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Published: 2008-09-18 02:37:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 1678; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 45
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Didn't I say I'd start posting things soon?
Of course, that was quite a while ago now...
Anyway, this was one of Kali's requests. This is Aster, a hippie ghost who made his first appearance in ~KaliPhantom 's story 'Much Ado About Nothing' ([link] ), the third in the Spirit series ([link] ).
I'm angry at myself for adding the flowers. I knew they would look horrid, but that empty -albeit colourful- space was just calling to me.
Aster didn't really quite turn out how I'd intended either, but I'm not going to bother being picky. I'll let Kali do that for me. 
Aster belongs to
The ability to use the word 'groovy' without bursting into laughter belongs solely to Aster.
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Now that's a series I need to read. I think I read the first one but I need to continue it someday. (adds to mile long list of need to read fanfics) Someday...
I like the picture. Kali's right about the black outline but I've done that myself sometimes so I totally understand! Otherwise I love it.
-Dizgirl
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I have, haven't I? 
Yeah, I think I did something similar. Read the first one, then just came back ages later and read the series in its entirety. I'm sure you'll get the time eventually.
On a related note, are you reading this?-->[link] I am quite enjoying it.
Thanks.
Well, if you get around to reading the series, then you'll find out soon enough.
Thank you for the comment.
-Magpie
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I'm sure I will, but there's so much to catch up on!
No I am not, I'll add that too.
Yeah, I have a thing for black lines too.
Indeed I shall.
But of course!
-Dizgirl
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I hear ya'. :3
Indeed we will, in time.
Well 
-Magpie
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Eeeeeeeee! This is awesome. I love it. You've captured him, I think. The smile, the colours, the welcoming pose⦠Just says "gimme a hug". 
So⦠critiquing. 
His hair and face are also very nice, though I'm not sure black lines were the right choice for outlining the hair and heard. A light brown or a gold might have been better, so that it doesn't stand out as much. Hartman uses other colours; why can't you? (I know, I know, you weren't thinking.)
I like the background too, though I'm curious what it is about Aster that says "solid stripes of colour radiating from a central point" because the other fanart of him also has that. 
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Thank you. I actually figured out the pose before I knew what he was going to look like.
Pockets on pants? What makes you think that I would ever pick up on something so obvious? 
Nope, not thinking at all. 
It's just his aura, I imagine. Plus hippies and rainbows kind of go together. Yeah, flowers do not agree with me. At all. Promise I'll take more time on them next time the need should arise.
Thanks, and glad you like like.
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Heheh, really? 
I saw solid purple with yellow circles, actually. But that's just me.
Sharpie fumes! Great excuse! Can I use it if I ever need to? 
The beard itself looks pretty good, anatomically speaking. It's just the black sharpie that's making it look fake.
Heheh, I guess so.
Very much so.
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Yes indeed. Thanks.
Can you even get do that with tie-dye? Mind you, my experience is rather limited...
Well obviously.
Just keep a sharpie (or twenty) on hand, and you can use it whenever you like.
Thanks. That's something, anyway. *has met person with beard*
Oh, so you too missed out on the 'sketch flowers on everything' phase that girls are supposed to go through? Well, that makes me feel better, anyway. :3
(In reference to my previous reply
...and by the second 'like', I meant 'it'. Oh, gosh, that last line sounds dreadful. XD
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I dunno, but I'm pretty sure I've seen something like that, with light whorls on a darker background. I think it's achieved by doing the light colour, then holding bits of the shirt above water and dunking the rest of it in dark dye.
Okeedoke. Must go out and actually buy sharpies, thenβ¦.
Erm β¦ sort of? There are a lot of flowers in my margins. I just didn't compulsively put them on everything I owned. It's more that I missed out on the "have artistic talent" gene than anything else, I think.
Don't worry. I'm very good at substituting the correct word for typos.
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lol That's awesome! I know Kali's gonna love it
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You don't even know who he is, really, do you?
I definitely love it. Aster is made of awesome, wherever he is.
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Not really, but I do remember having a conversation with him once upon a time...the thread is still hidden somewhere in my mass of comments...
And I agree. Aster=win
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Right. There is that. (Speaking of comment threads⦠
Indeed.
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