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The conjunction of tentacle aliens and Sputnik is something we all need to see, I reckon.

Sputnik was the first moment of humanity reaching its tentacles out into space. It's shiny, perfect, elegant -- all about striving and aspiration. The aliens here are all warty flesh and passion, awash with hormones and adoring longing reaching across galaxies! So there's a contrast of aspiration and desire here; with its perfect blue haloes Sputnik is spirit, and the lumpy bug-eyed aliens are flesh with its bulges and softness. When they meet there oughtta be some sparks!

The burning question is, of course:
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An answer, of sorts, could be printed on
the back of the shirt near the shoulderblades:

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- DOWN the long endless light-years they journeyed,
- Blood burning high and hot with longing for
- The one whose steady beeping answered theirs;
- Whose four keen arms promised fourfold embrace
- And whose bulbous body echoed their own..."

Here's the original sketch, and the second stage adjusted version:


And further along:


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