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Lifting an Unconscious Person

Lifting an Unconscious Person. Study focus: Make the rescuer's legs do the lifting while the limp body sags against her.

Action & GestureMixBody Study
Woman crouched behind a slumped man, arms under his armpits and hands gripping his folded forearm, lifting him from the floor

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Action or movement
rescue lift
Camera angle
Front three-quarter view
Primary study focus
Make the rescuer's legs do the lifting while the limp body sags against her.
30-second exercise
Draw the rescuer's deep squat and the limp torso's slump as two contrasting curves.
2-minute exercise
Construct the arms threaded under the armpits and the grip on the forearm across the chest.
Difficulty
Intermediate
Foreshortening
Mild

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Begin with the main gesture and large body masses. Check overlaps and visible contact points before adding small details. Use the exercises above to focus this particular study.

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