Japanese crossword «Skeleton»

Them bones, them bones, them dry bones

An interesting image. The top portion might lead one into a false sense of security regarding the symmetry of the piece only for the lower section to toss a wrench into the auto-pilot machination. The puzzle's subject matter is fresh, and the simple title allows one's mind to best place the imagine in the real world. Where one might imagine this bony mass hanging in a biology classroom, I found myself reminded of the cardboard-with-swinging-joints variety that adorns front doors around Halloween time.

A handful of extra pixels around the hip bones and wrists confuse the matter and the knees being the same size as the feet is very unattractive. With that said, I believe the current picture rating of 3 stars to be below the quality of the work. The difficulty seems inflated, as there was very little to be had in this puzzle aside from the initial count of a few rows. Overall, acceptable.