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Upper body

25 poses

Bust-up poses from the waist up, focused on arms, hands, shoulders and head tilt. Useful for character portraits, icons, stickers and expressive gestures, with every pose drawn from five angles.

Drawing tips

  • Hands read best when you block them as a mitten shape first, then split out the fingers.
  • The neck leaves the torso at an angle: draw it leaning forward from the shoulders, not straight up.
  • Raising an arm lifts the shoulder and the shoulder blade with it, so redraw the shoulder line, not just the arm.