Look over shoulder
A three-quarter stance with the face turned past the shoulder, so the gaze and the chest point in different directions.
The body here is in a soft three-quarter turn while the head rotates further, past the shoulder line, so the viewer gets the chest and the face at the same time. Because the near arm is anchored on the hip, the elbow pushes out and creates a closed triangle between arm, waist and ribs; that triangle is what makes the pose read as confident rather than turned away.
Conventionally the weight sits on the back leg, which lifts the front hip and gives the torso its slight rise. Look at the neck: the sternocleidomastoid tightens on the turning side and the shoulder on that side drops a little to free the range. That asymmetry is the whole point of the pose.
For drawing, treat it as an attitude study and a costume line. The upward elbow gives you a strong diagonal to hang a sleeve, a jacket edge or a strap from. The usual mistake is rotating the whole figure with the head, which flattens the turn into a flat frontal view; keep the hips where they are and let the head be the only thing that goes past the vertical.
Drawing notes
- Draw the shoulder line first: the turning side drops while the head keeps rotating past it.
- Use the raised elbow as the top point of a triangle of negative space against the waist.
- Keep the hips square to the three-quarter angle so the head turn stays readable.
Pose prompt
The description used to generate this study. Copy it into your own workflow, or hand it to the studio with your photo.
Adult woman in a fashion pose looking over her shoulder, hand on hip, full body.
Working notes
- A three-quarter stance with the face turned past the shoulder, so the gaze and the chest point in different directions.
- If the generated result loses the turn and reads fully frontal, add a phrase like slight rotation in the chest to push the shoulders away from the camera.
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