Side Sit, Arm RaisedPose Reference
Camera angles
Side Sit, Arm Raised reaches the left arm up and out from a swept-leg floor sit, the right palm braced on the floor and the head tipped back to follow it.
Tags: sittingfigure drawingfull bodyside sittingarm raised
How to draw the Side Sit, Arm Raised pose
three-quarter view 
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high-angle view
One long line runs through this figure: from the right palm on the floor, up the straight supporting arm, across the shoulders and out through the raised left arm to its open fingers. The torso tilts toward the right hand, and that tilt lengthens the left side of the body from hip to armpit. The legs sweep to the figure's left, the same side the arm reaches toward, so feet and hand pull the silhouette diagonally upward. The head tips back and turns to follow the hand, completing the reach.
The front and back views show the diagonal at its clearest, and they are the ones to trace first. From the side, taken from the figure's left, the raised arm looks almost vertical and partly overlaps the head. The low angle makes the arm tower over the body, which suits a heroic or joyful framing. From the high angle the arm points toward the camera and foreshortens hard, so the hand looms large next to a small head. Check that the right shoulder rises a little where the arm props it.
More on angles and common mistakes
A common mistake is sending the arm straight overhead, which loses the diagonal and turns the reach into a hand-up question. A head that stays facing forward ignores the hand and flattens the gesture. If the support arm bends or the torso stays vertical, the side stretch disappears and the lifted arm looks pasted on.
This side sitting arm raised pose fits floor choreography, waving to a friend across a field, reaching for an imagined butterfly or a sunbeam, or a cheerful celebration on a picnic blanket that the image does not show. Edit this pose: lower the raised arm to shoulder height and point the hand toward the horizon, and the stretch becomes a gesture showing someone the way.
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Side Sit, Arm Raised pose prompt
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General prompt
A person side-sits on the floor on the right hip, knees bent and shins swept to the left, the right palm flat on the floor beside the hip. The left arm reaches up and out to the side with an open hand, and the head tips back to follow it, stretching the left side. Plain background.
Midjourney
full body person side sitting on floor, legs swept to one side, one palm on floor, other arm reaching up and out diagonally, open hand, head tilted back following the hand, side stretch, graceful, plain background --ar 2:3 --style raw
Stable Diffusion
1person, full body, side sitting, sitting on floor, legs to side, arm up, reaching up, outstretched arm, open hand, hand on floor, straight arm, head back, looking up, side stretch, graceful, low angle, plain background
Negative prompt
arm straight overhead, both arms raised, looking at viewer, bent supporting arm, upright stiff torso, cross-legged, kneeling, standing, extra arms, extra fingers, fused hand, bad anatomy, cropped hand, cropped feet
OpenPose skeleton for ControlNet
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