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PolarisAstrum — What Are Ghosts Made Of?

Published: 2008-02-10 17:13:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 1237; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 0
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Description **Warning For The Sake Of The Viewer's Eyes: This is an oldie!**

Sadness? Regret? Sorrow? Torment? Pain? Haunted souls? Torture? Despair? Emptiness?
Once they had great owners who took care of them and loved them.
Then one day a farmer appeared and showed interest on them. With all his corruption, he managed to get them both.
Maybe just for pure cruelty or more he tortured them; broke the Unicorn Stallion's horn and blinded the Pegasus Mare.
The Unicorn was found dead one morning without his horn and a scar near his left eye.
The next morning the Pegasus was found dead too with her eyes almost white due to being blind and her forehead bejeweled in such a brutal way that she had been bleeding.
How did they die no one knows, but they say that in foggy nights, if you listen carefully, you can still hear them scream like they did in the night when they died.

I also did this one back in 2006 and I was rewarded a Mod's Choice for this work at the time(the mod's choice award on Elfwood is given when the moderator who's seen the work to see if it follows the rules before it gets published on the site, really likes it work for some reason and gives it a Mod's Choice, those works are featured a whole day at the site's front page, kind of like DD's, but a little different).

Yes, the thing hanging on the necklace around the unicorn's neck is the rest of his horn.
And, like I said back at Elfwood, I do know that ghosts are supposed to be transparent and so on, but I drew it like this, it was what my imagination told me to draw.

Now that I think about it, 2006 was probably one of my most productive years until now.

I won't move this to scraps because it would break my heart to do so, I still love this as much as I did when I finished it

I did no changes to this one, it's simply a new and better scan. The old one can be found here: [link]

August 2006
Graphite pencils(5b, 7b and 9b).
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Comments: 22

LiveVivaciously [2009-02-04 04:04:18 +0000 UTC]

Ah I remember this one!
perhaps one of my all-time favorites of yours, the very picture that made me stumble across your art in the first place!

I've always loved the beautiful, haunting feel to this piece. It's so terribly sad and somber but It holds a lot of feeling as well.

Hehe, I just had to comment this with my new account.

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PolarisAstrum In reply to LiveVivaciously [2009-02-04 13:40:23 +0000 UTC]

Oh I remember that hehe.

I was thinking of making a revamp of this, I'm doing new updated versions of some of my favorite oldest works and this is one of them.

Thank you so much hun!
And thank you for the !

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LiveVivaciously In reply to PolarisAstrum [2009-02-04 21:52:44 +0000 UTC]

Ohh! That would be awesome!

You're welcome

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Bindilover [2008-03-14 13:56:32 +0000 UTC]

I think they're made of Air, A little bit of water, Fog, Sadness and The the thoughts of the thing they didn't manage... *Sorry for crappy english*

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PolarisAstrum In reply to Bindilover [2008-03-16 17:03:35 +0000 UTC]

Good interpretation, I never thought of that!

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Bindilover In reply to PolarisAstrum [2008-03-28 17:05:52 +0000 UTC]

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Mochitora [2008-02-23 02:07:21 +0000 UTC]

It's still such a fantastic picture! The mare's expression is so haunting. Her stare makes me uneasy ^^

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PolarisAstrum In reply to Mochitora [2008-02-25 14:47:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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pixiekitty2692 [2008-02-14 02:49:16 +0000 UTC]

this is so incredible! i just wish it wasnt your last entry...

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PolarisAstrum In reply to pixiekitty2692 [2008-02-15 19:59:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

Why is that?

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pixiekitty2692 In reply to PolarisAstrum [2008-02-24 16:06:35 +0000 UTC]

oops i thought this was someone else. the person i thought it was passed away but this picture really is good!!! i love it

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PolarisAstrum In reply to pixiekitty2692 [2008-02-25 14:47:06 +0000 UTC]

That's okay.

Thank you

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hennap [2008-02-10 20:46:57 +0000 UTC]

I remember this beautiful picture, which I came to love very much Just breathtaking

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PolarisAstrum In reply to hennap [2008-02-11 14:29:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Henna!

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hennap In reply to PolarisAstrum [2008-02-12 23:25:43 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome Joanna!!!

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Child-of-God [2008-02-10 18:39:02 +0000 UTC]

wow, what a sad story! beautiful picture though.

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PolarisAstrum In reply to Child-of-God [2008-02-11 14:31:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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RazzinAussi [2008-02-10 17:24:20 +0000 UTC]

Hey, I remember this! And I STILL love it.
Gorgeous~!

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PolarisAstrum In reply to RazzinAussi [2008-02-10 17:27:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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RazzinAussi In reply to PolarisAstrum [2008-02-10 17:30:35 +0000 UTC]

Your welcom!

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MalteseLizzieMcGee [2008-02-10 17:19:17 +0000 UTC]

I love the mare's face, it's so expressive

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PolarisAstrum In reply to MalteseLizzieMcGee [2008-02-10 17:20:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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