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Published: 2015-12-01 05:39:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1866; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 0
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Description Another ref complete! Hurrah!
Maybe one day I'll make a ref for characters that are relevant!

I really wanted to update Spirit's reference since its old one showed it very sad and mopey looking, which didn't fit its change in personality at all. I considered just reuploading this visual over the old ref like I usually do with Chordata's, but I also didn't want to get rid of the LaF information. Just kinda fun to keep those old memories, you know? So new upload and everything this time!

Story Canons:
Spirit is used in different universes. One universe it is accompanied by StupidShepherd 's multi-armed spirit thing Dirty Paws and in another universe it is alongside another character which starred in my mini-comic Maternal .  Other than that, Spirit has no solid story-canon.

One consistency that runs with all canons is his fall from spirit-ness. In all canons his spirit essence was revoked due to disobeying some sort of Spirit-y law and it has to learn what it's like to be mortal. It's always terrible at it.

Ability:
Spirit's heightened sense of empathy basically means it can feel the emotions of others very easily. This means it can sense if someone is sad, happy, angry, etc. The biggest downside to this ability is that it can be incredibly overwhelmed by emotions if surrounded by too many people at once. It also can affect its own emotions if the emotion it is feeling from someone else is particularly strong.

Orbs & Ribbons:
The orbs are Spirit's core "life source"; as a result, they are its biggest weakness. Should both orbs become disconnected from Spirit's body, it will "die" and return to the spirit realm. Of course, this happens at a cost, and Spirit will not be able to regain its previous role as a Wandering Spirit and will never leave the realm, at least not unless a higher spirit allows it. 

Other:
It is not fully-mortal and as such its body make-up is not similar. This means mainly it does not require food or water and cannot produce waste. It doesn't stop it from trying to eat or drink, but it just gets thrown back up.
It cannot smell or taste.
It has no reproductive organs nor an understanding of gender. It will respond to anything, however.
When frightened, it will hold its ribbons and orbs in its hands to keep them safe.
Spirit has no real name and was only named as it was because someone told it that it was a "spirit" and it just thought that was what its name was. It actually has a variety of names given to it by local villages, but it's completely unaware of this.
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Comments: 18

Ribbontail [2015-12-13 05:30:29 +0000 UTC]

SPIH-RIIIIT~! 

Great to see a new ref for Spirit, he's such a cutie and those ribbons automatically put him in "Ribbontail loves this" territory. Spirit's design is great, simple but beautiful and with great use of shapes. Loving the personality too, he's got a great central flaw-- curious to a fault and new to the world? He and Ribbontail would wreak havok together, ahaha. Super character, love him!

Have you guys done any work on the relationship between Spirit and Dirtypaws? I love that big gal so I'm completely on board with this duo... I can see them as having a "spunky adventurer and big loaf" dynamic.

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AlfaFilly In reply to Ribbontail [2015-12-13 08:35:39 +0000 UTC]

Why thank ya! I love this guy, even if it is a bit more of a doodle character than anything else. But that faaace <3

And yeees I imagined you would love those ribbons! I based them off a concept of an old Spirit design ... which I'm 100% positive was inspired by you!

Oh yes, we have them figured out pretty down pat! That's not saying much, though, since they don't do much. Dirty doesn't speak but that doesn't stop Spirit from asking stuff and talking forever to her! It's one of those cartoon jokes where Spirit says something, Dirty responds with some sort of deep buffalo groan, and Spirit responds as if she actually said something deep and motivating Dirty is obsessed with deer (and thinks she is one) and she basically thinks Spirit is a stupid baby deer and keeps him from hurting himself. Dirty doesn't have an understanding that she is a spirity thing because she's also pretty dumb herself. They also have a spirit "boss" named... Mr. Chips

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Ribbontail In reply to AlfaFilly [2015-12-13 23:23:54 +0000 UTC]

OH GOSH I REMEMBER THOSE. So beautiful, oh goodness the memories... ;; 

Hey you're super welcome! Sometimes I think some of the funnest characters are those floaters that we can just draw and have fun with, free from the constraints of a universe. I am 200% behind the idea of Dirty communicating with bellows and grunts-- the fully-comprehensible TALKING SOUNDS like in a cartoon. Ahaha I love it, that's so cute. <3 Any concepts of Mr.Chips yet? Mr boss man, can't wait to see him!

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AlfaFilly In reply to Ribbontail [2015-12-18 07:53:13 +0000 UTC]

The memories indeed ;n;

That's definitely a good point! Less things to stress over, eh? xD That's how it is with Mynnie too, even if he DOES appear in my comic. But being such a carefree little guy, he is way more open than a main character.
Not yet! But, much like the raptors, concepts will come out in the future! Just keep an eye on Tumblr for such things or a dump here!

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ArtsyGoatAlan [2015-12-05 04:38:57 +0000 UTC]

It's acctually kind of funny you upload this considering just the other day I was talking to a friend about Spirit. t's really nice to see an updated reference for him.

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AlfaFilly In reply to ArtsyGoatAlan [2015-12-05 07:54:23 +0000 UTC]

Ahaha that's funny indeed! I'm glad Spirit is interesting enough to even talk about xD

I'm very pleased with it! It needed a peppier ref really badly.

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louizim [2015-12-05 03:00:16 +0000 UTC]

Spirit is just adorable! His personality is also captivating and adorable! (so much cuteness!)


also, I did fanart of him, I will post it soon ;D

Is the 'thing' behind his hooves, new? because my drawing does not have it!  or maybe I forgot to add it...

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AlfaFilly In reply to louizim [2015-12-05 07:51:54 +0000 UTC]

Aww thanks!! I'm really glad you like it! <3

AHHH I can't wait to see!! ;n;

Oh the little dew claw bits on the feet? Those aren't a big deal if they get left off! I just drew them as accurate deer hooves like this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C… but it doesn't matter, it's not a big part of it

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louizim In reply to AlfaFilly [2015-12-07 03:52:04 +0000 UTC]

your welcome! ^^

Ah, well, I added them anyway! xD

here! louizim.deviantart.com/art/Gif… (it has more than one character ;D)

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Taski-Guru [2015-12-03 19:41:20 +0000 UTC]

This is adorable and amazing! I like it!

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AlfaFilly In reply to Taski-Guru [2015-12-04 05:48:51 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad! Thanks!

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FalloutFoxDraws [2015-12-01 21:23:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh hey, I remember you! Sounds like a fun character to play around with : )

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AlfaFilly In reply to FalloutFoxDraws [2015-12-03 06:47:25 +0000 UTC]

It definitely is! And really fun to draw too~

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tbolt [2015-12-01 10:53:05 +0000 UTC]

A naive empath, interesting thought, and a lot of potential stories there! =^^=

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AlfaFilly In reply to tbolt [2015-12-03 06:46:46 +0000 UTC]

You know it! Who knows what this poor thing gets into...

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CaraChloeCathleen [2015-12-01 06:03:46 +0000 UTC]

Wow... amazing!! ^^

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AlfaFilly In reply to CaraChloeCathleen [2015-12-03 06:45:20 +0000 UTC]

Aww thanks!! <3

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CaraChloeCathleen In reply to AlfaFilly [2015-12-03 10:34:19 +0000 UTC]

Most welcome!! ^^

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