#headless horseman!ghost

[cthulhusstepmom]

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

ITS BEEN STARING US IN THE FACE THIS ENTIRE TIME COMRADES WE'RE FOOLS

GHOST IS THE MOTHERFUCKING HEADLESS HORSEMAN

imagine with me a monster au

Price: gargoyle. stony skin, nigh impenetrable but pieces can snap off. he lost a horn that way. during the day he's restricted mostly to the indoors or he'll turn into a statue. he has wings he most definitely has wings. he smokes because he likes the tickle of it and he despises getting wet cause it makes his joints ache and his skin swell. he eats a balanced diet, mostly birds and the occasional green thing(he prefers moss) and he needs to swallow rocks to help him digest.

Gaz: naga. I like the idea of him being a sassy little rattlesnake. he does have venom but he can control it so it's not like he's gnawing on a steak with enough punch to knock out a platoon. he does swallow prey whole, it's really fucking disconcerting, and he eats like once a week. not completely cold blooded but much below room temperature and he gets really slow. he gets crabby in the winter because nagas naturally hibernate. nagas will only bite as a last line of defense because their fangs are actually pretty fragile in comparison to most real snakes.

Soap: amalgamation(think Frankenstein's monster). he's technically undead but it's kind of confusing because he is a completely separate person than any of his parts (legislation on this is a bitch and it flip flops every election cycle). amalgamations are usually not purposely made, they can happen just about anywhere, usually in morgues, funeral homes, or graveyards(lots of them crawl out of mass graves). no one has ever seen an amalgamation naturally come together, despite hundreds of years of trying (the magic works with Toy Story rules) but they can also be purposely made(very fucking illegal and unethical). a lot of times amalgamations are pretty off-putting, most undead are, but Soap is just like the best parts of everybody crammed into one package. and he's trans cause I said so and it's thematic.

Ghost: people jokingly call him a horseman of the apocalypse but oh if only they knew. no one is quite sure what Ghost is, bets are mostly on amalgamation because of just the sheer number of scars he has when people catch a glimpse; it can look like he's literally sewn together(natural amalgamations have smooth seams, made amalgamations are usually sewn or stapled). those who know are aware that Simon Riley went missing as a human man and returned as Something Else. he was beheaded before they buried him, in a world of monsters Manuel Roba isn't going to take risks, kicked his head into the coffin with him before nailing it down and shoving it back into the earth. but now his head is gone, destroyed, ripped to bloody pulpy, bits, instead of his traitorous commanding officer, Ghost used his own jaw in his desperation to escape the grave as a newly wakened undead. everyone wants to see what's under the mask, see behind the black pits of the skull, but the ringing hollow truth is that there's nothing there. and there can't be, not anymore. he doesn't eat, but he will absorb the energy of those around him and it can affect his mood if there are strong emotions. over the years he's learned to control it, to only take a little from everyone but he can siphon all the energy out of a person (if they don't have much his power literally starts burning fat to convert it and consume it, it withers you from the inside out).

I will be writing this stay tuned

[thestuffedalligator]

They say her breasts were blown clean off by a confederate cannon, and now she haunts the woods of Pennsylvania seeking a new pair of breasts to claim as her own.

She also runs a tidy little business offering her services to those who need it. Her clients say her work is to die for

[gammawilson]

Wolf Avenger my beloved.

Hessian Lobo is the greatest character to come out of FGO and deserves more screen time.

This was a personal project of mine and really helped improve my digital ink work.

[youngcroissantturkeyworribler]

Applicable to any monster.

[booigi-boi]

Wouldn't be Halloween without some spooky Shipwrecked characters 🎃

Maybe I'm biased cause I love goats and Black Phillip, but Sean's BP is the coolest looking Shipwrecked character and you just have to agree with me 🐐🖤

Close ups under cut 👻

[front-facing-pokemon]

[vosveti]

My slasher oc trying on some new masks

[off-color-darkrai]

Spooky Fun fact for you:

Did you know that In Disney's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" there are TWO headless horsemen? Brom Bones, obviously, and the real one.

Don't believe me? Check this out!

So when animating all the characters in Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the Disney team made sure to animate each individual character as either Right or Left handed specifically.

Ichabod is consistently Right handed throughout the entire picture.

While Katrina van Tassel is Consistently Left Handed.

There's only one point where Katrina is drawn Right Handed, when she is writing, but seeing as we are watching her hands as she does this, it's clear the animators chose to show her writing in a way so that it wouldn't obscure the words.

Everyone else is either right or left handed specifically.

All, that is, except Brom Bones, who is specifically drawn to be Ambidextrous.

From his first appearance he is punching open things with his left hand, and maneuvering things with his right. He tosses things with both arms, and handles knives with both hands.

In the Headless Horseman song he repeatedly switches arms in his demonstrations. He even switches pointing arms from the beginning of the song to the end.

Now let's look over at old HH.

The first time Ichabod encounters him is in the cemetery, and we get this excellent pan up and dramatic shot.

Note, the sword is in his right hand.

Also that is not a pumpkin.

Ichabod runs, and the Headless Horseman gives chase, the entire time his sword arm remains on his Right.

Part way through Ichabod loses the Horseman for a hot minute by falling down a short cliff.

He eventually gets back on the road, spots the bridge, only to get jump-scared by the Horseman lunging out of the woods in front of him.

Ichabod, of course, turns and runs again, and the Horseman gives chase again, but this time he's changing sword arms every other shot.

And once Ichabod reaches the bridge he lobs his Jack-o'-lantern using his left arm.

That is not at all what he was holding earlier.

Also, if I was attempting to throw something, and I intended it to hit, I would definitely use my dominant arm for that. You know, the one you also use as your sword arm?

Unless you're ambidextrous.

Just saying.

So with that all laid out, I want to throw out a couple more things that support this.

1) Ichabod is shown to be completely alone in the graveyard moments before the First Horseman shows up. He even looks at the entire thing multiple times before having a laughing fit with his horse. Additionally, it's so quiet that Ichabod's laughter is echoing off everything. The sound design actively changes so there's nothing but the echoing sound of his laughter. No music, nothing. You don't hear the Horseman until he laughs too, and by then he's right behind Ichabod.

2) The way they draw the object the Horseman is holding in his first appearance vs. At the bridge is completely different. I mentioned this above, but the first object is dark, barely lit, and almost Smaller than the Horseman's hand. That is a skull. The one at the bridge is a jack-o'-lantern, well lit, not even the same shape, massive, and spitting flames. Both are pretty intimidating, but why bother drawing two different ones? It can't be something only Ichabod sees either, because he definitely sees the pumpkin at the end, and again, it's shooting flames. Imagine it's a skull all you want, I doubt he'd downplay the supposed hellfire spewing out.

3) Ichabod falls down two cliff faces in the first part of the chase. The first one he goes down and the Horseman jumps the entire cliff to go after him, not even breaking his gallop. The second cliff however, the horseman doesn't even attempt to follow Ichabod, instead letting him get away for a good amount of time. The horseman was literally right next to Ichabod and chose not to follow him. Why? If there was only one horsemen (Brom) and you were Ok jumping a cliff to keep up the chase once, why break off the second time? Why bother possibly losing Ichabod to go the long way around just so you can jump-scare him in front of the bridge?

A flesh and blood horseman would have followed, but an actual spectre? No. Why?

Because the Bottom of that cliff crashes straight into running water.

Folklore of the time stated that things such as Spirits and the Unholy couldn't cross running water (hence why crossing the bridge meant safe haven). So an actual ghostly horseman would be physically incapable of following Ichabod down the second cliff (metaphysically speaking).

In Conclusion, Disney's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a lot spookier than you probably thought, and the animators really did an excellent job.

Thank you for coming to my T.E.D. talk.

[radiojamming]

For the oc asks (dealers choice for ocs!), 🌼✂️🍩

I'm going to go with Egon because it's officially autumn and he's on the brain. :D (And art by @elyksina!)

🌼 - How old are they? (Or approximate age range)

At the time of his death in 1776, Egon was 34 years old. Obvs he's very dead so he can't age, but if he did, by the time of TCOTHH's plot, he'd be 50.

✂️ - What is one of your OC’s worst memories?

Ironically, not the one where there was a cannonball flying at his head! One of his worst was the last fight he had with his father. It was gnarly enough that Egon finally had enough and ran away from home. :(

🍩 -Who is your OC’s arch-nemesis or rival?

Major John André. They have a whole... thing going on. Ghost rivalry? Territory war? Semi-polite antagonism? Honestly, André has no idea what it's supposed to be since he tried to be nice and Egon's the one being a jerk.

[androidloveslave]

I always liked to imagine Terzo haunts the ministry specifically to scare the shit out of Copia 😈

[thismaybekleo]

*rising from the dead*

Finally getting to designing my nevermore ocs Specters, I rly liked how they turned out. I rly like doing research about myths and legends so they were rly fun to design. Gonna have to do full bodies soon!

Imma put some progress sketches cuz I think it's fun to see the process.

Slava Specter: Firebird/Златна Птица (neutral) Slavic mythology

-Powers: Calling Song (blue diamond type of shit); Eternal Flame; Feather whiplash

Even Specter: Headless horsewomen (malevolent) Scottish legend

Powers: Alluring lure; Slight of hand; Ghost rules

Otoya Specter: Onryo (malevolent) Vengeful yokai

Powers: Silent step; Circle of truth; Petrified stare

Achak Specter: Wendigo (malevolent) Algonquian beast spirit

-Powers: Beastly senses; Shadow figure; Voice mimicry

Progress Sketchs with the alternative designs

[robboyblunder]

SO, this piece was meant to be for Halloween but due to immense burnout I'm sharing it practically a month later lmaooo. I really wanted to play with Terzo as the headless horseman for obvious reasons, but also use it as a chance to experiment with a lineless piece!

It didn't quite go the way I wanted, but I think the end result still looks great in its own ways! Hope you guys enjoy :)

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[midwestaesthetics]

Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA. Home of the Headless Horseman...

[sonicandvisualsurprises]

1958

[manicmadhouse]

The Hessian rides again! Hell cannot hold his restless spirit and he rises once more from the solemn grave to hunt new trophies among the world of the living.

[theknucklehead]

The Headless Horseman

and the Headless Horse.