Pokemon Fan Makes Impressive Gastly Neon Sign

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There's still plenty of traditional fanart being produced on paper or digital paint programs in the Pokemon community, with fans eagerly sharing their creations on a regular basis. However, it's also seemingly true that Pokemon fans are always looking for unique mediums for their art, leading to some impressive results.

One such example is a talented artist who recreated an original Gen 1 Pokemon in the style of a neon sign. The creation is gaining praise as fans of the Ghost-type discover it.

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Redditor Career-Tourist shared their latest work with the Pokemon subreddit, revealing a neon sign-styled Gastly. The work is impressive, with the shared photo being taken with the surrounding lights off, letting the sign's neon glow shine. The overall shape of Gastly and its miasma-like gas are depicted in a light purple, the eyes a greenish white, and the tongue pink. The finalized creation is a somewhat simplified design for Gastly, but its form should be immediately apparent to anyone who's a fan.

Fans in the comments seemed to be just as eager to purchase it as they were to learn how it was made. According to Career-Tourist, they start with a 3D printed framework to produce the overall shape that the sign needs to adhere to. Then, they apply neon flex LEDs, which are flexible LED lights coated in silicon that give it the neon-like shine and glow. Some might be disappointed to learn that it's not real neon, but traditional neon lights have some drawbacks that LED don't, like the potential for a light to break and emit gas.

Interestingly, this isn't the first time that Pokemon fanart using light has made waves within the community. One fan artist used lasers