Changed "Esper" to "Psychic" in the Artist commentary, since it's a reference to Pokemon; Psychic Type is called Esper in Japanese.
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Why are we arguing over whether or not it's technically possible irl? That doesn't make it look any less bad. Just because a real person, a person who specifically trains themselves to be able to do it btw, can do it doesn't mean the artist didn't fuck up.
It looks bad. A normal person doesn't just casually bend their back like a contortionist and not find themselves in the hospital. Unless the artist has stated she's a contortionist, and I doubt it, it's bad anatomy.
AlsoSprachOdin said in comment #2575917:
We appear to be seeing two different things. From the head up I'm seeing the back going straight up, then a maybe 15 bend degree to the right followed by some more straight, before everything suddenly bends 270 degrees right over the buttocks.
The lower back is only bending about 80-90 degrees at most. You need to take the angle of the pelvis into account.
The lower back bends more because the joints in the lumbar spine have more range of motion than those in the thoracic spine. Also, notice how the back side is compressed while the front side is stretched out. This occurs throughout the torso. You can even see her top wrinkling in the back.
Well how about this one then? I don't think this anime girl is that implausible in comparison.
If you remove everything from the ribcage up, you can still tell she's bending her back. However, if you crop the posted image so that everything to the right of the navel is removed, the character's lower back will appear completely straight.
If some videos would help you can look up contortionists on youtube. Be warned though, it's frankly horrific.
I know what contortionists are, and I know none of them would be so foolish as to not make use of every joint in their body to reach those positions.
Edit: blindVigil is right. Ultimately, aesthetics are more important than technical accuracy. However, I do think if the lumbar spine were bent more, it would balance things out and make it not look so bad.
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My comment on real life accuracy was not meant to be taken seriously but all the images provided literally do not show the pose in the original post anyway. I'm fairly confident that it's not possible in real life without surgical modifications or rare genetics at play. Nothing in this post suggests that though.
I do think anatomy accuracy can be important though because there are times I see people flag for bad anatomy on this site that make me question the average users views on the flexibility of the human body. In this case though it's kind of redundant because this is more extreme.
I really don't think this needed to be as blown up as it has been to be honest, especially when this comment section had been dormant for 18 days and the feedback was 12 days ago. I also don't think we should be leaving positive feedbacks that are aimed at insulting other users (approvers in this case) rather than actually highlighting the postive contributions made by the feedback receiver.
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Blank_User said in comment #2575935:
only bending about 80-90 degrees at most
Right, forgetting my basic math.
NiceLittleDan said in comment #2575939:
or rare genetics at play. Nothing in this post suggests that though.
Well, she is a knife-ear. They get a bonus to dexterity.
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