>>56702615start with the limiting factor, and work around it.
You can adjust the angle of the "L" so that it doesn't have to be 90 degrees or 0 degrees.
Perspective also helps.
here's a 1:1 of a very... vertical pokemon.
sort of shows what I mean by 'perspective'.
It's not like it will be easy, but it's possible to do better, like you said yourself.