I dunno, here is a really really rough sketch of what I was thinking about.  See how there's also a diagonal going across the image, and even though high on the perch, buster is securely grounded in the corner, so he will look like he has a secure and a dominant position, which is needed for a commanding presence of a 'lord'  ;) If he looked like he may fall down any second, it would make him look voulnerable.

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