Pose reference

Crouching pose reference

Real photos of people crouching and squatting, dropped low over bent legs.

A crouch packs the whole figure into a small shape, which is why it is so easy to get wrong. Compare the same pose from the front, at three-quarters, in profile and from behind.

Angle Ref has 164 photos like these, all openly licensed and credited.

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Crouching poses from the front

The body faces the camera, chest and hips turned square to the picture.

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Crouching poses in three-quarter view

The body is turned about 45 degrees, so one side of the torso shows and the far shoulder and hip tuck behind.

More crouching poses in three-quarter view