#ask astrid

I gotchu sweetie 😘

❤️‍🔥 ASTRID’S TOP TIPS FOR BAGGING A HOT DILF ❤️‍🔥

1.) Start sassing and back-chatting from the get go. It's very important to establish yourself as a menace from the very start for a couple of reasons. Firstly, (and most crucially) it means you'll be able to get away with all sorts of things down the line. Secondly, it'll let you know pretty quickly whether he's a keeper. If he has a sense of humour and is secure in himself then he will find your cheekiness endearing, or at least amusing. If he isn't into it then he's a boring, insecure fud and you don't need to waste anymore time on gramps 🙅‍♀️

2.) Pick a signature scent and stick with it. Something distinct and recognisable that compliments your style and personality. Wear it ALWAYS. In fact, keep a little bottle of it on you and spritz it on his stuff when he isn't looking - worked for me 💁‍♀️ NOTE: The key here is to not overdo it. You want your smell to haunt him, not overpower him.

3.) Bond with his kid(s). And I mean that genuinely. Don't fake a relationship just to get close to their dad – that would be super shitty – but put in the effort to get to know them as much as possible. I'm not saying you need to be best friends with them or anything, some personalities just don't gel and you can't force that, but you gotta respect them and treat them as their own person. Be someone in their life they view as trustworthy - regardless of how close your relationship with them is

BONUS TIP: Your eyes can say an awful lot whilst still giving you plausible deniability. Is your silver fox looking particularly handsome today? Give him a slow and deliberate once over. He can speculate on what you're thinking, but he can't prove it ;)

She can tilt, at a safe maximum, around 45ish degrees! Thankfully, they're allowed to SPIN however much she desires. She doesn't seem to be in the mood to showcase that, though.

How is Cambridge? I hope it is going well, and that you are forging your own path of white-hot steel.

-Kees @een-man-band-tattoos

Kees leave me alone! I need more time to figure things out.

Hi!

The best tip I can honestly give from personal experience is to look into pixel art, because it tends to transfer quite beautifully 1:1 to a cross-stitch pattern.

Pixeljoint has a really amazing pixel art tutorial for beginners, which covers the basics & some techniques. And Graphicsgale is an amazing piece of free software that I still use to create my pixels on PC. Other than that, it all comes down to drawing a lot, testing out a lot, and to not be afraid to scrap a piece when it isn't working.

Also: analyzing art or progress videos by your favorite pixel artists/pattern designers and looking at how they use color, or how they cluster their pieces, can help you understand what you like, how the technique works, and how you can apply it to your own art.

Now! When it comes to making the patterns specifically, I recommend investing in pattern software and a DMC floss color chart with samples of the actual floss.

For pattern software, I highly recommend Winstitch, as I've found the colors to be the truest to the pixel art when converting it into a pattern.

A floss color chart is handy to have as it helps you check the colors on your screen against what they look like irl, allowing you to swap out colors that may be a bit wonky after converting the pixel art to a pattern.

OMG😭 I'm so scared to check my my texts because I just KNOW that some of my friends are gonna send me the article and laugh about it.

Jake has got me like

the first character i ever fell in love with: Goosey Goose 🦆

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: Charlie.

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: Mav and Charlie (also my NOTP)

my ultimate favorite character™: Goose (I promise that not all my answers are going to be Goose)

prettiest character: Hear me out. Jester. I don't know but 👀 (I mean Goose too but I'm trying to offer some variety)

my most hated character: Uhm..Maverick.

my OTP: Goose and Carole

my NOTP: Mav and Charlie.

favorite episode: (I'll say favorite part) When Goose and Mav go inverted over MiG at the beginning of the movie.

saddest death: I feel like this goes without saying...(Goose)

favorite season:

least favorite season:

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: Maverick. For a very specific reason though, who tosses their friends dogtags into the ocean?

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: Slider.

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave:  Sundown. I still don't get why Mav took his anger out on him after Goose's death. Its not like Sundown asked to be paired with Maverick. (But also Goose)

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: Maverick and Charlie. I don't know what she seen in him but whatever it is she saw it.