T-pose

Default avatar posture

A T-pose is a standing position with arms extended straight out from the sides, forming the shape of the letter T.

In 3D animation and video games, it's the default stance for character models before animation is applied.

Online, T-posing has become a meme suggesting dominance or absurdist humor: He just stood there T-posing to assert dominance.

As a verb, to T-pose is to assume this position.

gaming

rigging

Ropes controlling ship sails

3D model · skeleton · mesh · Unity · Unreal · ragdoll · hitbox · NPC · player character · emote

meme

dominance

Superior influence over others

absurdist · Fortnite · viral · Gen Z · intimidation · flex · cringe · trolling · humor · internet culture

glitch

bug

Crawling creature or defect

unloaded · game crash · floating · jank · placeholder · debug · untextured · softlock · corrupted · unrendered

Categories
Opposites
body posture type

T-posefetal position

Curled, knees drawn up

hands on hips · crossed arms · crouching · tucked position · slouch

animation/modeling state

T-poseaction pose

Dynamic figure positioning

dynamic pose · idle animation · organic movement

naturalness of movement

T-posefluid motion

Smooth, continuous movement

lifelike pose · relaxed stance

Family

pose, posed, posing, poser, poses, position, posture, postural, postures

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Rated G