Knees Up, Hands BehindPose Reference

The lower half is compact and closed. Both feet stand flat side by side in front of the seat, and the knees come up together into a single, moderate peak, so the shins and thighs make a low, tidy tent shape. Behind the pelvis the arms reach straight down with the palms flat on the floor a little behind the hips, which lets the torso stay almost vertical while still sharing weight with the hands. The surprise is at the top: the neck and head rotate to the figure's left, as if something off to the side has caught the character's attention. That turn is the only real asymmetry, and it gives a calm, closed seat a sense of story.

Build it from a triangle and two struts. The triangle is the folded legs, with the heels, seat and knees as its corners; the struts are the arms angled back to the floor. The side view from the figure's left lays both out clearly and is where the gap between thighs and chest can be judged. From the front the knees sit low enough to leave the whole chest visible, the shins stack into a narrow column down the middle and the palms peek out just beyond the hips. The back view shows the full width of the arm brace and how little the head actually rotates. The high angle explains how far forward the feet are planted.