Bending poses

Bending poses can be an important part of your sports-themed illustrations, other health-themed artworks, or simply scenes where bending is necessary to reach an object.
By using references, you can easily capture the anatomy and proportions of the body in various bending poses, it speeds up your artistic process and results in more lifelike artworks!
Get inspired with this collection where we have collected different standing and sitting bending poses for you to speed up your artistic process!

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Pose Reference- Standing forward bending pose - Female is doing advanced standing forward bending yoga pose, holding her legs

Standing forward bending pose

Pose Reference- Sitting forward bending pose - Female is doing advanced sitting forward bending yoga pose, holding her legs

Sitting forward bending pose

Pose Reference- Standing backbending pose - Female is doing standing backbend, raising her hands and bending backwards

Standing backbending pose

Pose Reference- Wide legged bending pose - Female is doing wide legged forward bending, holding her feet, looking down

Wide legged bending pose

Pose Reference- Sitting wide legged bending pose - Female is sitting wide legged and bending forward, stretching her legs

Sitting wide legged bending pose

Pose Reference- Standing left sidebend pose - Female is doing standing sidebend to the left side and raising her hands

Standing left sidebend pose

Pose Reference- Female forward bending pose - Female is bending forward and posing, keeping her hands on her knees and looking to the right

Female forward bending pose

Pose Reference- Pick up something pose - Female is bending down to pick something up from the ground with her left hand

Pick up something pose

Pose Reference- Male bending down pose - Male is bending down and leaning on his knees, looking forward

Male bending down pose

Pose Reference- Male bending looking pose - Male is bending down, holding his hands behind his back and looking to the left

Male bending looking pose

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Anime jumping poses

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Anime kneeling poses

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Anime sleeping poses

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Anime squatting poses

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Anime standing poses

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Anime stretching poses

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Anime sword poses

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Anime walking poses

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Anime yoga poses

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Arm poses

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Boxing poses

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Breakdance poses

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Brute male poses

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Casual male pose reference

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Casual pose reference

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Couch poses

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Couple drawing poses

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Crossbow pose references

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Crossed arms reference

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Crossed legs poses

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Crossed legs standing poses

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Cute anime poses

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Cute chibi poses

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Cute female poses

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Cute poses

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Cute sitting poses

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Dagger poses

Pose Reference- Dance photoshoot poses

Dance photoshoot poses

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Dance poses

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Dancing chibi poses

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Demon poses

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Dramatic poses

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Duo poses

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Eating references

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Elegant hand poses

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Falling poses

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Female body reference

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Female drawing base

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Fighting pose reference

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Fitness poses

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Flirting poses

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Floating poses

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Flying poses

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Foreshortened poses

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Greeting poses

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Gun poses

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Pose Reference- Hand in pocket poses

Hand in pocket poses

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Hand photo poses

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Hand poses

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Handball poses

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Hands on hips poses

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Happy poses

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Hat drawing references

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Headphones drawing references

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Heart hand references

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Hero poses

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Heroic poses

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Holding ball poses

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Holding hands poses

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Holding katana poses

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Hugging poses

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Jumping poses

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Kicking poses

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Kissing hand poses

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Kissing poses

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Kneeling poses

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Knife pose references

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Kung fu poses

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Landing poses

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Leaning poses

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Leg poses

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Lying down poses

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Lying on stomach poses

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Male back drawing references

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Male standing poses

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Martial arts poses

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Muscular women reference

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Ninja poses

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Peace sign drawing references

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Person standing reference

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Phone poses

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Pinup poses

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Pistol pose references

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Pointing poses

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Pole dance poses

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Pulling poses

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Punching poses

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Pushing poses

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Realistic female poses

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Realistic male poses

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Romantic poses

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Running poses

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Running with gun poses

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Sad poses

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Samurai poses

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Scythe poses

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Shield poses

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Singing poses

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Sitting on knees poses

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Sitting pose reference

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Skeleton dancing poses

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Skeleton poses

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Sleeping poses

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Smoking poses

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Soccer poses

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Spell casting poses

Pose Reference- Split poses

Split poses

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Squatting poses

Pose Reference- Staff poses

Staff poses

Pose Reference- Standing on hands poses

Standing on hands poses

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Stretching poses

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Sumo poses

Pose Reference- Superhero pose reference

Superhero pose reference

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Surprised poses

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Swimming poses

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Sword poses

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Tai chi poses

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Tango poses

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Thinking poses

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Throwing ball poses

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Umbrella drawing references

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Volleyball poses

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Walking reference

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Waltz dance poses

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Watching tv poses

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Waving poses

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Wings references

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Witch drawing references

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Wizard poses

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Yoga poses

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Zombie poses