of each arm and the thumbs disappear. The three-quarter view from the figure's front-left shows the near hand wrapping the left upper arm and how the band projects in depth. The side view from the left measures how far the forearms stand off the chest and how much the back rounds. The high angle shows most clearly that the right forearm sits on top, and the back view shows only fingertips at the sides of the arms plus the forward-rolled shoulders.